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Personally, I would definitely consider more long trips, but that does not mean the Leaf is a good long distance EV. Charging is not zero hassle as it ought to be, and requires careful planning to minimize the impact of rapidgate which includes factors beyond your control such as weather (wind...

Given that my passengers have done tens of thousands of kilometres in their Model 3 on road trips in the last year and were generally complimentary about the driving experience in my Leaf, it makes things even more frustrating that this one weakness could have made the car far more competitive...

Yes, mid 20s (C) was the approximate daily high. I generally did L2 overnight charging, with the exception of the last night where the hotel valet didn't plug in correctly (or at all). My heart sank when I got into the car and saw the charge still at 17% unchanged from when I handed over the...

I would say that had the overnight L2 not been botched by the hotel, I could have done the trip in 11-12 hours, or more like 1.5x the travel time instead of 2x. However, the point here is that the Leaf needs optimal conditions to make long distance travel bearable. Under similar circumstances...

This is my first post so I hope this is the right place to post! Three of us (myself + two friends who own a Tesla Model 3 with a lot of road trip mileage) just completed a round trip from Toronto to the Gaspe peninsula in Quebec. It was 8 days, of which 5 were spent driving between...