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Electric Vehicles

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Electric Vehicles are a key part of our tomorrow and how we get there. If we can get all the fossil fuel vehicles off our roads, out of our seas and out of our skies, we'll have a much better environment. This community is where we discuss the various different vehicles and news stories regarding electric transportation.


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[–] Addv4@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Why did they have to make it a Murano? The only thing I thought was nice about the original leaf was that it was smaller than most electric cars.

[–] tankplanker@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Market share as a percentage of EVs dropped from gen one to gen two, my guess is they blamed that on it not being a SUV rather on them charging too much for gen two vs. gen one. Larger car also means being able to charge more, batteries are about half the cost to make an ev still.

It was £22k in 2014, for a 22kwh battery, or over £30k today, utter madness. Today I can buy same sized battery in a brand new small hatchback for less than £20k.

Gen two also undersized the battery vs what the price point was set vs expectations at for the initial models. They should have lead with the 40kw and 62kw models but I guess they had problems sourcing the batteries.

[–] Jode@midwest.social 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Addv4@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I'm a little more forgiving with the bolt because it isn't that much bigger, and it isn't completely fugly anymore.

[–] steal_your_face@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It says the new leaf is 3 inches shorter and .8 inches wider. Same height. So it's about the same size as before.

[–] Addv4@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Well that's a small relief. Still, it looks just like a Murano.

[–] Jode@midwest.social 1 points 1 month ago

Aww I liked the way the bolt looked. Even the euv

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Because all middle managers all have the same ideas

[–] KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The size is about the same with a lower drag coefficient.

The 2026 Leaf is 3 inches shorter (76 mm) than the current hatchback, although the wheelbase is only 0.4 inches (10 mm) shorter. The new Leaf is 0.8 inches (20 mm) wider but the same height as the old car, and has a lower drag coefficient.