Monday, January 11, 2010

Your guide to the year in science: Technology

Tons of things fall into the deep crevice of technology: Cars, games, computers, even washing machines reside here! But one of the new things you'll see this year is the big ressurection of electric cars: Starring the Nissan Leaf!

The Nissan Leaf will be the first true mass-market, pure electric care. It'll have room for 5 people and will get 100 miles out of a single charge. Charges will take between 6 and 12 hours, depending on what kind of outlet you're using. Nissan says that it will cost around $30,000, subtracting the tax cost.

The only troubles with this is the same one that happened before. For around 40 years, companies have been telling us that it'll take 5 years to get a reasonably good electric car on the road. Also, if you forget to plug the car in every day, you might be out of luck, because there aren't very many charge stations around.

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