Nissan Leaf electric car drivers hit 100 million miles mark
Two weeks ago, we noted that drivers of the.
What we neglected to note at the time was that聽drivers are keeping pace, having covered more than 100 million electric miles as well.
And it's appropriate to note that total today, just one day after the two-year anniversary of the聽聽to take place in the U.S.
As of today, in fact, both聽聽are comfortably over 100 million electric miles.
罢丑别听聽is 113.7 million for Leaf drivers globally, and 106.8 million for聽聽range-extended electric car.聽
In both cases, those totals only apply to drivers who've given permission for the carmakers to track their mileage through the car's onboard cellular link.
Other electric-miles totals include聽聽in the global fleet of about 2,500 Tesla Roadsters, and almost 20 million in the growing fleet of Tesla Model S luxury sport sedans.
Fourteen months ago, we noted that聽聽on electricity in the U.S. alone. Now it's around 200 million.
And those miles will accumulate at an accelerating rate.
Last year,聽聽in the States. This year, the total will be more than 50,000. Next year, the number will be higher yet.
To keep it all in perspective, there are roughly聽. So the total electric miles covered by perhaps 100,000 of them are a drop in the bucket.
But those drops will expand over time.
And isn't that how all change happens: one step at a time?
