The Zoe looks like a really nice EV. Pity they've burdened her with a "battering battery." Forget to pay your battery lease bill and Renault will remotely make it impossible to charge the battery.
I've long been a proponent of battery leasing for EVs. I've seen enough "EV for sale, needs batteries" ads to realize that anything that insulates an EV owner from battery replacement sticker shock is probably a good thing. However, I don't think this is the right way to go about it. I suppose I'm just a crank : I no longer use certain famous computer operating systems because they make me agree to let the OS's authors change whatever they want, whenever they want, wherever I am. I prefer an OS I'm in full control of. Same with my EV. If the Renault battery leasing scheme works for you, great. But if I were living in Europe, this "we don't trust you, so we're building coercion into the car" approach would be an excellent reason for me to buy a Mitsu or Nissan EV instead. David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA EVDL Administrator = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
