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Electric Cars Do NOT Explode (R.I.P. Lady Red LEAF)

10/26/2015

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Dear Readers:

I am sad to report that four weeks ago today, "Lady Red Leaf", my 2013  all-electric Nissan Leaf died valiantly in a head-on while saving my boyfriend  and myself from much more serious injury.

  She did everything she was designed to do, crumpled exactly, airbags deploying appropriately and my boyfriend and I basically walked away with only whiplash and minor contusions.
The accident  was caused by the other driver failing to yield to my right-of-way in an intersection.:-(

While we are still recovering from being yanked round  we are totally impressed by how well the Nissan Leaf performed  in a crash. We raise a toast to the safety/crash engineers at Nissan: thank you. 

We also raise a toast to all the engineers that came before that developed shoulder/lap restraints, crumple zones and airbags to begin with.

(We are soooooo in awe of airbags right now...)

As for the next car: well, a LEAF, of course! I have a new 2016 LEAF SV on order and wouldn't think of driving anything else! 

(Except for my current gasoline car rental: but guess what? It is also a Nissan! - A Versa.)

R.I.P Lady Red Leaf : You Were a Fine and Noble Car Who Did Right In Te Face of Oncoming Adversity

Last but not least: to those detractors out there who insist that  electric cars  explode upon impact: they don't.;-)

-Gratelfully,

Deb


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