Comments on: Ready to turn a new LEAF on the road? http://www.greenbang.com/ready-to-turn-a-new-leaf-on-the-road_12714.html Sustainable Energy Insight Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:18:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Michael Dowling http://www.greenbang.com/ready-to-turn-a-new-leaf-on-the-road_12714.html/comment-page-1#comment-14424 Michael Dowling Tue, 18 May 2010 00:02:24 +0000 http://www.greenbang.com/?p=12714#comment-14424 The LEAF is a nice urban car concept,but for people who take the odd cross country trip,it fails.I think series hybrid cars like the GM Volt are a better way to go until charge times and battery range get closer to ICE performance.The Volt would run on electricity for commutes under 40 miles,and for longer trips,a gas engine running at it's most efficient speed would charge the batteries.Come to think of it,if the engine is only used for charging the batteries,perhaps an efficient diesel or external combustion engine running on biofuel would work as well.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('14424','Michael Dowling'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('14424','Michael Dowling','The LEAF is a nice urban car concept,but for people who take the odd cross country trip,it fails.I think series hybrid cars like the GM Volt are a better way to go until charge times and battery range get closer to ICE performance.The Volt would run on electricity for commutes under 40 miles,and for longer trips,a gas engine running at it\'s most efficient speed would charge the batteries.Come to think of it,if the engine is only used for charging the batteries,perhaps an efficient diesel or external combustion engine running on biofuel would work as well.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> The LEAF is a nice urban car concept,but for people who take the odd cross country trip,it fails.I think series hybrid cars like the GM Volt are a better way to go until charge times and battery range get closer to ICE performance.The Volt would run on electricity for commutes under 40 miles,and for longer trips,a gas engine running at it’s most efficient speed would charge the batteries.Come to think of it,if the engine is only used for charging the batteries,perhaps an efficient diesel or external combustion engine running on biofuel would work as well.
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]]> By: Jonjo http://www.greenbang.com/ready-to-turn-a-new-leaf-on-the-road_12714.html/comment-page-1#comment-10575 Jonjo Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:03:43 +0000 http://www.greenbang.com/?p=12714#comment-10575 Nice article, liked it alot.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('10575','Jonjo'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('10575','Jonjo','Nice article, liked it alot.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Nice article, liked it alot.
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