Nissan Leaf electric car to cost £28,350

Aurora · Post by **Aurora** » 18 May 2010, 04:47

The Guardian - 17/05/10

Nissan Leaf electric car to cost £28,350 – £10,000 more than rivals

Fully electric Leaf goes on sale February 2011, with buyers making money back in three years due to low running costs.

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£28350 and ugly to boot. I don't think there'll be a queue forming in February, do you?

PS_RalphW · Post by **PS_RalphW** » 18 May 2010, 10:24

I'm in two minds about this.

I still think a range extending serial hybrid is the way to go, but with none on the market I wonder how long before the Sterling collapses to a point that buying any imported car becomes unaffordable.

A 30% devaluation against the Yen would swallow the extra cost.

I wonder what the insurance rates are on one of these?

And how long do the batteries last before you get a £10,000 replacement bill?

biffvernon · Post by **biffvernon** » 18 May 2010, 11:37

Needs an electric road

phobos · Post by **phobos** » 18 May 2010, 11:37

Thats not a particularly flattering picture, I think it looks ok.

There is also a incentive package by the government which knocks another £5k off the price, which brings it more inline with its rivals.

PS_RalphW · Post by **PS_RalphW** » 19 May 2010, 16:36

Practical range of Nissan Leaf is less than US 2 seater built in 1908

http://www.theoildrum.com/node/6480

When will we build a realistic electric car?