The Rise of the Ecological Cars

By the end of 2010, the Japanese motor company, Nissan will release the Nissan Leaf, the first zero-emissions car to be released in the mass market. According to Carlos Ghosn, the CEO of Nissan, the battery-powered Leaf will compete against the hybrids. The price of the car is estimated to be $25,000 which isn't very expensive, but the Battery Price costs an estimate of $10,000. Besides, This car would have a range of 100 miles while gasoline cars have a range of 150 miles. An advantage of the Leaf car, its that the charging of the car would only cost $150 a year, while in gasoline you spend thousands of dollars every year. Other companies like GM, Toyota, Hyundai and Honda dedicated to releasing hybrid cars, while Nissan decided to release the electric car before their competition instead of releasing several hybrids.

According to the prediction of Carlos Gohsn, Electric vehicles will make up 10% of the market by 2020. Hydrogen cars may be released in 5 years, and many expect that gasoline cars might end in a range from 20-30 years. Is this enough to save our planet from catastrophic climate change? We only know for sure, that the rise of the zero-emissions car is just beggining.