Nissan has launched their Electric Vehicles (EV), Nissan Leaf, which is a compact car with a range of between 60 and 100 miles per charge of 30.8kW. Today the availability of the Leaf is a challenge due to a small inventory and the last events in Japan. While the reduce impact on the planet seems obvious, the economics to switch from gas to electric is not so obvious, or is it? and what about the carbon footprint? Should I or should you buy a Nissan Leaf?
Well, if you had a Yaris (30 mpg) you would use about 3.33 gal of gas per 100miles (multiply by 2,421 g of CO2 per gal), or an emission of 8 kg of C02 for 100 miles. For the Leaf, the efficiency is about 36kWh/100miles, and depending of how the electricity is produced ( in the US mainly coal) about 900g per kWh, thus having an impact of 32.4 kg of C02 per 100 miles!!! Well,....that does not look like a zero to me...
And about the cost advantage, well it all depends of what car you own, if you own a Yaris a drive 8,000 miles per year,.... well forget it. But if you own a pickup and drive more than 15,000 miles per year then you might want to look into it.
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