nissan leaf autonomy Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:41:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Nissan Director "Thinks" EVs Don't Need Bigger Batteries, Leaf Has Enough https://www.greenoptimistic.com/nissan-mark-perry-bigger-batteries-leaf-20111027/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/nissan-mark-perry-bigger-batteries-leaf-20111027/#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:41:34 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=20913 An article I read today showed that recently Nissan started thinking big batteries aren’t necessary for EVs. They claim to have studied extensive data before claiming what seems to be one of the stupidest claims since the one saying “you won’t ever need more than 64 kilobytes of RAM in a computer” (in the 80’s, […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/nissan-mark-perry-bigger-batteries-leaf-20111027/feed/ 1 20913 Nissan Director Says Leaf Can Get to 140 Miles, Despite EPA Estimates https://www.greenoptimistic.com/nissan-leaf-driving-range-20101222/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/nissan-leaf-driving-range-20101222/#comments Wed, 22 Dec 2010 18:53:40 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=16329 The Nissan Leaf's battery performance has been evaluated by the EPA at 73 miles, but company officials say that the driving range will depend on the user's driving habits and will usually get over 100 miles.

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