Posted on 11/27/2010 12:07:49 PM PST by jazusamo
Practitioners of the green religion are ecstatic over last week's Environmental Protection Agency decision to award the new Nissan Leaf an official "99 miles-per-gallon" rating for use on the showroom floor. This is a rather curious claim for a battery-powered vehicle that uses no gasoline. Federal officials intend to subtly imply with this "equivalent" mileage figure that the Leaf is three to four times better than ordinary, gas-powered automobiles.
There's more than just deceptive government gimmicks at play, as the left has been using cars like the Leaf to make an all-out assault on our wallets. The Department of Energy, for example, ponied up $1.4 billion in taxpayer-subsidized loans so the Japanese manufacturer could update facilities in Smyrna, Tenn., where Leaf components are assembled. The Obama administration also lavished $100 million in "stimulus" funds on charging stations as a subsidy to the smug, well-to-do buyers of niche electric cars.
After all, with a base price of $32,780 plus $2,200 for a charging station, the Leaf is anything but cheap - especially compared to the otherwise equivalent $13,320 Ford Fiesta, which achieves 40 miles per gallon with a gasoline engine...
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State and federal governments somehow think the electric boondoggle is worth supporting with your money, while at the same time claiming that no funding is available to expand existing freeways to reduce congestion. Instead of subsidizing left-wing radicals, it's time for politicians to concentrate on the roads that serve all Americans.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
Not...one...dime....willfully...to...the...UAW.
Not one dime!
People are not willing to pay more for an electric car. That’s the bottom line and until the market accepts that reality, electric cars are not going to gain mainstream acceptance any time soon.
That is a great picture!
And let’s see how well that car works up here in my little Alaskan town, where the temperature will go down to -20 degrees tonight.
My prediction: by the year 2025, expect screaming headlines and hand-wringing stories about the sheer volume of toxic chemicals in local landfills from discarded car batteries.
LOL
You nailed it...These electrics are going to be nothing but money pits, IMO. Someone on another thread the other day wondered what one of these will be worth five to seven years down the road and I’d guess very little. They’ll be due for much maintenance and battery replacements and it’ll be expensive.
Good point, they’re just a hugely more expensive golf cart.
A Prius battery lasts ten years. And factoring in Murphy’s Law, when you finally have to replace it, a cheap new battery will almost certainly be available by then. That’s one expense few people have to worry about.
Amen to that!
Don’t you see the scam?
You will be required by law to pay a disposal fee, so that qualified SEIU goons can make the bad batteries go away safely.
Then they will be crammed down our throats via the tax system.
If you have be bribed to buy one, how good really is it?
How are all those battery operated Ryobi power tools working out for ya?
President Obama’s administration has bought almost a quarter of the hybrids Ford and GM sold in the past two years.
According to Bloomberg, the U.S. General Services Administration, which runs the government fleet, bought at least 14,584 hybrid vehicles in the last two years — making up about 10 percent of the vehicles the agency bought last year.
http://alttransport.com/2010/11/the-obama-administration-buys-a-fourth-of-gm-ford-hybrids/
What a waste, that car could be a 600 mph business jet with an unlimited range.
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