BestPal
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What if Nissan went the BMW route for the Gen 2 Leaf and offered a slight but meaningful improvement of the electric range (say 100 EPA miles) for $25,000 base price and offered an OPTION of a small gas-burning range extender for another $2-4K, would you consider that as a better option than a larger/heavier battery that will give the total range of 150 miles? But again, like with today's 75-80 EPA miles, once you're out, you're out. With the range extender you could in theory go as long as you can keep refueling the small tank. And you'd only use that on occasional longer trips, you day-to-day driving would be covered by 100 electric miles with a piece of mind if something urgent comes up and you need to drive longer and have no time to charge - you're still covered. I personally like this idea, keep it usable, keep it light and keep it cheap. Please share your take on this.