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Seattle Goes to Bat For the Electric Vehicle!

Posted on 18. Nov, 2009 by nrossique in Electric Car Stocks, Market & Industry

City will play a part in electric vehicle charging station test market

The city of Seattle already boasts 600 electric vehicles, as well as the country’s biggest chapter of the Electric Vehicle Association. So it was no surprise to find that Nissan and the city of Seattle have struck a deal to bring their Leaf EV to the city by next fall.

What does that mean for the folks in Seattle? They’re going to be trend setters, that’s what! Each consumer who purchases a Leaf EV as part of the program will receive their own 220-volt charging station in their home.

According to Nissan, the Leaf five-passenger hatchback EV it intends to release to Seattle can go 100 miles on a single charge, and according to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, will cost just $190 to drive 10,000 – which comes out to less than two cents per mile!

When you do the math, the comparison between the Leaf and even the most fuel-efficient cars is staggering. Two cents per mile, when compared to 30 miles per gallon of gas at $2.75 per gallon, is practically nothing; it is a mere 60 cents – more than 75 percent less!

It’s all part of the city’s greater goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 7% below 1990 levels by 2012. It’s estimated that emissions caused by the transportation industry are 60% to blame for their current levels, so replacing the gas-guzzling cars on the road today with EVs will put the city well on it way to reaching its goals – and the city’s residents well on their way to realizing tremendous savings on fuel and maintenance.

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