Everywhere you turn there are articles on electric vehicles. We have a pro-electric car organization locally. The leader of the group got interviewed in the paper a couple of weeks ago. It turns out he drives a 2014 Nissan Leaf. He said the Leaf has a cruising range of 75 miles when it’s warm out. When it’s cold out the cruising range is less than 75 miles. Wait. What? 75 miles? Does this guy get out much? Does he ever leave town? Does his family always have to come to his house? Can he cook?
We had neighbors growing up who had an electric push mower. But unlike the 2014 Nissan Leaf, there was no battery. So you had to plug it into an extension cord while you were cutting. It was like a vacuum cleaner; only vacuum cleaners don’t cut the cord when you go over it. As I recall, that family went through a lot of extension cords.
Perhaps the answer here would be for Nissan to design an electric riding mower. 75 miles should be enough to tackle most yards. When it’s warm out.
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