The Nissan Leaf is not a hybrid or any other type of gas-powered car. It is 100% electric and burns no gas which means it produces zero emissions. Off the line, Nissan LEAF performs like a V6 and has room for five passengers. The Leaf comes into production in California this year 2010, but will be mass produced by the year 2012.
Interesting facts about the Nissan Leaf:
-Most importantly the car produces zero tailpipe emissions, meaning a very green vehicle.
-The car, unlike similar Hybrids, is 100% electric and runs off two different types of battery chargers; one for long distance charging, and one for quick charge short distances
-No gas is required ever
-Can reach speeds of up to 90 MPH
-One of only two fully electric cars in production
-goes about 100 miles with every full charge, but can vary depending on certain factors
According to Jerry Garrett of the New York Times,
Although driving the vehicle was very pleasant, he said that there are a few factors that hurt the Leafs probability to be mass produced. The main factor is that because the Leaf requires electric charging, there are very few places that allow an inductive type of charging, which is what the Leaf needs. Besides that, though, the leaf has more pros than cons.
It had a system of regenerating itself whenever the brake is used, similar to the flex-fuel cars that have been in production for a while. When Garrett drove the car he started off with 97 indicated miles, and when he returned from his test drive he had 98 indicated miles, which is just a sign off how convenient having this car would really be.
The car also has an "eco-friendly" mode that allows for 10% more range added on to the car. Although Jerry says the car seems a little more "sluggish", it is still tolerable and he expects that it will be what most people using the car will use.
The car only will cost an average of about 3 dollars per fill up, making it an extremely affordable car. It also makes the 25,000 to 30,000 price repay itself very quickly if you were to match it up with what someone would pay every time they fill up their car with gas.
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