Posted on 05/01/2014 5:05:40 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Sales of plug-in electric cars last month appear to be staying level with last month's, based on early figures from Nissan, Chevrolet, and Toyota.
The Nissan Leaf battery-electric hatchback continued the stronger sales trend from March: 2,088 Leafs found new owners.
And it widens the Leaf's lead over the Chevy Volt which logged 1,548 deliveries, bringing its total for the first four months of 2014 to 5,154. That's less than last year's 5,550 during the same period.
Together, the 2014 sales figures so far may be an indicator that sales of the mainstream plug-in Chevy will remain flat again this year--as they did in 2013
(Excerpt) Read more at greencarreports.com ...
We’ll see when the “total cost of ownership” (including stuff that breaks) is tabulated.
Many newer cars use GDI (gasoline direct injection).
The pressure may not be as high as the diesel, but don’t put your finger over the injector to test it!
Yeah GDIs are running around 200 bar and diesels 2000 bar.
Dodge, Ford and GM offer 3/4 ton diesel powered pickups.
You never experienced even a vague acquaintance with high school science, did you...
I just bought my third diesel (had to...totaled the second one).Close to 80,000 miles diesel...two check engine lights,both under warranty...free loaner both times.
Plug-in = turd. If it has to be a plug-in, it is a greenhouse gas contributor. It requires more energy to ‘fuel’ it that it puts out.
You cannot get a diesel in an F-150(3/4 ton) Same with Chevy 1500 and Dodge 1500.
Me thinks thou missed the sarcasm implicit in the quoted word “recharge.”
that’s because the trucks you listed are HALF ton trucks by their model number.
F150/1500 is half, F250/2500 is 3/4 and F350/3500 is one ton.. GM tossed in the HD’s to mess with your head.
In the old days 1500 = 1,500 pounds load in the bed capacity i.e. 3/4 ton. In Ford they dropped the trailing 0, F-150. A 2500 = 2,500 load and 3500 is 3,500 pound load. I do not think that that has changed. I had an old F-100 and it was rated at 1/2 ton but it could carry more than that.
that was then. this is now.. they typically still carry that much, but they are commonly refereed to as half ton, 3/4 ton and 1 ton trucks.
So I guess in the end. we are both right ;)
wait.. this just in..
Dodge Ram has a 3.0 V6 diesel you can get in the 1500..
I didn’t know that either.
In the old days the 1/2 tons were the Ford F150, the Dodge D150 and the Chevy C10.
(”old days”=1960s)
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