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Why is the totally electric Nissan Leaf only $32,780? Under ideal conditions it can get 130+ miles to a charge [1] implying it uses better and/or more batteries
by barake 16y ago
Why is the totally electric Nissan Leaf only $32,780? Under ideal conditions it can get 130+ miles to a charge [1] implying it uses better and/or more batteries than the Volt.
The trim and finish must be much better on the Volt considering how expensive batteries are and how relatively cheap gasoline engines are. Or am I missing something here?
1: http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13746_7-20008319-48.html http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13746_7-20008319-48.html
- dtegart 16y agoThe Volt website does seem to imply that it comes well speced. Navigation and 30gb music storage seem to be standard. By comparison a similar speced Camry hybrid is between 30-33k
- krschultz 16y agoIt doesn't have the gasoline engine. First off, gasoline engines are not as cheap as you think they are in automobile configuration. There is a big difference between what you buy for a lawn mower and what they put in the Volt. Plus you have a lot more arrangement issues related to stuffing more crap into the same sized box. It takes a lot of man hours to design and build something like that.