Re: Nissan Leaf
Originally Posted by S Folinsky
(Post 11829872)
A similar situation exists with telephones. A celluar system is easier to install rather than putting a wired system from scratch. In natural disasters [or not so natural, eg "9-11"], it is easier to get the cell system up than with the wired system.
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Re: Nissan Leaf
Originally Posted by S Folinsky
(Post 11829874)
For what its worth, my father went to sea in 1945 and his ship had "turbo-electric" power. The steam plant ran a generator which in turn ran a motor. [And no, it was not a submarine].
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Re: Nissan Leaf
Originally Posted by Boomhauer
(Post 11824429)
That said I would never buy an electric only vehicle; the lack of range and time to recharge kills it for me, not to mention the inability to tow/haul stuff. A hybrid pick-up, with a diesel engine, is the cat's meow . Had a look over the Tesla S when I was in UK last. 300+ mile range, 20 mins for 1/2 a charge at Tesla's charging stations (free of charge, for life, for Tesla S owners - admittedly not many of those (the charging stations) in UK, especially north of London), several hours at home for a full charge (costs about £5), in standard trim does 0-60mph in under 6 secs (and 2.9 secs with the Insane Acceleration Kit), and looks extremely cool to boot. Very tempted. Looking forward to their cheaper and smaller 4x4 / crossover coming out later this year. |
Re: Nissan Leaf
Originally Posted by Pulaski
(Post 11829878)
That is a great example. Another one is the use of tablets rather than books in schools in poor countries. Cheap tablets and PDFs are much easier to distribute than mountains of books. ..... Though IMO the ultimate example is the price that the US pays for having been the first to wire up mains electricity. So we're stuck with crappy 120v power and all that entails (higher power losses, thicker copper wires, to name but two), and with absolutely no way to get from where we are to the 240v system that most of the world uses. :(
My dryer and water heater runs on 220v, thats almost as good as 230 V as they use in Europe |
Re: Nissan Leaf
Originally Posted by mrken30
(Post 11829935)
.... My dryer and water heater run on 220v, thats almost as good as 230 V as they use in Europe
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Re: Nissan Leaf
Originally Posted by Pulaski
(Post 11829878)
That is a great example. Another one is the use of tablets rather than books in schools in poor countries. Cheap tablets and PDFs are much easier to distribute than mountains of books. ..... Though IMO the ultimate example is the price that the US pays for having been the first to wire up mains electricity. So we're stuck with crappy 120v power and all that entails (higher power losses, thicker copper wires, to name but two), and with absolutely no way to get from where we are to the 240v system that most of the world uses. :(
Any idea what Mexico uses? |
Re: Nissan Leaf
Originally Posted by Pulaski
(Post 11830014)
Your dryer and water heater run on 2x120v, which isn't
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Re: Nissan Leaf
Originally Posted by Jsmth321
(Post 11830170)
.... Any idea what Mexico uses?
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Re: Nissan Leaf
I don't think any country is now officially on 240v . I know the UK has technically been on 230V for the best part of 20 years.
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Re: Nissan Leaf
Originally Posted by mrken30
(Post 11830238)
I don't think any country is now officially on 240v . I know the UK has technically been on 230V for the best part of 20 years.
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Re: Nissan Leaf
The UK got around the 230V thing by stating something like 230V +10% -5% , so in reality it was still 240v nominal.
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Re: Nissan Leaf
sooooo
10 pages later and I still haven't heard from anyone who has actually driven a Leaf!:banghead: It has been interesting and amusing to see the subjects covered though....typical BE!! |
Re: Nissan Leaf
Originally Posted by S Folinsky
(Post 11829874)
For what its worth, my father went to sea in 1945 and his ship had "turbo-electric" power. The steam plant ran a generator which in turn ran a motor. [And no, it was not a submarine].
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Re: Nissan Leaf
Originally Posted by petitefrancaise
(Post 11830263)
sooooo
10 pages later and I still haven't heard from anyone who has actually driven a Leaf!:banghead: It has been interesting and amusing to see the subjects covered though....typical BE!! |
Re: Nissan Leaf
Originally Posted by petitefrancaise
(Post 11830263)
sooooo
10 pages later and I still haven't heard from anyone who has actually driven a Leaf!:banghead: It has been interesting and amusing to see the subjects covered though....typical BE!! austin cars & trucks - craigslist |
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