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I find it interesting that these "normal" ICE vehicle problems are hidden by our car. In an ICE vehicle, if your battery dies, you can't start it. So there are early signs of "low battery" or even a battery level indicator. In an EV, this is hidden, because only periphery systems use an...

WOW... Us 2011 Leaf owners are a dying breed - along with the battery. Fortunately, my commute is just 12 miles round trip (I live in Los Angeles and we measure our commute in hours not miles :b), so I'm still driving mine and could probably drive it for a couple more years. I'm down to 7 bars...

I have a 2012 and have no such "chronic" grabby brakes as other posters have. Very rarely, I will experience an "episode" lasting about 10 seconds where touching the brake causes a severe braking action. But, I have learned I can reset it by taking my foot completely off the break and then...

No Worries!! I nearly exclusively trickle charge, and charge my Leaf every other day or so with about 20 mile (total daily) commute. Heavy "heater" days I will need to charge every night as the heater will draw 1Kw, or on "AC" days it can reduce range significantly. My only critique is that...

I'm so happy to be driving this vehicle. I feel like an old-time evangelist sometimes -- the other day I was showing my car off to a friend, and a crowd developed. Every one was asking the usual questions -- for far can you drive on a charge, how long to charge, how often do you charge, does...

Agreed. We're in "GenOne" of the Leaf. The tech is new, and there will be issues. In fact, there may be issues we don't even know of until we've all been driving these for a few years. I guess this is why I decided to lease rather than buy. When Leaf G2 comes out, I'll just flip it.

Constant Climate (Los Angeles) No Charging Network -- 110 NEMA only Commuter Low Mileage Low Speed (surface street, stop and go traffic) New Tech, Peak Oil/National Sovereignty My reason for buying a Leaf is kind of lofty idealism at work. I wanted to engage in the support of the technology...

Have you guys gone through a cold winter yet? How's the battery in the cold? (I'm orig. from Minnesota. From reading the specs, it looks like there would be days where my battery wouldn't last very long -- and it wouldn't charge)

I've had my Leaf for six weeks and I love it. 1) I have found that trickle charge for me is absolutely fine. I drive about 25 miles a day and can go about 3 days without thinking about it. I plug it into the wall using my 110 "Brick" (notice I'm using "leafy" jargon now) when I get home...

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Wow. That's unfortunate. In 2006, I bought my boyfriend a TomTom for Christmas that had highway traffic service. I just bought a revolutionary, electric based vehicle, and the nav tech is 6 years old. Too bad, so sad. :| This basically bricks two of the buttons. Google on my phone...

When I go to Maps in my Leaf, I can see highway traffic status (green/yellow/red lines next to the highway), but streets don't show anything. Does anyone know of an option to show that? I live in Los Angeles where it's really all about using "surface streets" to get around. So seeing the...

I vote for a male NEMA inside the charging compartment -- let the car deal with the step-up to 240v. It seems like a "no brainer" solution, so I'm wondering if they didn't do it because 1) It would be too many standards to adhere to across the globe (i.e. a different plug for every place they...

Hello! Just bought my SV yesterday. Smiles everyone... SMILES!! I kind of took a leap (.. or Leaf?) of faith and bought the car without a "home" charger yet. My apt complex owners have committed to installing them (paying for them too), and that's still in the works. In the mean time, I've...