I spent a short while behind the wheel of an all-electric Nissan Leaf a couple of days ago–a very short while, unfortunately, the actual drive time  having been eaten into by a high-energy sales presentation from Nissan’s own Seinfeld-wannabe; I didn’t catch his name, and I ducked his pitch. I was there merely as an Autosavant, desirous of completing my trifecta of electric-car tests (see the Plug-In Prius hereand the Chevy Volt here.) I was impressed, but wouldn't buy one, a) because I'm broke and b) it has a range of only 100 miles before it needs recharging for 6 to 10 hours. I'd revisit it in a couple of years.