http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1091412_does-nissan-leaf-supplant-the-prius-as-loathing-target-for-ca-drivers Does Nissan Leaf Supplant The Prius As Loathing Target For CA Drivers? By John Voelcker Apr 11, 2014
[image http://images.thecarconnection.com/lrg/2014-nissan-leaf_100451860_l.jpg 2014 Nissan Leaf ] If you've never lived in the San Francisco Bay Area, you may not have heard of "Mr. Roadshow," the nickname of San Jose Mercury News reporter Gary Richards. Nor will you know how important his columns are, covering traffic, congestion, freeways, law enforcement, cars, and all the other topics associated with the region's crowded roads. Now Richards has weighed in on a prevalent, much-debated myth among California drivers: the supposedly slow and unaware driving of supposedly self-satisfied Toyota Prius drivers who clog up carpool lanes. Priuses replaced huge sport-utility vehicles as the target of California driver loathing lately--but now he suggests that the Prius is being displaced as an object of loathing for other drivers by the all-electric Nissan Leaf. A new Mr. Roadshow column published on Monday conjures the image of a contented Leaf driver, proud possessor of a California "white sticker" permitting single-occupancy use of the carpool lane. That Leaf silently motors along in the carpool lane, passing the choked stop-and-go traffic over in the regular lanes to which gasoline-car drivers are condemned. So far, so good. Except the stereotype suggested by a seemingly large number of Roadshow readers has the Leaf is traveling at exactly the speed limit--thereby holding up an entire array of impatient plug-in hybrid drivers behind, not to mention those at the helm of super-fast Tesla Model S electric luxury sedans. The column is worth reading, as are the many, many, many comments. Leaf owners, not surprisingly, have snorted with derision at some of the extreme portrayals--including the notion that anyone in a Leaf would forgo turning on their lights in a quest to conserve battery energy. And Richards isn't above a bit of sly controversy-stoking. But the almost 2 million U.S. Prius owners out there may secretly feel a sense of relief that they may no longer be the target of such intense and directed loathing by very, very impatient California drivers. Schadenfreude, anyone? [© Green Car Reports] ... http://www.mercurynews.com/mr-roadshow/ci_25485422/roadshow-suv-bashing-has-eased-electric-cars-are Roadshow: SUV bashing has eased; electric cars are new target 04/07/2014 http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVs-Blocking-Charging-Stations-Smugged-tp3792932p3793398.html EVs Blocking Charging Stations - 'Smugged' ... came from the Southpark episode where Prius hev drivers were smug about their 'cleaner ride' and shoved it down the citizen's throats. The smug level got so bad that they had a smug alert (a kin to a smog alert), and a cloud of smug was closing in ... Sep 06, 2011 ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smug_Alert! ... Kyle's father Gerald buys a new "Toyonda Pious" ... and drives it all over town to show it off and gain attention ... For all EVLN posts use: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=search_page&node=413529&query=evln&sort=date Here are today's archive-only EV posts: EVLN: $2k Flux EM1 electric-moped r:20-45mi ts:30mph EVLN: agilent.com employees have access to free EVSE while @work EVLN: Applus iShare EV> lovechild of a Smart42 & flat-nosed-semitruck EVLN: Hearts open up while enjoying a Twizy EV, April Truth (video) + EVLN: Salton Sea, CA Lithium may draw Tesla Gigafactory {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Leaf-Supplants-Prius-for-Smugging-CA-HOV-lanes-tp4668931.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ 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)
