My first Datsun (now Nissan) was the 510 manual, I bought it back in '75' for just under $3000. It cost me about $5 to fill up the tank and I'd drive around all week on that.
Nissan seems to be the only auto manufacturer out there that comprehends the need for a low end (economy) EV (electric vehicle).
EVs are still so limited, though. They use a, plus or minus, 1000 pound battery pack that only goes between 100 to 300 miles, at best, on a recharge that just seems to take forever to do. You can only recharge up at the few stations that are available, and those recharge stations are only available in the larger cities. Recharging isn't free, either. Those battery packs are really expensive to replace and I'm still not convinced they won't blow up. Worse, they really don't have any real cargo carrying capacity.
I heard that some automobile manufacturers were developing permanent magnet generators (PMGs), like Charles Flynn's 2001 patented one, to replace battery packs. PMGs weigh a fraction of battery packs, don't require recharging at all, last the life of the EV, and won't blow up.
Is Nissan developing a PMG-EV? If so, when do they plan to come out with it?
Dan
Nissan seems to be the only auto manufacturer out there that comprehends the need for a low end (economy) EV (electric vehicle).
EVs are still so limited, though. They use a, plus or minus, 1000 pound battery pack that only goes between 100 to 300 miles, at best, on a recharge that just seems to take forever to do. You can only recharge up at the few stations that are available, and those recharge stations are only available in the larger cities. Recharging isn't free, either. Those battery packs are really expensive to replace and I'm still not convinced they won't blow up. Worse, they really don't have any real cargo carrying capacity.
I heard that some automobile manufacturers were developing permanent magnet generators (PMGs), like Charles Flynn's 2001 patented one, to replace battery packs. PMGs weigh a fraction of battery packs, don't require recharging at all, last the life of the EV, and won't blow up.
Is Nissan developing a PMG-EV? If so, when do they plan to come out with it?
Dan