15 Jun '12, 6pm

After questions, Nissan still claims 80% capacity for Leaf battery after 5 years

And another major blow to the credibility and viability of the pure EV market. I've been posting all over this board that pure EVs were ridiculous from the get go. Everything from the range to the charge times to availability and feasibility of charge points to battery life and costs and now nissan is denying what their customers already know. Pure EVs in its current form of cost and technology is still way too far to be adopted by the many. Only high income green enthusiasts and suckers would ever buy into pure EVs. So if tesla can manage to get all the very high income green enthusiasts because of its obviously superior range, then I wonder who bought all the other brands' pure EVs?? LMAO. Currently, and prospectively over the next 20yrs, the global individual transportation market will run on oil. Why would anyone turn away completely from what drives the world and go i...

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