Great interview, John.

$53,100 is pure greed. Not a way to win fans, Nissan.

This was tried and failed in Osaka. Why would NYC be different?

"When the cars were new, you could drive about 100 kilometers (about 62 miles) on a full charge; but after two years of use, their maximum range is down to about one half of that."

"Some drivers even shun the heater and offer passengers chemical pocket warmers and blankets."

http://green.autoblog.com/2013/02/26/with-blankets-in-cold-weather-nissan-leaf-taxi-experiment-not-w/

Yes, water is scarce and oil covers 70% of the earth's surface and falls from the sky. Did I get that backwards?

I'm waiting for AWD (and a healthy bank account). We have a place on a ski hill so it's that or chains.

There shouldn't be an exception to this law - it should be scrapped entirely. Any law that restricts liberty needs to be examined and most likely tossed. This law protects franchise owners at the expense of consumers and car companies. If franchise dealers don't want competition from their car company, they can negotiate a contract with that company and leave the state out of it.

...and be tethered to a fuel pump.

If something is unpleasant to use, it won`t be used. They could have reduced the complexity and added a few more kilometers of emergency battery capacity.

Don't know why you were down-voted, Danny. Most call it ugly, some call it quirky, but nobody calls it beautiful.

Couldn't fit the battery on that platform.