GM was the first company to create a zero emissions car. It came out of the division of GM known as Saturn in 1997. The cars were leased and there were long waiting lists if you wanted one, though according to GM there was no demand for them. Zippy little cars, the EV1s were fast, affordable, and there was very little to maintain. The oil companies were infuriated by the electric car that didn't need oil or gasoline to run. Secretly they bought that patent for the battery that ran the EVs. GM did its part to help the oil companies by dismantling the program and recalling its fleet of EVs without any apparent reason. EV owners were infuriated, they tried everything in order to keep their cars to no prevail. GM claimed that they would donate the cars to museums and universities, and that their engineers would be driving them in order to gather valuable information about them.
There is one EV1 left today in an auto museum, all of its technology has been destroyed.
The oil companies think they won.
........But they are so wrong.
I became interested in EV technology after seeing the movie made about GM and their EV called Who Killed the Electric car? A car that is silent, doesn't produce carbon emissions, and is sleek and sexy, who wouldn't want that?
Recently I was researching cars and came across a car called the Nissan Leaf.
Curious of the name I googled it and low and behold this is what i found.
The Nissan leaf is a new breed of EV technology. The oil companies thought they had killed the electric car, but 7 years later we find that people still have a need for it. A want for it.
The Nissan motor group has been developing the technology necessary to create a fully functional electric car. They developed a lithium ion battery, small and condensed, that carries twice the power of any car battery.
Okay so now you ask yourself how much does it cost to charge this battery?
Lets say that the average cost to fill up your gas tank is about $40-$70 depending on the type of car you have.
The national average is $0.1147/kWh. That means the average cost to charge the car would be $2.75 from 0% to 100%.
So the most you'd spend in a month is around $85 with the Nissan Leaf.
Your gas car? between $148 and $300
Next your probably wondering how long will it stay charged for? The Leaf holds a charge for around 100 miles depending on weather, driving habits, and driving conditions.
The interior of the leaf resembles that of a space ship. It looks like it came out of Star Trek.
The cost of this car will probably be around the same price as any family sedan.
Zero emissions. That is the future of cars.
The Nissan motor group has been developing the technology necessary to create a fully functional electric car. They developed a lithium ion battery, small and condensed, that carries twice the power of any car battery.
Okay so now you ask yourself how much does it cost to charge this battery?
Lets say that the average cost to fill up your gas tank is about $40-$70 depending on the type of car you have.
The national average is $0.1147/kWh. That means the average cost to charge the car would be $2.75 from 0% to 100%.
So the most you'd spend in a month is around $85 with the Nissan Leaf.
Your gas car? between $148 and $300
Next your probably wondering how long will it stay charged for? The Leaf holds a charge for around 100 miles depending on weather, driving habits, and driving conditions.
The interior of the leaf resembles that of a space ship. It looks like it came out of Star Trek.
The cost of this car will probably be around the same price as any family sedan.
Zero emissions. That is the future of cars.
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