You must never had driven one.
My neighbor has one - it's a blast to drive, 100% torque off the line - is very highly rated by consumer reports, and gets high marks for performance and comfort from it's owners. He saves 300/month in gas bills, and is going to buy a solar charger.
In fact, so much fun they put one up against a 2012 911
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOIAk8TA6b4
Tesla has plans to go toe to toe with the Leaf with a Sub 40k car...two years away.
Haven't any of you people heard of recycling? Those batteries aren't going into landfills - but if they did, they aren't toxic (like the millions of lead based batteries that do go to landfills). Several companies specializing in lithiom batteries recycling are waiting for the batteries - the cost of recycling the metals in those batteries is cleaner and cheaper than mining for new metals.
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Originally Posted by KRAM36
What a sad world it would be if we all had to drive a Nissan Leaf.
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