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That's what I read about the Japanese spec LEAF. The S is quite a bit lighter and maybe that was the comparison. Another possibility is that the new motor they were touting is expensive to manufacture and they're going to save it for Leaf 2.0. Still, at least they reduced the SV weight a bit...

And they need to be careful because there are people like me whose noses filter out a lot of the supposedly pleasant fragrances and pick up any underlying chemical stench well.

If you remember, they originally quoted 80% after 5 years. The warranty is about 70% which allows room for additional capacity loss due to extreme conditions. It's not very generous, but should help deal with serious battery problems. Of more interest to many, of course, will be the...

Well, the display looks different to the image at http://www.teslamotors.com/models/features#/interior" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; so it seems they can.

Think of it as a count of how many trees they're starving.