Just wondering whether Carlo Ghosn (however you pronounce that) has made a mistake into pouring billions of Reggie and Nissan's budget into electric cars. While I can see he point of hybrds (at least around town where a Prius is actually quite good: economy plummets on a motorway run though); a plug in lekky car will not have the range or the performance to satisfy most drivers. Who therefore will buy the Nissan Leaf and its Renault counterpart over a decent Diesel or small petrol then?
I want to like electric (lots of low down torque) but I don't think this guy has thought it through. He can't be a complete idiot as has allowed the Renault Motorsport division to flourish building almost hand built performance cars for very reasonable prices but this....As Andrew English said in the Daily Telegraph a few weeks ago,he is not convinced yet: ARE YOU?
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