Recent content by bonaire

Looks staged to me. The original plug was switched out for the photo op.

For the choice, I already have a Chevy Volt. I'm thinking of what I can get as our 2nd plug-in for the family and there is a lot of time to plan it out. Plus, I have been continuing to use a GM Card so I have earnings that could apply towards something in the 2014-2015 timeframe. I hear that...

ksnogas2112 - love your avatar. I'm a big fan too. And, for above, I doubt anyone is "routinely" getting 100 miles on an 80% charge in the Leaf unless it is in closed-course, laboratory conditions. The other morning, I was commuting to work (70 miles one way) in the Volt. I was keeping up...

The guy shaking his head there must have been thinking "heh, guy can only go 75 miles before he breaks down"... Which is really bad thinking but that's how people come to conclusions. In a city environment with good charging locations - a Leaf works wonders, I'd bet. In a rural community (the...

I'd take a corporate message of "between 60 and 80". EVs are simply "between". Unlike gas engines which deliver roughly the same mpg no matter what the weather, EVs are touchy due to climate and how heavy you are with the pedal. The Volt message is something like "between 30 and 45 miles per...

The Focus BEV was a little more efficient than the Leaf in this test. The Focus was a nice car - saw one at the Phila Auto Show not too far away from the Leaf. the Chevy Volts were way off on the side, hard to find. The Ford's were center in the room at the convention center and had a little...

it's a funky place to be in that marketing arm. When the window sticker says EPA of 99 MPGe and they then equate that to 100 miles of range. The window sticker clearly says 73 miles of range per charge on it. Why can't they just say "about 73 miles per charge" like the window sticker says...

Yeah, they may have similar cultural issues as China where "Saving Face" is an incredibly important issue. "We've been saying 100miles for two years now ... why stop now?" or "Our demo dollies must have been trained in 2011, we have made adjustments to that and will retrain them shortly..." My...

Why are the Nissan reps at the Philadelphia Auto Show (and perhaps others, dealerships, etc.) still telling potential buyers that the Leaf range is 100 miles when they ask them? This raises their up-front expectations right away and then you have people who buy Leafs becoming irritated that...

As a Volt owner, I'm not in the same boat but it's probably frustrating to see the ICE'ing going on out there. Especially without recourse to these non-illegal parking situations. Lately, the bigger gripe I have in my area (near Philadelphia) are some for-profit charging stations at $3.50 and...