Reporter test drives all-electric Nissan Leaf, experiences "fuel envy" and has to call a tow...

THE HOCKEY SCHTICK: Not Ready to Turn Over a New Leaf

BARRONS 3/5/11: Ouch! The all-electric Nissan Leaf I was driving came to a standstill in downtown Manhattan, its battery pack dead, the closest charging station nearly a mile away. As gas-guzzling Porsches and a Lamborghini rolled by, I mused on my fate. Then I called for a flat-bed tow back to Brooklyn.
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Note even if the reporter made it to a charging station, it takes 21 hours to fully recharge the Leaf on 110 volts, and 7 hours on 240 volts.