Getting the equivalent of 106 mpg (2.2 litres/100km), the Nissan Leaf electric car would seem a motoring skinflint’s dream come true. Even an advanced plug-in hybrid like the Chevrolet Volt (Opel/Vauxhall Ampera in Europe), with an energy consumption equivalent to 61mpg, sounds pretty miserly, too. Yet, for all their frugality, neither has been selling particularly well, despite the present sky-high price of petrol (see ‘Priced off the road
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012
Difference Engine: Tailpipe Truths
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Source: The Economist (U.K.)
Publication Date: Apr 20th 2012, 10:20
Link: Difference Engine: Tailpipe Truths
Source: The Economist (U.K.)
Publication Date: Apr 20th 2012, 10:20
Link: Difference Engine: Tailpipe Truths
Stephan: As a person who is in the market for a new car -- the one I am currently driving is 15 years old -- I have been seriously studying the ecological options, in the course of which I came across this. As you can see the issue is more complicated than it at first appears.
