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What are you basing these claims on? What ICE cars is the Leaf outperforming? Nobody considers an 8 second 0-60 time to be fast. The MSRP on the Leaf starts at

What are you basing these claims on? What ICE cars is the Leaf outperforming? Nobody considers an 8 second 0-60 time to be fast. The MSRP on the Leaf starts at $28,000. And for that price, you can get a base model Accord that is 2 seconds faster 0-60. What other ICE cars did you drive to compare the driving experience? (I bet you didn't even drive any.) Please tell me how you came to the conclusion that your Leaf is more reliable than an Accord. I don't want to hear how there are less moving parts. Stats on your reliability claim. What the hell is "overall performance"? The Leaf outperforms ICE cars on "overall performance?" What does that mean?

api 4y ago
Overall performance means all things considered: cost, cost of fuel, acceleration, driving experience, maintenance cost, etc. Think of it like a weighted average. I’ve driven tons of ICE cars. It’s not a sports car and I’m sure many will beat it to 60. It does however seem to beat most ICE cars at accelerating from full stop and maneuvering to merge. This is because electric motors give you full torque instantly. There is zero noticeable latency between pedal and motion and you really get used to that. The only ICE cars that don’t feel mushy now are muscular sportscars that are more expensive than the Leaf. But there are more costly EVs that will beat virtually any ICE car to 60 and beyond. The technology is just superior at everything but range and recharge time, and as I said those gaps are closing. Prices are also slowly coming down, especially if you factor in fuel and maintenance cost. ICE engines have maybe a decade left at most in the regular car market. They will persist longer for long haul vehicles due to recharge time and range. It will be a while before electric works for long haul trucking unless we spend a lot on charge infrastructure.

api 4y ago

Overall performance means all things considered: cost, cost of fuel, acceleration, driving experience, maintenance cost, etc. Think of it like a weighted average. I’ve driven tons of ICE cars. It’s not a sports car and I’m sure many will beat it to 60. It does however seem to beat most ICE cars at accelerating from full stop and maneuvering to merge. This is because electric motors give you full torque instantly. There is zero noticeable latency between pedal and motion and you really get used to that. The only ICE cars that don’t feel mushy now are muscular sportscars that are more expensive than the Leaf. But there are more costly EVs that will beat virtually any ICE car to 60 and beyond. The technology is just superior at everything but range and recharge time, and as I said those gaps are closing. Prices are also slowly coming down, especially if you factor in fuel and maintenance cost. ICE engines have maybe a decade left at most in the regular car market. They will persist longer for long haul vehicles due to recharge time and range. It will be a while before electric works for long haul trucking unless we spend a lot on charge infrastructure.