The Nissan Leaf

So here’s the thing.  The EV (electric vehicle)  for those of you from Indiana) is a game changer but…

Lance Armstrong is a spokesmodel for the Nissan Leaf. The Leaf is different than the Ford Focus, the Chevy Volt and the other entries into the contest because it is all electric no secondary gas. When the Leaf is finished for the charge it is finished.  In a new “Tour de France” commercial the case is convincingly made that the Leaf spews no emissions and that after riding a lifetime behind spewing cars Lance is happy.  THAT has got to be a good thing.

Watch the commercial from youtube..  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICQnGcjisgw

BUT…What the commercial does not tell you is that Lance will be going long after the car has run its battery down. At 100 (+/110%) Lance has barely gotten stared on his training runs.  At 100 miles the Leaf would be stopped before the end of a Tour stage and would be stuck on the road. So I would like to see the commercial continue for 30 more seconds as Lance continues to peddle and the Leaf is just that a leaf in the road.

And so it goes….