Yeah, I almost bought a 2012 with a new battery for like $5k a couple years ago. The first gen Leaf is a perfectly good commuter and really reasonable to buy and own.

Agreed. It had to be a budget issue. There’s no other good explanation, except “Nissan dealers have already built a bunch of Chademo and they’ll be mad at us”... but now the new Nissan EV SUV, Araya or whatever, is CCS, so they know it’s the future.

You’re moving the goalposts to comparing a Hummer to “a full size truck”. I already said from the outset that it will do better than a full size truck.

There absolutely are some limitations for EVs, the most notable in my experience is one that you mentioned: You have to stop where chargers are.

I agree with you. Nissan absolutely knew they were hamstringing the Leaf by giving it Chademo. No one else was still using it anymore. The only other Asian holdouts of any significance (Kia/Hyundai) had already planned to switch to CCS, IIRC, so Nissan *had* to at least know that it was *likely* over for Chademo.

Battery creation emissions are not climate warming carbon emissions. they are things like toxins and waste that have to be handled correctly but not CO2 release.

IMO, the I-Pace is one of the best looking EVs... and performance is quite good. Perhaps you mean the charge rate, in which case, yeah, it’s not great at 80-100kW last I checked. But, it’s also a relatively early entry. It needs an update to 150kW+, though, to keep up.

I don’t know why Nissan hamstrung this vehicle with archaic charging technology.

The Mini E would be fine at $20k but it’s just stupid priced the same as a Bolt that, although less luxurious, gets well over double the mileage.

Tesla has unfortunately settled into its niche of providing a more expensive luxury brand appeal than a practical Electric Vehicle. Just recently, they solidified their resolve to exit the industry of affordable electric cars by pushing their prices up.

Its vastly vastly better for the environment and climate change than any gas powered truck on the market at any size.

No way are the ID’s the *worst*... especially for the price. $39k minus tax credit for 280 miles of range AND a good charge rate (unlike Bolt).

Yet all charges for EVs cost extra and none EVs include a charger in MSRP.

I don’t have DC. My home has AC 110 or 220V so these will not work either

All the 3-spoke wheels GMC made in the 2000s. Pontiac, too.

Yeah, like I said, batteries can definitely allow you to minimize instantaneous pull from the grid.

Yeah, it’s even simpler in EU, but the complexity/quantity of plugs in the US is often exaggerated, IMO.

Macan GTS is awesome (thinking about getting one myself, despite my disdain for crossovers in general), and so was Spud Webb, but they’re both extreme outliers compared to normal 5'7" basketball players and normal crossovers.

Every EV can use the same AC plug.

Yes, batteries would help trim the max instantaneous delivery rate. You could have a slower rate into the batteries that “trickles” into the batteries and then you output from the batteries in bursts.