LEAF v iON

GREEN CRAP "I Stand By It as a Theatrical Work" climate change battle cry “ Top Gear Nissan Leaf from CollinsArchive on Vimeo. tomw made mention of the Nissan Leaf in comments on the "Record number of coal-fired generators to be shut down in 2012" post.  Last year Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson and James May drove a battery powered Leaf,  Peugeot iOn on a trip .. not a very long one as it turned out, across the English countryside.  It was both entertaining and instructive; the Green legions went up the wall, natch,   because, well  they only go about 100 miles and take 13 hours to charge- if you can find a charging station.  A bloke writing for Green Car Reports complained (with a brave face). "They needed to recharge their fully-drained 2011 Nissan Leaf  in the rural English county of Lincolnshire. Needless to say, they had purposely exhausted the car's battery, and chosen a place known for its lack of electric-car charging stations.  As with past Top Gear segments involving electric cars, many plug-in fans weren’t impressed. Neither was Nissan. " Really?  I don't know what "purposely exhausted the car's battery" means?  They drove them;  the batteries drained.  Give it a watch, and decide. ”