...it’s the handling that’s the real surprise. This thing is actually a bit of a kick on twisty roads. The position of the 660-pound battery pack low and to the rear of the car gives the Leaf a BMW-like near 50/50 weight distribution that helps it devour sharp turns and traffic circles, even if the fuel-efficient low-rolling resistance tires limit its ultimate abilities. It’s just a matter of time before some intrepid early adopter replaces the Bridgestone Ecopia rubber with a set of sticky Potenzas and wins a couple of autocross trophies...
Don't worry, in the second half of the article they rehashed "range anxiety" despite the interviewee apparently not saying a word about it.GaslessInSeattle said:someone pinch me, am I dreaming? Fox news finally is putting forth something kind of accurate about EV's?
"He charges his car nightly in his garage, a process that takes about 8 hours. That extra juice has raised his electric bill about $60.00 a month, but he pays monthly what many drivers pay weekly for gas."
SkiTundra said:I'm quite surprised by the carping about this. The written article I linked to was as positive as any mainstream article I've seen about EV's and far more positive than 99% of them. Other than one stupid comment by the anchor guy, the video wasn't even remotely bad and the gal was positive. And, I think everything they said was completely true. Well, except for her comment that it's range is 100 miles which we know is closer to 60 or 70.
If they were really out to get EV's they'd not have posted this article & video. Writing about a happy customer, how dare they.
Uh, that's exactly what news people are supposed to do. If anything they leaned quite a bit EV positive in putting her up against a dweeb instead of someone who could have put forth some tougher questions. "100 miles per charge? I thought it was 60?" "I've heard many people have complained that the charge remaining gauge is very inaccurate?" ...DaveinOlyWA said:he then starts to fish for a weakness, a kink in the armor, something to exploit....
SkiTundra said:Uh, that's exactly what news people are supposed to do. If anything they leaned quite a bit EV positive in putting her up against a dweeb instead of someone who could have put forth some tougher questions. "100 miles per charge? I thought it was 60?" "I've heard many people have complained that the charge remaining gauge is very inaccurate?" ...DaveinOlyWA said:he then starts to fish for a weakness, a kink in the armor, something to exploit....
SkiTundra said:Uh, that's exactly what news people are supposed to do. If anything they leaned quite a bit EV positive in putting her up against a dweeb instead of someone who could have put forth some tougher questions. "100 miles per charge? I thought it was 60?" "I've heard many people have complained that the charge remaining gauge is very inaccurate?" ...DaveinOlyWA said:he then starts to fish for a weakness, a kink in the armor, something to exploit....
DaveinOlyWA said:AMEN!! so when did Fox start "balanced reporting?"
Herm said:DaveinOlyWA said:AMEN!! so when did Fox start "balanced reporting?"
Maybe you need to start watching it and keep track of that?.. I dont even own a working TV so I cant do it for you![]()
I wish she would have asked him how much he spent on his own car.jackal said:on the higher sticker price of ev, he said: "That's a lot to pay for not buying gasoline."
When you hear things like that, you know it's time to avoid the news station.
Fabio said:Fox News strategy:
1. Make up some completely fabricated story starting from Fox & Friends saying something like: "Some people are saying that gravity has gotten worse, and it's all because of barack HUSSSEIN obama"
2. Sean Hannity has a poll of viewers: "Do you think our Socialist president has caused worse gravity?": 90% say yes
3. A day later a news segment complains about how the liberal media is not covering the "Gravity Crisis" in our nation.
4. Talk radio & RightWing-blogo-shpere talk on and on about it
5. Bumper stickers are placed in cars....
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99. Once in a while they do a factual story, so they can point to it to show how they are "fair and balanced"
SkiTundra said:Uh, that's exactly what news people are supposed to do. If anything they leaned quite a bit EV positive in putting her up against a dweeb instead of someone who could have put forth some tougher questions. "100 miles per charge? I thought it was 60?" "I've heard many people have complained that the charge remaining gauge is very inaccurate?" ...DaveinOlyWA said:he then starts to fish for a weakness, a kink in the armor, something to exploit....
SkiTundra said:Well, except for her comment that it's range is 100 miles which we know is closer to 60 or 70.
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