Nearly Free Electric Car Leases in a State Near You?

[MikeD]

Link: http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/business/2013/05/nearly-free-electric-car-leases-in-a-state-near-you/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

 

[Elephanthead]

Mine is nearly free if you consider $9,000 to be nearly no money.

 

[apvbguy]

Link: http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/business/2013/05/nearly-free-electric-car-leases-in-a-state-near-you/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I love lazy journalism, ABC lifted this from the Wall St Journal which ran the article on 5/22

 

[theresarondeau]

I have read that article.Those are not actually free they are just the publicity stunts to attract more customers.

 

[Deleted member 8423]

I have read that article.Those are not actually free they are just the publicity stunts to attract more customers.

You may have read it, but I don't think you understood it.

(Cost of lease + cost of electricity/month) is less than (or very near) cost of gas/month for previous car

 

[DaveinOlyWA]

I have read that article.Those are not actually free they are just the publicity stunts to attract more customers.

and this is unusual? after this article, the next one we need to read is Tesla's $500 month payment plan!

 

[apvbguy]

I have read that article.Those are not actually free they are just the publicity stunts to attract more customers.

in addition to pushing propaganda to further someone's agenda the next mission of the media is to promote businesses and products.
nothing new here

 

[ERG4ALL]

Its city range is 129 miles while its highway range is 102 miles, says Nissan.

This is news to me, did I miss something? The article also seems to stress the subsidies of the LEAF and EVs in general, which is true. But, there was only one paragraph about the electricity costing only $45/mo. (with solar). It would be nice if these journalists would contact, say five drivers of EVs to get a better understanding of the total cost of ownership of an EV.

 

[DaveinOlyWA]

Its city range is 129 miles while its highway range is 102 miles, says Nissan.

This is news to me, did I miss something? The article also seems to stress the subsidies of the LEAF and EVs in general, which is true. But, there was only one paragraph about the electricity costing only $45/mo. (with solar). It would be nice if these journalists would contact, say five drivers of EVs to get a better understanding of the total cost of ownership of an EV.

ya, "he" missed a LOT.. that is not "miles" its "MPGe" iow, how far you can go if your battery held the equivalent energy of a gallon of gas

 

[apvbguy]

Its city range is 129 miles while its highway range is 102 miles, says Nissan.

This is news to me, did I miss something? The article also seems to stress the subsidies of the LEAF and EVs in general, which is true. But, there was only one paragraph about the electricity costing only $45/mo. (with solar). It would be nice if these journalists would contact, say five drivers of EVs to get a better understanding of the total cost of ownership of an EV.

this is just one small example of the ineptness/laziness of the news media, if the get things so wrong on a fluff piece like this can you imagine how poor the reportage of "real news" is?