Recent content by jswilson

Cold weather amateurs! :roll: I'm in Ottawa, Canada and today, for example, I drove my normal commute which is 70 kms round trip - sorry, that's 43.5 miles - at -25 degrees celsius or -13 F, with snow tires (not studded) with about two inches of snow on the ground. I got home with 15 kms...

Interesting... I'm up in Ottawa, Canada where temps are normally at -20 celsius or less. This is my second year with my MY12 Leaf. It is simply the best winter car that I have ever owned! It handles great, maybe because of weight distribution - it's very stable is snow and ice. It never has any...

Pkarza: Is your commute that long that you think you'll have an issue? I'm in Ottawa, where temps go down to -30 degrees C in January. I had no problem with my 70 km round trip commute last winter, with no charging at work and parking outside all day.

Interesting discussion here... However, from a traffic, infrastructure, cost, and environment point of view, shouldn't the goal be to limit the miles driven by our cars, should they be BEVs, PHEVs, Hybrids or ICEs? After all, the more we drive our cars, the more roads we need, the more raw...

Regarding charging at home in the garage versus at work outside, even though your garage is not heated, it will be warmer than being completely outside in our Canadian winters. It makes a difference. Pre-heating in the winter is very important, and it's virtually impossible to do with L1...

Yup - I have the same one from SunCountry. Love it. No problems.

Hmmm - I got a 5% discount off my insurance up here in Canada for having a green vehicle. Ended up being cheaper than any other car I've ever had...

From a Canadian who went through last winter with a Leaf with a 40-mile round trip commute and no possibility to charge at work - you'll be fine.

Norm. Ricardo: You got me on the map eh? :D Scott

I'm in Ottawa, Canada and have a 2012 Leaf. My commute is 63 kms round trip. Last winter, end of January specifically, with -25 celsius, I had a few days when I had to turn off the heat in the car in order to make it home. It's amazing though - at -15 C I would get home with 4 bars left on the...

Randy: I am currious how you figure that charging at 3.3 kW is almost equivalent to adding another home onto the distribution system? I was under the impression that the average american home uses about 30 kWh each day...

Even more pronounced difference for me up here in Canada. In the dead of winter at -20 degrees F I'd use 10 bars for my 40 mile RT commute. Yesterday, with a temp of around 40-50 degrees F I used 5 bars.

I'm in Ottawa and my round trip commute is 63 kms / 40 miles. I have no charging at work. There were a few times this winter when temps went down to -25 celsius / -13 f, and I arrived home with the low battery warning on - and this was with a brand new 2012 Leaf. At -5 C you'd be fine, but not...

I know, I know - Carwings sucks and always has problems. But numerous of us Leafers up here in Canada have blocks of days missing from our driving records over the last two weeks. I've called Nissan and they are "investigating" :lol: Just wondering if anyone else in other parts of the world...

My grandfather used to say "There's only one thing worst than being wrong: it's being wrong again". While I can understand that it was wrong trying to cater only to the environment crowd with the polar bear commercial (I actually loved the ad!), I think this new commercial goes way too far in...