Faced with steep monthly lease payments for a Ford Focus Electric and the challenges that come with the car's 76 - mile range on a charge (fine for most of my daily driving but a pain if I want to go surfing at my favorite break), I briefly
considered other electric cars with comparable ranges that offered lower lease payments.
Not exact matches
Others to
consider include the similarly priced Infiniti Q30, and you might see the Lexus CT 200h as a rival to the A3 e-tron
electric car, or perhaps the less powerful TDI units.
HSD technology produces a full hybrid vehicle which allows the
car to run on the
electric motor only, as opposed to most
other brand hybrids which can not and are
considered mild hybrids.
Considered by most to be the original mass - produced
electric car, the Leaf is reasonably priced and nearly as practical as Nissan's
other compacts.
Think of
electric cars: The vehicles themselves don't put any carbon into the atmosphere, of course, but there are
other things to
consider.