Just a few days ago, I got a surprise in the mail. It was a very expensive registration renewal bill* from Boulder County, reminding me that my brand-new 2016 Nissan Leaf was already a whole year old.

The car has now been through the full cycle of Colorado’s interesting driving conditions including blazing sunshine, blowing blizzards, rough roads and high mountain passes. More importantly, it has carried large loads of heavy people and one hatchback-busting load of cargo after another as I used it for endless construction projects as well as shuttling around visitors and even a few paying passengers as part of a related Uber-driving experiment. Since I primarily so I could tell you about the experience**, this one year anniversary presents the perfect opportunity. Electric cars have been getting better and cheaper very quickly. Even a year ago, they were competitive with gas cars (especially after applying the various tax credits available here in the US). And as of late 2017, Nissan has just announced a thoroughly with longer range, new styling, and even semi-autonomous highway cruising, at the same list price. Halfway through my time writing this article, General Motors announced that it is and switching to a 100% electric fleet in the foreseeable future.

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Changes like these will get even more people asking questions, and it will surely trigger even bigger discounts on the 2017 and earlier models of electric cars. In certain areas, you can get a brand-new 2017 Leaf for well under $14,000 and a 2013 from Craigslist for under $8k. So let’s get into the report. Emraan Hashmi Mashup Mp3 Song Download on this page. All year, people have been asking what the electric car experience has been like. • Is the car reliable?

Any unexpected hiccups? • How has the range and performance been in various use scenarios? • How good does an electric car like the Nissan Leaf handle in the snow? Life with a Leaf If you just want the overall summary, the car has been Excellent.

Although I did my best to maximize the mileage we accrued on this car over the year, the total still only added up to 3500 miles (5600 km). But what a blissful 3500 miles those were. The car served us generously, requiring nothing in return beyond refilling the windshield washer fluid once. It is hard to believe the night and day difference between gasoline cars and electric ones, in terms of sheer driving pleasure and convenience.

Engineering Economy William Sullivan Download. The difference is so stark, that I now feel utter disbelief that any car company is still making gas-powered cars, and that anyone is buying them for anything other than long roadtrips (and for those, why not just rent a car?) Even the most luxurious gas cars, of which I’ve driven a few, are complete dinosaurs in comparison to an entry-level electric car like Nissan Leaf. Now, this is definitely my Wussypants Consumer side speaking, displaying signs of.

Even the cheapest 30-year-old gas car offers incredible speed, comfortable seats and an environmentally controlled seating area. So what’s the point of scaling that ladder of luxury even further? The short answer is “Car Culture”: the only real purpose of a car is convenience and comfort – people buy them because they can’t or don’t want to do the work of pedaling a bike, and to carry their little kids in safety, and to stay out of the weather. So if you’re going to buy a car, you are presumably looking for those things, which electric cars deliver in exceptional quantity. The Leaf is Swift. It drives like a very sporty car and jumps ahead when you touch the accelerator as if it weighs nothing at all. But it’s also hushed, refined, and serene inside.