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Nissan will begin taking reservations for the Nissan Leaf in April, actual orders can be placed in August and cars will be delivered by the end of the year. But a big question sitll looms - how much will it cost?
You can reserve a Leaf for a $100 refundable fee, but as for the actual cost of the EV, the company has only said that it will be competitively priced with similar-sized vehicles, but that allows for a decent price range.
Even with the mystery, the car has picked up quite a bit of momentum lately. Nissan just finished a nationwide tour with the vehicle, drumming up publicity and securing partnerships with 18 launch cities that will install charging stations and get EV-ready in time for the car's release. The company also received a $1.4 billion loan from the DOE this month to begin manufacturing the car and its batteries at a plant in Smyrna, TN.
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written by DsBd, February 18, 2010
You have been published following paper made from iop source : http://ecogeek.org/automobiles/3001
But since that, it seems that source paper has been demonstrated wrong by targeted company : when will you publish their answer ?
After reading your paper, i've been on MDI website and they publish a warning about the source paper from IOP :
http://www.mdi.lu/english/actualite.php
December 08 2009
Panic of traditional car lobby?
During the last week of November 2009, a study by the University of California at Berkeley concluded that compressed air vehicles from MDI were more expensive and more polluting than a conventional vehicle.
This study published by the Environmental Research Letters
(http://www.iop.org/EJ/abstract.../4/044011/) contains errors so big that its purpose is not scientific but is an act of bashing, pure and simple.
The response of MDI can be read here http://www.mdi.lu/charge.php?n...stakes.pdf
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written by Marie T, February 18, 2010
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written by John_In_NH, February 19, 2010
you can of course take a cross country trip, it will take some time but charging on 220 is doable with the proper charge port eg thermal/surge protector (really thats all it is, prevent idiots from running bad wiring and burning the house down, this from leaf tech i met)
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written by Kristen, February 20, 2010
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A Nissan rep told me that it will be $200 to reserve a Leaf, with $100 of that going towards a site survey of your home to see if you are able to install a charging station.
They are supposedly going to start deliveries in December 2010, but that's only in select cities (something like Portland, Seattle, Phoenix, and near their plant in Tennessee).