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The Nissan Electric CarIs the Nissan LEAF going to bring electric cars to the mainstream?Well when I was researching the Nissan electric car, the LEAF, I instantly noticed the first huge advantage of a mainstream manufacturer making an electric car, the abundance of information available about it! This is the first car that I can get information on through a local dealer and not some website in America or a speciality dealer I have to travel hours to see! Here's a video of the Nissan Leaf at the 2011 Irish Motor Show in Dublin.  The
Nissan LEAF is a hatchback 5 seat electric powered car and is designed to compete with a 1.6l engine car according to Nissan.
This is the type of car most families have as a second car in Ireland and I think the range won’t be a great problem as if people buy it as a second car it usually
won’t need to be driven more than the 160km range in one go.
Even if it was bought as a city car it would do a pretty good job.
You won’t stand out in it either because for an electric car it looks pretty good and we all know there have been some brutal looking ones around!. It has also won the European Car of the Year 2011 award which is a huge boost for electric cars and shows the progress that's being made.  It has
all the electric car trimmings like regenerative braking, an aerodynamic body and even more like low voltage LED lights which Nissan don’t even have on any of their other cars yet.
The Nissan electric car can also connect with an app on your phone to see how much it’s charged, so you can check up on your car while you sit in the coffee shop relaxing.
Sat Nav, climate control, cruise control and a rear parking camera all come standard on the Irish version of the car as there is only one model coming to Ireland. These all seem like power draining and mostly unneeded devices but that’s the way they went so I guess those are the sort of gadgets that the early adopters go for.
The Leaf has a 140km/h top speed and a 160km range which is quite good although this figure usually halves in the real world unless you really try to get the most out of it by driving like a granny, or "hypermiling" as they call it.
It has a fast charge of 80% in 30 minutes and, good news if you live in Ireland because the ESB (electricity supply board) has announced that it will install home
charging points for free to the first 2,000 electric vehicle customers.
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Well the Leaf has been
in the USA since December 2010 and in Ireland since March 2011.
It costs $25,280 after a $7,500 tax incentive in America and €29,995 here in Ireland after a €5,000 government tax incentive.
I think the Nissan Electric Car is certainly a one I could like as it can instantly replace the car I drive at the moment (a diesel Peugeot 207) and from test driving it seems a lot fancier and has better acceleration.
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