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Old 29-11-2011, 09:41 AM   #22
Polyal
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Default Re: Nissan Leaf - The Answer to Peak Oil ?

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Originally Posted by jpd80
It depends on why people by this type of vehicle
1) high moral ground on environment - price and fuel savings are less important
2) savings in running costs - fleet operators

For the rest of us, i believe that cars like the very effcient and reasonably
priced TDCI Fiesta offer a better balance between price and fuel savings.
In the short term I agree, it will have to be business and Govco taking up EV's mainstream to get infrastructure up to par aswell...heaps of considerations but its not the end of the world like some make it out to be.
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