It seems that this past week has been the time for a plethora of automotive publications to harpoon the electric vehicle movement.
And, because the Nissan Leaf seems to be the front runner at this point, it has become the victim to most of this harsh outreach. For instance, The Truth About Cars is citing an AutoWeek story that points out that electric vehicles' range can be affected by weather conditions.
Where has AutoWeek been in the past couple of years?
You guys didn't know that? C'mon.
Good catch, TTAC...
While GM has problems trying to get the Volt price point to a point where customers won’t suffer a coronary (even with help from the DC sugar daddies), Nissan has a few problems of their own. Nissan is still reeling from the news that a Nissan Leaf would save you the princely sum of $361. Now, Automotive News [sub] reports another black eye on Nissan’s “Prius Killer”. Automotive News says that Nissan’s “100 miles range” may be slightly off in real world conditions. How far off?
How do 38 percent grab you? 38 percent? That leafs something to be desired! (I’m here all week.) As Automotive News puts it, “consider the following scenarios outlined during a recent Leaf test drive...
[Source: The Truth About Cars]
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