I test drove a Nissan Leaf this morning.

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By confidentiality agreement I'm prohibited from divulging any details. But for the record:

:woohoo: :bounce: :toast: :bounce: :applause:

[cutlassmama]

1. Is it electric or hydrogen?

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3. Electric. nt

[Warpy]

7. My electric scooter makes my car feel sluggish

by comparison. When I take off from a street light (typically a dangerous maneuver for cyclists), I leave all the cars in the dust.

An electric car that's adequately powered is always going to feel a lot zippier than any gas powered car, IMO.

I'm waiting for the lead/acid/carbon nanotube batteries to come through the pipeline, though, until I bite. Until then, it's a little 4 chipmunk econocar for me.

[Fumesucker]

10. Eh, if you have enough torque to spin the tires at will it doesn't matter what's under the hood..

Traction is the limiting parameter on high performance cars, particularly front wheel drive ones.

[thereismore]

2. So that means at least one Nissan Leaf already exists. nt

[Nederland]

4. Lucky bastard

I went to a Tesla dealership a week back but all they would let me do was sit in it. Guess they knew I couldn't afford it...

[Tikki]

5. When will you be able to share?....

We are sooooooo interested. What about the battery lease thingy?


The Tikkis

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12. The plan for that has not been finalized

but lots of info here

http://www.nissanusa.com/leaf-electric-car/index.jsp#/car/index

[harun]

6. Sweet.

[LuvNewcastle]

8. How far will it go on a charge?

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9. The current spec says 100mi. nt

[JohnWxy]

11. aw come-on. We won't tell anybody.

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19. AutoBlogGreen editor Sebastian Blanco had the same take I did

http://green.autoblog.com/2009/11/24/quick-spin-nissan-leaf-the-tip-of-mass-market-ev-spear/

[excess_3]

13. left or right hand drive? .nt

[ConcernedCanuk]

18. I can only find right hand drive pics

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more from google

and they are all the same color

OR

there is only ONE car??

[NickB79]

14. Any news on expected pricing?

And has there been any decision on whether or not to lease the battery instead of purchasing it outright?

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15. At a public event on Sunday Nissan estimated $28-32K

(around $25K with fed tax rebate) and the current plan is to lease the batteries.

[trof]

16. Link to photo gallery:

Cool looking car.
http://www.nissanusa.com/leaf-electric-car/#/car/index

[Kolesar]

17. Steering is drive-by-wire

Here it comes!
http://www.nissanusa.com/leaf-electric-car/#/vision