Study Dispels Range Anxiety

If you’re a Nissan LEAF® driver, you know how great it is and that “range anxiety” is nothing to worry about. But for drivers who don’t drive the popular electric vehicle or are on the fence about buying one, range anxiety is a real fear. We’re here to tell you it needn’t be!

So what is range anxiety? Simply put it’s the anxiety or fear one experiences when thinking about how far an electric vehicle can get you on a charge. A new study from MIT shows that the electric cars that are currently available can reliably “replace 87 percent of the personal vehicles on the road and still get us where we need to go (and back again).” And it doesn’t stop there. With the ever-improving battery technology that percentage is expected to increase to 98 percent by 2020.

Not only would replacing 87 percent of cars on the road have an enormously beneficial impact on the environment, it would reduce our dependence on fossil fuels, and give the vehicle industry an incentive to put more money into cleaner cars and technologies.

“It’s taking the approach of empowering people with information, which often today they don’t have,” Jessika Trancik of MIT says. “These changes can happen from the ground. And I think the area of personal transportation is just so exciting for that reason, because private citizens can really make a difference today.”

The study also looks specifically at the Nissan LEAF® and points out that for an affordable price you can get an average of 74 miles per charge. That’s plenty of power to get you to Denver. Stop by Tynan’s Nissan of Fort Collins today for your test drive and a crash course in getting over your range anxiety!

Caruso, Catherine. “Why Range Anxiety for Electric Cars Is Overblown.” MIT Technology Review. MIT Technology Review, 15 Aug. 2016. Web. 31 Aug. 2016. <https://www.technologyreview.com/s/602174/why-range-anxiety-for-electric-cars-is-overblown/>.

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