The journOlists at it again. Pushing their party's agenda.You may have heard the mileage rating for the Nissan Leaf is 99 MPG (miles per gallon equivalent)...
As Auto Blog says of the rating: “It looks good.” Of course it looks good. But there’s a whole lot more to the story. Note that the MPG rating is MPG equivalent. The MSM (journOlists) has been dropping the “equivalent,” making it seem to consumers that the vehicle is far more efficient than it truly is. Which is the intent, of course.
The ratings for the Chevy Volt have just been released as well. From the Detroit Free Press:
Chevy Volt to hit 93 m.p.g. in electric-only mode; battery-only Nissan Leaf to reach 99 m.p.g.
There is not a single instance of the word “equivalent” in the entire article. Nor is there any mention of last year’s claim that the Volt gets 230 miles per gallon (that was a different fraudulent number, based on a separate fraudulent scheme).
The current “miles per gallon equivalent” is a fraud perpetrated to hide the true environmental cost of these cars.
Pajamas Media » EPA Fraud: Chevy Volt, Nissan Leaf Actually Get Only 23, 25 MPG
Given that more and more fully or partially electric cars are due out in the future. I think the best thing we can do is to change the fuel ratings along the lines of
X mpg @ x miles, y mpg@ y miles up to around 500 miles or so.
Having this sort of accuracy will help to dispel hacks on both sides of the aisle going "well according to my study with my assumptions, the results are x" while the other guy uses different assumptions for a different result.
Some type of honest reporting is necessary. It's a tall task for our journOlists though. They just have a hard time throwing away their skirts and pom-poms.
And people wonder why FOXNEWS, WSJ and talk radio dominates.
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Let’s say you took your gas-guzzling engine out of your car and hooked it up to a generator in your garage. The engine has a fuel efficiency of 15 MPG. . . You run the engine to generate electricity . . . to charge your Nissan Leaf or Chevy Volt. Guess what the mileage of that Leaf is? The EPA says you will still get 99 MPG overall. But you actually used four gallons, not one, to get that far, thanks to the charging engine’s 25% efficiency.
The journOlists at it again. Pushing their party's agenda.
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4 hours to charge.
So if you charge your battery over night you're likely wearing your battery out - costing you more in the long run, too.
so the suggestion to plug it in when you go to bed is naughty naughty
4 hours to charge.
So if you charge your battery over night you're likely wearing your battery out - costing you more in the long run, too.
so the suggestion to plug it in when you go to bed is naughty naughty
I'd like to see your numbers on that.
The journOlists at it again.
Do you keep hitting shift by accident or is there some kind of weird purpose behind typing like this?It's a tall task for our journOlists though.
It's on the EPA sticker that Redress posted.
I kind of posted it as a joke - but the 4hr charge time is what's listed.
No, I meant about the battery wear and costing more in the long run. How long does it last and how much will it cost me to replace?
The Volt will have charging parameters installed that will prevent excessive battery cycles extending the life of the battery a great deal. I dont know about the Leaf though, give that it is battery only
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