I just got a press release in my email from Nissan about them teaming up with Sumitomo and AeroVironment to introduce a DC Quick Charger to the U. S. marketplace. I must say I was pretty excited at first.<\/p>\n
The charger is fast, as in 30 minutes or less to recharge a dead Leaf. This one product I thought was the kind of thing that every homeowner would want in his or her garage.<\/p>\n
Just imagine, you come home tired at night, the kids all have issues and you forget to plug-in your electric car. No matter as in the morning you realize this and pop on the plug to quick charge your car in 30 minutes. How great would that be?<\/p>\n
The only problem with this scenario is that in order to solve this problem you have to shell out $9,900 or roughly one-third of the price you paid for the Nissan Leaf in the first place.<\/p>\n
According to Nissan, \u201cThe starting price for the charger will be $9,900, about a third of the cost of models available on the global market today. The quick charger will come in two different models: a version for indoor use, designed to help accommodate fleets such as daily rental cars; and an outdoor model, which is specifically designed for public and commercial charging uses \u2013 such as public spaces, corporate campuses, and retail centers.\u201c<\/p>\n
So, my excitement quickly turned to WTF disgust. Nissan forgot about the homeowner in this scenario. I\u2019m sure that there are a few homeowners that will shell out ten grand for this convenience, but the other 99-percent of the population won\u2019t. And will businesses really shell out this kind of dough? In this economy it\u2019s hard to say yes. I give this product two yawns and a shake of the head.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I just got a press release in my email from Nissan about them teaming up with Sumitomo and AeroVironment to introduce a DC Quick Charger to the U. S. marketplace. I must say I was pretty excited at first. The charger is fast, as in 30 minutes or less to recharge a dead Leaf. This […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-electric-cars"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t