Comments on: University asking for refund on $23,000 electric car

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:29:59 +0000

May be Nissan Leaf is for you.

By: Jim McCullough

Jim McCullough — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:34:36 +0000

..another case of over-active EV marketing to uninformed customer who hasn’t been exposed to a GM EV1-like EV marketing disclaimer (or discouragement?) list.

EV sellers shouldn’t promote an EV designed only for warm regions to a cold region buyer without the customer understanding the con’s as well as the pro’s of the deal…otherwise, expect disappointment.

By: Dan C

Dan C — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:47:52 +0000

It’s called a “heater”, and with all of those brains at the university, I’m sure someone could figure out how to keep the batteries warm and see if that’s really the problem or if some doofus drained the batteries too far when the car was first received. Also, too, put synthetic lubricants in all the right places.
Plenty of things that could be done for cold weather operations that don’t require whining.