jlsoaz
Well-known member
I'd like to start a poll, but I don't see a way to do that. Also, I think it would take some time to set it up in a thoughtful way to bring out the choices.
My question comes out of the Tesla Model S thread where there is some mulling over of kWh and price points going on. I think it's clear that for many of us who are on lease, and others, we will be back to looking at competing plug-in vehicles around 2014-2016. For me, the 24 kWh/~80 mile range of the Leaf was "ok" by 2012 standards, but by 2016, I expect to have more options to choose from. For example, what if Toyota has an epiphany, puts a reasonable price on its 41+ kWh RAV4 EV (or have they recently moved toward this?), and actually starts making them available outside of extremely limited production efforts which cannot be counted as a serious effort toward volume BEV business.
Or what if Tesla is by that time offering a vehicle with 35+ kWh and on lease terms within $100 or so of present day (hard-to-argue-with super-affordable) Leaf terms. I think Tesla has indicated that aside from the Model X, they are also looking to offer a lower-priced vehicle (though it is hard to tell where this will fall).
So, my question at that point (and this is still about 3 years down the road for me) will be to look to see if Nissan is offering something competitive.
[I edited this initial question and the title to "2016" to be a bit more specific that I don't expect Nissan to revise the Leaf in an instant, and tomorrow offer 35+ kWh, but to give the question a clear future aspect.]
My question comes out of the Tesla Model S thread where there is some mulling over of kWh and price points going on. I think it's clear that for many of us who are on lease, and others, we will be back to looking at competing plug-in vehicles around 2014-2016. For me, the 24 kWh/~80 mile range of the Leaf was "ok" by 2012 standards, but by 2016, I expect to have more options to choose from. For example, what if Toyota has an epiphany, puts a reasonable price on its 41+ kWh RAV4 EV (or have they recently moved toward this?), and actually starts making them available outside of extremely limited production efforts which cannot be counted as a serious effort toward volume BEV business.
Or what if Tesla is by that time offering a vehicle with 35+ kWh and on lease terms within $100 or so of present day (hard-to-argue-with super-affordable) Leaf terms. I think Tesla has indicated that aside from the Model X, they are also looking to offer a lower-priced vehicle (though it is hard to tell where this will fall).
So, my question at that point (and this is still about 3 years down the road for me) will be to look to see if Nissan is offering something competitive.
[I edited this initial question and the title to "2016" to be a bit more specific that I don't expect Nissan to revise the Leaf in an instant, and tomorrow offer 35+ kWh, but to give the question a clear future aspect.]