Electric vehicles heraldrise of the in-carapp

摘要

MINUTES after taking the wheel of Nissan's all-electric Leaf car, I suddenly understood what "range anxiety" is all about. Though I had dismissed it as a media-stoked affliction of newbie drivers of electric cars, there was something quite powerful in seeing the car's travel range plummeting on the electronic dashboard. It set mental alarm bells ringing about whether or not I'd make it to my destination. Starting out with a range of 144 kilometres, the figure instantly dropped to 112 km when I switched the aircon on - look, it was a hot day, OK? - and driving fast on the highway dented the range's rate-of-decay still further.