Thanks to Nissan, West Greenwich roadways are now greener, as are roadways across the country. This is due to the fact that late last year, Nissan introduced the world's first mass marketed 100% electric vehicle, the Nissan LEAF. The availability of the Nissan LEAF suddenly gives drivers everywhere the option to completely rid themselves of the need for gasoline. The obvious advantages to this are the savings in fuel costs, which are now well over the $4/gallon mark for much of the country, and the greener environment that 100% electric vehicles create. However, there are arguably political and national safety implications as well.
As stated above, thanks to Nissan, West Greenwich residents can now contribute less to the pollution of the environment while still going about their daily lives much, if not exactly, as they did before. In fact, the attributes of the green Nissan LEAF have been ranked by kbb.com, a division of Kelley Blue Book, as the features that contribute to the greenest vehicle available on the market today. The website ranked the Top 10 Green Cars for 2011 and considered vehicles running on all different forms of energy, from gasoline-fueled vehicles to hybrids to the all electric LEAF. Some entirely gasoline-fueled vehicles made the list thanks to their near 40 miles per gallon combined fuel efficiency ratings, along with hybrids who report even higher ratings, but the Nissan LEAF was the clear front runner since it is the only vehicle that runs sans gasoline all the time and emits zero emissions.
Despite its incredible breakthrough in technology, the Nissan LEAF cannot replace every Providence used car in an effort to clean up the roadways in Providence. Used car drivers who drive more than 73 miles in one trip will have to consider another green vehicle on the top ten list in an effort to make a difference in the environment. The Nissan LEAF has a fuel economy rating of 99 miles per full charge, but actual mileage is closer to the lower seventies. Since the technology is so new, most LEAF drivers can only depend on the charging station in their own home or garage. Therefore, the current infrastructure for charging a Nissan LEAF does not support a cross-country, or even a few hundred-miles road-trip. However, over the next few years the car industry will see multiple releases of 100% electric vehicles and likely this will bring an increase of EV charging stations as well, making electric vehicles an option for even more consumers.
Just as when the first automobile, the Model T Ford, hit (and technically created) the automobile industry, the introduction of the Nissan LEAF is likely to be as significant of an event for the future of the world as that first automobile was. The Model T Ford changed the way humans moved around the land and the Nissan LEAF will no doubt change the way humans move around the land again. With the first invention, humans gained mobility, but with the second, humans have gained sustainability. The essence of the Model T Ford, that is a gasoline-powered engine, seems to be at the end of its rope after 103 years of service to the human race, but the new technology introduced by the Nissan LEAF could be around… indefinitely?
As stated above, thanks to Nissan, West Greenwich residents can now contribute less to the pollution of the environment while still going about their daily lives much, if not exactly, as they did before. In fact, the attributes of the green Nissan LEAF have been ranked by kbb.com, a division of Kelley Blue Book, as the features that contribute to the greenest vehicle available on the market today. The website ranked the Top 10 Green Cars for 2011 and considered vehicles running on all different forms of energy, from gasoline-fueled vehicles to hybrids to the all electric LEAF. Some entirely gasoline-fueled vehicles made the list thanks to their near 40 miles per gallon combined fuel efficiency ratings, along with hybrids who report even higher ratings, but the Nissan LEAF was the clear front runner since it is the only vehicle that runs sans gasoline all the time and emits zero emissions.
Despite its incredible breakthrough in technology, the Nissan LEAF cannot replace every Providence used car in an effort to clean up the roadways in Providence. Used car drivers who drive more than 73 miles in one trip will have to consider another green vehicle on the top ten list in an effort to make a difference in the environment. The Nissan LEAF has a fuel economy rating of 99 miles per full charge, but actual mileage is closer to the lower seventies. Since the technology is so new, most LEAF drivers can only depend on the charging station in their own home or garage. Therefore, the current infrastructure for charging a Nissan LEAF does not support a cross-country, or even a few hundred-miles road-trip. However, over the next few years the car industry will see multiple releases of 100% electric vehicles and likely this will bring an increase of EV charging stations as well, making electric vehicles an option for even more consumers.
Just as when the first automobile, the Model T Ford, hit (and technically created) the automobile industry, the introduction of the Nissan LEAF is likely to be as significant of an event for the future of the world as that first automobile was. The Model T Ford changed the way humans moved around the land and the Nissan LEAF will no doubt change the way humans move around the land again. With the first invention, humans gained mobility, but with the second, humans have gained sustainability. The essence of the Model T Ford, that is a gasoline-powered engine, seems to be at the end of its rope after 103 years of service to the human race, but the new technology introduced by the Nissan LEAF could be around… indefinitely?