Petro a Thing of the Past?
Posted by Dimitri Ferguson in Uncategorized, tags: automobiles, cars, others, transportation, Uncategorized, vehiclesThe 2011 Leaf, released by Nissan, is the world’s first commercially viable fully electric car. Yeah, you read that correctly, a fully electric car, as in no gasoline needed at all. Pretty amazing all things considered. Just plug it in at night and let it charge. So think about adding an extension cord to your trunks emergency kit as well.
A cleverly disguised acronym, it stands for, Leading, Environmentally friendly, Affordable, Family car, totally lame, but it works. While the Leaf began appearing in the U.S. in December 2010, it is just now really beginning to gain notice. Sales are limited mainly to customers with online reservations. Worldwide sales reached around 20,000 last year and Nissan is in the process of slowing raising production numbers while the demand increases.
When it comes to green technology the Leaf can’t be beat. It produces absolutely no greenhouse gas emissions or tailpipe pollution and reduces over all dependency on petroleum. Being so environmentally friendly has earned it the 2010 Green Car Vision award, the 2011 European Car of the Year award, the 2011 World Car of the Year award and back to back titles as Japanese Car of the Year in 2011-2012.
Not a lot of pep, the car was designed to be used exclusively within a limited radius like the city you live in. It’s not going to take you across the country to Los Vegas or Miami, but it is great for running around town. The max range is listed at 100 miles but tests have shown a 40% variance bases on travel conditions and climate. It packs 110 hp and can go from 0-60 in 9.9 seconds with a max speed of 93 mph. You might be saving the planet, but you won’t be winning any races.
Since it is electric it is able to carry some really swell features. For starters, you can program it to turn the heater on at a specific time. So if you hate waking up in the morning to a cold car, fear no more. Program it to come on ten minutes before you leave the house and presto, instant warm coziness.
So this got us thinking. If it can turn its own heater on, what else can it do? Can you plug in a coffee pot? This could be the ultimate date machine. Preprogram to turn on the heat when you’re ready to turn up the heat. Plug in a coffee pot and a chocolate fondue fountain and you are good to go. You could even rig a little table to pop out of the trunk. Not only that, you could pre-program a little Johnny Mathis or Sinatra to come on at just the right moment. When you consider this fact, when it comes to automobiles, it may be time to turn over a new Leaf.
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