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I now have a 2015 Leaf and experience the same cold floor issue. I actually think the door seals are not nearly as good as the previous car (2011 Leaf) as I notice much more wind inside the cabin in my new car. In fact, if you park in a crosswind you can feel it coming in around the doors...

I have the cold weather package, and boy is the heated steering wheel nice. I've only tried pre-heating for 15 or 20 minutes at most. I'm going to try a longer preheat this week and see what difference it may make. I'll post any results I come up with.

All interesting discussion. I think it would be good to point out though that we are all dealing with fundamentally different conditions. At Seattle temperatures I can believe tht the range isn't much affected, although i would think there would be some loss. I have experienced similar...

Regarding battery temperature, it would be good to know what it is. I have been driving with no bars showing on the battery temperature readout, and no more than 2 at any time this week.

Here in YYC my draw for the CC has typically been about 3.5kw. For short periods of time I have seen it get closer to 5, and as low as 1.5, but 3.5 seems to be the average. Typically I have had the temperature control set at 19 degrees Celsius with the fan setting on the lowest or second speed...

I would give it a try if I can arrange the time and weather. I have essentially done the test this week, but not in one trip. I typically made between 2 and 4 trips a day which would change the overall results as the battery would have to rewarm the glycol each time I started a trip. I never...

I've continued using my leaf all week with temperatures consistently in the -20's and -30's Celsius. On days with a high temperature of -30, the range was reduced to as little as 25 or 30 miles on a charge. Warming the car up in a heated garage helped immensely. I believe the constant cold...

After charging over night the car was showing 2 battery bars when I left for work this morning. It stayed there for the full trip (16km). Yesterday when I left work to drive home there were no battery bars showing at all, but the car worked. I haven't noticed the blue light flashing to...

Currently driving my Leaf at -30 degrees Celsius. Range is reduced by about 70% by my estimate. Car seems to be working fine, with the exception of the range. Will be parked outside at -30 for the work day.

I live in western Canada and after a mild winter we now have some really cold temperatures this week. Does anyone have experience with daytime high temperatures in the -30 Celsius range? Yesterday the Leaf worked very well, with the exception of the range which was reduced to about 30 miles (50...