it is the new nissan leaf. it is going to be out next year, so, tesla, look out. my front door. am i going to run an extension cable across the...? no, but i think, you know, a lot of people outside of cities have driveways to park on. i'm going to need lamp posts with charging points on my street, aren't i? well, that's a big part of the budget proposal last month, wasn't it? they want to create a nation of charging points, so people will get rid of the kind of fear about electric cars, which is running out of gas when you are halfway down the motorway, and you cannot charge it anywhere, so once people are sort of reassured that they will be able to charge them at regular intervals, that probably will be what it needs for electric cars to truly take off. i think it's — we are going to see start to see over the next three to five years a real push on electric, and once you start getting the charging system working, either through this amazing lamp post system that we have on most streets or in the sort of long—term future, charging pads within the tarmac of the ro

charge your phone you can't use it for jeffrey jacobs the same goes for his car jacobs drives a nissan leaf a one hundred percent electric vehicle with a range of ninety miles that's just enough to get him to his job and back home the trip is a challenge but he enjoys it. i switched to an electric car because i felt first of all that it was an efficient way to go second of all it was a form of domestic energy where i wouldn't have to depend on the for the fluctuating price of gasoline. when jacobs first started driving a plug in car five years ago he was one of the very few electric car enthusiasts there are now two million electric cars in circulation worldwide twice as many as just two years ago professor deborah blevins who has been studying alternative transportation for over thirty years believes the technology is at a turning point the biggest challenge has been on batteries batteries have made a huge stride they're not there yet but they made a tremendous strides despite recent improvement electric cars are still expensive and sales only account for one percent of the market in devel

technology so i wanted to get an electric vehicle i can't yet afford the tesla so i said how about that nissan leaf which is. basically a regular nissan car it's a one hundred percent electric car it only gets one hundred miles of the charge that no gas tank no gas tank at all no no no i mean it's amazing there's not a drop of oil in the car no you don't even go in to get the fuel oil change wow it's unbelievable it's but it's basically it's very similar to a golf cart right you know that can drive on the highway but it gets to and from work it helps me get the kids to school and get the kids there for sporting events and all that hundred miles so it's kind is pretty cool. i said i want to lease one of those cars we live in arlington virginia i want to lease one of those cars and could not do it in the state of virginia now by the way we've had democratic governance for years but i could not lease an electric vehicle in the state of virginia i had to go to bethesda maryland police that vehicle because i was told virginia is not a quote green state and so they don't allow leasing for electric vehicl

charge your phone you can't use it for jeffrey jacobs the same goes for his car jacobs drives a nissan leaf a one hundred percent electric vehicle with a range of ninety miles that's just enough to get him to his job and back home the trip is a challenge but he enjoys it. i switched to an electric car because i felt first of all that it was an efficient way to go second of all it was a form of domestic energy where i wouldn't have to depend on the fluctuating price of gasoline. when jacobs first started driving a plug in car five years ago he was one of the very few electric current is yes there are now two million electric cars in circulation worldwide twice as many as just two years ago professor deborah blevins who has been studying alternative transportation for over thirty years believes the technology is at a turning point the biggest challenge has been on batteries batteries have made a huge stride they're not there yet but they made a tremendous strides despite recent improvement electric cars are still expensive and sales only account for one percent of the market in developed coun

drivers are trying out new versions of the all electric nissan leaf and the chevy volt designed to bring electric cars to the masses. carmakers are aiming for a sweet spot on price, less than $40,000 and a range of between 132 200 miles on a single charge. drivers have plenty of choices on alternative fuel vehicles. >> whether it is a hybrid gas vehicle or electric vehicle, all of the vehicles, even some solar vehicles, that is what we have seen a lot of. more manufacturers are creating various versions of the non-gas vehicle. >> as for the gas powered vehicles there are plenty on display including muscle cars and exotic cars. the show runs through sunday at the san jose mchenry convention center. >>> palo alto is limiting the number of dogs one person can bring to the city dog park. the goal is to keep people who work for commercial dog walking companies from overcrowding the park and letting big groups of dogs run wild. the new hours will be in place as well at all parks from 7:00 in the morning until 9:00 pm. >>> another candidate has jumped into the crowd at the san francisco mayor's

new versions of the all- electric nissan leaf, chevy volt and other cars are available for test driversdrivers have plenty of choices on alternative fuel vehicles. >> so whether it's a hybrid gas vehicle, electric vehicle, all- electric vehicle, plug-in electric vehicle, hydrogen fuel cell vehicle, even some solar vehicles, that's what we're seeing more and more manufacturers creating versions of the typical gas vehicle. >> there are plenty of traditional vehicles as well including muscle cars and exotics. the silicon valley international auto show runs through sunday at mcenery convention center in downtown san jose. >>> today's the day pot enthusiasts have been waiting for. sales of recreational marijuana legal in san francisco. but this comes at a time of increased legal wrangling. we'll explain next. >> plus, harassment at the state capital. how one lawmaker is responding to growing calls to step aside. ♪ it's time for sleep number's 'lowest prices of the season' on the only bed that adjusts on both sides to your ideal comfort, your sleep number setting. and snoring? does your bed d

one is when nissan first launched the leaf in the early 2012 period, the thing that worked very well was cooperating with cities directly and dealerships directly, and holding public forums with just meet your ev day. this is how you charge the vehicle. this is how the vehicle performs. a second, a second example is the columbus smart city initiative of which vulcan donated $10 million for basically increasing the number of evs by three times, charging stations, et cetera, within the whole city. part of that initiative involves local businesses and working with the auto makers, taking the products to a company for a day long event, ride and drive, let people drive the vehicle. let them understand how to charge the vehicle. let them see how it can be integrated into their daily lives. seeing is believing. and until we have the momentum of word of mouth, these kinds of events really, really seem to be working. >> [ inaudible ]. >> so, i'd like to shift a little bit the discussion onto commercial vehicles, much more passenger car vehicles, of course, on the roads. but if you look at it