http://fuelzilla.com/nissan-leaf-look-ma-no-emissions/ Environmentally Friendly Driving Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:34:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 http://fuelzilla.com/nissan-leaf-look-ma-no-emissions/comment-page-1/#comment-12779 info Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:11:45 +0000 http://fuelzilla.com/?p=3279#comment-12779 Thank you for your comment, Angelo. As far as leasing the whole car vs. separately the car and the batteries, it is obviously up to Nissan and their financial partners to find what makes most sense and helps sell the car. They would be wise to at the very least consider separating the car from the battery bank in terms of paying for it or leasing on the basis of them having a very different life expectancies. My laptop is no moving, vibrating, constantly re-charging (while braking) vehicle subjected to extreme temperature changes and yet I'm on my third Li-Ion battery already. The first two could not last longer than 6 months each. I do hope that Nissan batteries will last longer but will they be able to last 10+ years as the frame of any good car these days would? Thank you for your comment, Angelo. As far as leasing the whole car vs. separately the car and the batteries, it is obviously up to Nissan and their financial partners to find what makes most sense and helps sell the car. They would be wise to at the very least consider separating the car from the battery bank in terms of paying for it or leasing on the basis of them having a very different life expectancies. My laptop is no moving, vibrating, constantly re-charging (while braking) vehicle subjected to extreme temperature changes and yet I’m on my third Li-Ion battery already. The first two could not last longer than 6 months each. I do hope that Nissan batteries will last longer but will they be able to last 10+ years as the frame of any good car these days would?

]]> http://fuelzilla.com/nissan-leaf-look-ma-no-emissions/comment-page-1/#comment-12778 angelo festa Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:58:24 +0000 http://fuelzilla.com/?p=3279#comment-12778 A salesperson I spoke with, at Petaluma Nissan, claims that Nissan will is going to lease the whole vehicle, not just the batteries. His name is Gregg Dexter, 707 769 7700. The difference between the infamous GM lease and Nissan's, is that you can buy the vehicle, when the lease is up. With three electrics hitting the market at roughly the same time, there will be a lot sorting out of the facts by the public, to ascertain which car makes the most sense, from a variety of vantage points. A salesperson I spoke with, at Petaluma Nissan, claims that Nissan will is going to lease the whole vehicle, not just the batteries. His name is Gregg Dexter, 707 769 7700. The difference between the infamous GM lease and Nissan’s, is that you can buy the vehicle, when the lease is up.
With three electrics hitting the market at roughly the same time, there will be a lot sorting out of the facts by the public, to ascertain which car makes the most sense, from a variety of vantage points.

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