Actually I believe that would be the Bolt and it was too cheap for me, which is one of the reasons I went with a Leaf. I'm not against cheap transportation, heck my first "new" car was a '94 Geo Metro 5-door with AC and nothing else. It was a decent vehicle and a real workhorse and at $8500 it was a heck of a deal. When I went to replace it I looked at another "cheap" vehicle, a Mitsubishi Mirage which IMO was "too" cheap so I passed. My new '13 Leaf was my most deluxe car at the time, well we did get a new '07 Prius that was pretty nice but IMO the Leaf was a bit more "deluxe".....Right now, Leaf is about as cheap as they get in a 4 dr car, and it has its limitation.
Your Nissan sounds different than ours. My 2018 gets us 100 mile round trip to Austin.Jeeze, my Japanese Nissan has me and me wife terrified already, what with not being able to count on it for any trip longer than a run to the local convenience store. And the reasonable range the dealer told us about is only available if we freeze in winter, drive below 55 mph, never use the heater. I'm thinking now that I might not make it back home if I splurge and turn on the radio or head lamps. Window wipers? Only use them if absolutely necessary. I think the turn signals also challenge the battery.
This car is most suited for being parked.
Interesting, but I'll wait until there is a track record outside China, for long term availability of parts/support before jumping in with one. China can produce some good stuff, but the quality can vary and upstarts from all countries can fold in an instant when the going gets rough.I was just listening to an interview with Sandy Munro, an engineer and EV guru and he said the Chinese cars are very well made and that they are way ahead of most American EV manufacturers.
I recently saw a Chinese ad showing a BYD getting a quick battery change. The flaw in our system is the lack of a "Blue Rhino" concept for EV batteries. Probably 3 or 4 form factors would all that would be needed to cover the vast majority of passenger vehicles.
Search "Chinese EV fires" on youtube. Not comforting. Perhaps Chinese brands are more worthwhile if the consumer restricts purchase to cars using LFP or M3P batteries?I was just listening to an interview with Sandy Munro, an engineer and EV guru and he said the Chinese cars are very well made and that they are way ahead of most American EV manufacturers.
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