Comments on: The 2010 Nissan EV Electric Car Prototype: We Can’t Even Drum Up Enough Enthusiam To Be Snarky http://www.ridelust.com/the-2010-nissan-ev-electric-car-prototype-we-cant-even-drum-up-enough-enthusiam-to-be-snarky/ Cars, trucks, motorcycles, ATVs, skateboards and all manner of vehicles Sun, 21 Mar 2010 05:57:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: drivin98 http://www.ridelust.com/the-2010-nissan-ev-electric-car-prototype-we-cant-even-drum-up-enough-enthusiam-to-be-snarky/comment-page-1/#comment-3737 drivin98 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:12:06 +0000 http://www.ridelust.com/?p=3932#comment-3737 Shame this vehicle was reviewed by someone with a flawed knowledge of EV history and Nissans' EV sales forecast. "...the ultimate failure to achieve any significant distance on a single charge." The Toyota Rav4 EV using last-gen NiMH batteries got between 100 and 120 miles to a charge. Last sold in 2003, the occasional one on eBay fetches between $40,000 and $70,000. The gen II EV-1 got up to 150 miles on a charge. "...in a few years, they could be producing 10 million electric cars annually..." Nissan only produced 3.7 million cars of all types last year and is only predicting a small increase this year. Renault has made a 100,000 electric car forecast for the year 2015. Perhaps this is what is confusing you. I'm also amazed Nissan let you see some designs for their electric car too since they haven't shown them to anyone else yet. The vehicle pictured above is a Cube mule with the drivetrain of the future car (though the exact battery chemistry hasn't been decided yet" and may be only slightly indicative of the eventual design. Shame this vehicle was reviewed by someone with a flawed knowledge of EV history and Nissans’ EV sales forecast.

“…the ultimate failure to achieve any significant distance on a single charge.”
The Toyota Rav4 EV using last-gen NiMH batteries got between 100 and 120 miles to a charge. Last sold in 2003, the occasional one on eBay fetches between $40,000 and $70,000.
The gen II EV-1 got up to 150 miles on a charge.

“…in a few years, they could be producing 10 million electric cars annually…”
Nissan only produced 3.7 million cars of all types last year and is only predicting a small increase this year. Renault has made a 100,000 electric car forecast for the year 2015. Perhaps this is what is confusing you.

I’m also amazed Nissan let you see some designs for their electric car too since they haven’t shown them to anyone else yet. The vehicle pictured above is a Cube mule with the drivetrain of the future car (though the exact battery chemistry hasn’t been decided yet” and may be only slightly indicative of the eventual design.

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