On 28 Aug 2014 at 13:47, Ed Blackmond via EV wrote: > I see this as the way to make the econobox electric vehicles possible. The > Nissan Leaf would sell for the same price as its essential twin the Versa and > the battery pack would be leased.
This is what Renault (Nissan's French partner) is doing with their Zöe, and I think with their other EVs too. Personally, I don't like some of the terms of their lease, and probably wouldn't buy a Zöe for that reason, but that's just me. >From what I've read, part of the idea behind their lease - they'll sell you the car, but not the battery - is to keep the car's selling price low. I think the battery lease costs about what you'd spend on on fuel for a comparable car for a typical monthly driving distance; someone please correct me of that's wrong. David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA EVDL Administrator = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
