Comments on: Nissan CEO Says Their Electric Car Strategy is "Unique" in Industry http://gas2.org/2009/11/13/nissan-ceo-says-their-electric-car-strategy-is-unique-in-industry/ What is the future of fuel? What's new? What's next? Since 2007, Gas 2 has covered a rapidly changing world coming to terms with its oil addiction. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:40:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jennifer http://gas2.org/2009/11/13/nissan-ceo-says-their-electric-car-strategy-is-unique-in-industry/#comment-13214 Jennifer Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:48:08 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=4085#comment-13214 I am skeptical. I'd love to have an electric car but GM, CARB, oil companies and government made it impossible to get an electric car in the 90s despite consumer demand. Batteries/electric are a much better option than cells/hydrogen. Read "The Hype of Hydrogen" sometime. My guess is LEAF will be a concept car and never really be in the public hands, but time will tell. I am skeptical. I’d love to have an electric car but GM, CARB, oil companies and government made it impossible to get an electric car in the 90s despite consumer demand. Batteries/electric are a much better option than cells/hydrogen. Read “The Hype of Hydrogen” sometime. My guess is LEAF will be a concept car and never really be in the public hands, but time will tell.

]]> By: Jennifer http://gas2.org/2009/11/13/nissan-ceo-says-their-electric-car-strategy-is-unique-in-industry/#comment-36577 Jennifer Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:48:00 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=4085#comment-36577 I am skeptical. I'd love to have an electric car but GM, CARB, oil companies and government made it impossible to get an electric car in the 90s despite consumer demand. Batteries/electric are a much better option than cells/hydrogen. Read "The Hype of Hydrogen" sometime. My guess is LEAF will be a concept car and never really be in the public hands, but time will tell. I am skeptical. I’d love to have an electric car but GM, CARB, oil companies and government made it impossible to get an electric car in the 90s despite consumer demand. Batteries/electric are a much better option than cells/hydrogen. Read “The Hype of Hydrogen” sometime. My guess is LEAF will be a concept car and never really be in the public hands, but time will tell.

]]> By: Chris Mitchell http://gas2.org/2009/11/13/nissan-ceo-says-their-electric-car-strategy-is-unique-in-industry/#comment-13213 Chris Mitchell Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:05:33 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=4085#comment-13213 “Funding for research and development is the only thing that held us back for so long.” >>>Well said dustin, well said. John Bailo: “Build the Hydrogen Highway and get on with it already.” >>>hydrogen fuel is more expensive than gas. Show me an hydrogen car that is less than $100,000. Please reference the sentiment expressed in the quote you liked. R&D in all potential lines should continue and should be funded. Please remember how most electricity is generated; it's a fossil-fuel form. “Funding for research and development is the only thing that held us back for so long.”

>>>Well said dustin, well said.

John Bailo: “Build the Hydrogen Highway and get on with it already.”

>>>hydrogen fuel is more expensive than gas. Show me an hydrogen car that is less than $100,000.

Please reference the sentiment expressed in the quote you liked. R&D in all potential lines should continue and should be funded. Please remember how most electricity is generated; it’s a fossil-fuel form.

]]> By: Chris Mitchell http://gas2.org/2009/11/13/nissan-ceo-says-their-electric-car-strategy-is-unique-in-industry/#comment-36576 Chris Mitchell Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:05:00 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=4085#comment-36576 “Funding for research and development is the only thing that held us back for so long.” >>>Well said dustin, well said. John Bailo: “Build the Hydrogen Highway and get on with it already.” >>>hydrogen fuel is more expensive than gas. Show me an hydrogen car that is less than $100,000. Please reference the sentiment expressed in the quote you liked. R&D in all potential lines should continue and should be funded. Please remember how most electricity is generated; it's a fossil-fuel form. “Funding for research and development is the only thing that held us back for so long.”

>>>Well said dustin, well said.

John Bailo: “Build the Hydrogen Highway and get on with it already.”

>>>hydrogen fuel is more expensive than gas. Show me an hydrogen car that is less than $100,000.

Please reference the sentiment expressed in the quote you liked. R&D in all potential lines should continue and should be funded. Please remember how most electricity is generated; it’s a fossil-fuel form.

]]> By: Sunnyy http://gas2.org/2009/11/13/nissan-ceo-says-their-electric-car-strategy-is-unique-in-industry/#comment-13212 Sunnyy Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:50:25 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=4085#comment-13212 "Funding for research and development is the only thing that held us back for so long. The Baker electric car was made in 1909, so its not like the technology is new, just suppressed." >>>Well said dustin, well said. John Bailo: "Build the Hydrogen Highway and get on with it already." >>>hydrogen fuel is more expensive than gas. Show me an hydrogen car that is less than $100,000. “Funding for research and development is the only thing that held us back for so long. The Baker electric car was made in 1909, so its not like the technology is new, just suppressed.”

>>>Well said dustin, well said.

John Bailo: “Build the Hydrogen Highway and get on with it already.”

>>>hydrogen fuel is more expensive than gas. Show me an hydrogen car that is less than $100,000.

]]> By: Sunnyy http://gas2.org/2009/11/13/nissan-ceo-says-their-electric-car-strategy-is-unique-in-industry/#comment-36575 Sunnyy Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:50:00 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=4085#comment-36575 "Funding for research and development is the only thing that held us back for so long. The Baker electric car was made in 1909, so its not like the technology is new, just suppressed." >>>Well said dustin, well said. John Bailo: "Build the Hydrogen Highway and get on with it already." >>>hydrogen fuel is more expensive than gas. Show me an hydrogen car that is less than $100,000. “Funding for research and development is the only thing that held us back for so long. The Baker electric car was made in 1909, so its not like the technology is new, just suppressed.”

>>>Well said dustin, well said.

John Bailo: “Build the Hydrogen Highway and get on with it already.”

>>>hydrogen fuel is more expensive than gas. Show me an hydrogen car that is less than $100,000.

]]> By: dustin slade http://gas2.org/2009/11/13/nissan-ceo-says-their-electric-car-strategy-is-unique-in-industry/#comment-13211 dustin slade Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:28:45 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=4085#comment-13211 "I would not be surprised in 10 years if battery packs have 2-4 times the energy density... " I think that with all the new technology coming out, like metal oxygen batteries, they could have 10 times the power of a lithium-ion in about 2 to 4 years. There are some posts on this site about new battery technology. Funding for research and development is the only thing that held us back for so long. The Baker electric car was made in 1909, so its not like the technology is new, just suppressed. “I would not be surprised in 10 years if battery packs have 2-4 times the energy density… ”

I think that with all the new technology coming out, like metal oxygen batteries, they could have 10 times the power of a lithium-ion in about 2 to 4 years. There are some posts on this site about new battery technology. Funding for research and development is the only thing that held us back for so long. The Baker electric car was made in 1909, so its not like the technology is new, just suppressed.

]]> By: dustin slade http://gas2.org/2009/11/13/nissan-ceo-says-their-electric-car-strategy-is-unique-in-industry/#comment-36574 dustin slade Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:28:00 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=4085#comment-36574 "I would not be surprised in 10 years if battery packs have 2-4 times the energy density... " I think that with all the new technology coming out, like metal oxygen batteries, they could have 10 times the power of a lithium-ion in about 2 to 4 years. There are some posts on this site about new battery technology. Funding for research and development is the only thing that held us back for so long. The Baker electric car was made in 1909, so its not like the technology is new, just suppressed. “I would not be surprised in 10 years if battery packs have 2-4 times the energy density… ”

I think that with all the new technology coming out, like metal oxygen batteries, they could have 10 times the power of a lithium-ion in about 2 to 4 years. There are some posts on this site about new battery technology. Funding for research and development is the only thing that held us back for so long. The Baker electric car was made in 1909, so its not like the technology is new, just suppressed.

]]> By: JJ http://gas2.org/2009/11/13/nissan-ceo-says-their-electric-car-strategy-is-unique-in-industry/#comment-13210 JJ Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:46:05 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=4085#comment-13210 The only thing that would stop me buying a Leaf is sticker shock, I believe Nissan will have to lease the battery while I buy the rest. Since a Leaf without upfront battery cost should be as affordable as any ICE car, that is the way to go. The battery lease charges would cancel the savings from grid charging so final costs may be about the same as an ICE car. Also I expect battery development to continue rapidly, I would not be surprised in 10 years if battery packs have 2-4 times the energy density based on other formulations like Li Ni or Zinc air. I would hope that an older EV could still be upgraded with a newer battery as they become available. The retired batteries will still be useful for grid use but this needs to be done by the manufacturer. The only thing that would stop me buying a Leaf is sticker shock, I believe Nissan will have to lease the battery while I buy the rest. Since a Leaf without upfront battery cost should be as affordable as any ICE car, that is the way to go. The battery lease charges would cancel the savings from grid charging so final costs may be about the same as an ICE car.

Also I expect battery development to continue rapidly, I would not be surprised in 10 years if battery packs have 2-4 times the energy density based on other formulations like Li Ni or Zinc air. I would hope that an older EV could still be upgraded with a newer battery as they become available. The retired batteries will still be useful for grid use but this needs to be done by the manufacturer.

]]> By: JJ http://gas2.org/2009/11/13/nissan-ceo-says-their-electric-car-strategy-is-unique-in-industry/#comment-36573 JJ Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:46:00 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=4085#comment-36573 The only thing that would stop me buying a Leaf is sticker shock, I believe Nissan will have to lease the battery while I buy the rest. Since a Leaf without upfront battery cost should be as affordable as any ICE car, that is the way to go. The battery lease charges would cancel the savings from grid charging so final costs may be about the same as an ICE car. Also I expect battery development to continue rapidly, I would not be surprised in 10 years if battery packs have 2-4 times the energy density based on other formulations like Li Ni or Zinc air. I would hope that an older EV could still be upgraded with a newer battery as they become available. The retired batteries will still be useful for grid use but this needs to be done by the manufacturer. The only thing that would stop me buying a Leaf is sticker shock, I believe Nissan will have to lease the battery while I buy the rest. Since a Leaf without upfront battery cost should be as affordable as any ICE car, that is the way to go. The battery lease charges would cancel the savings from grid charging so final costs may be about the same as an ICE car.

Also I expect battery development to continue rapidly, I would not be surprised in 10 years if battery packs have 2-4 times the energy density based on other formulations like Li Ni or Zinc air. I would hope that an older EV could still be upgraded with a newer battery as they become available. The retired batteries will still be useful for grid use but this needs to be done by the manufacturer.

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