DaveinOlyWA
Well-known member
I knew my LEAF would degrade as well and have a 64 mile RT commute that taxes the LEAFs winter range (we have about 10 miles to spare)
but I was also counting on public charging to "fill the gaps" as it were but I knew it would take time so thinking I have probably at least 2-3 years before an estimated 15% degradation makes the long commute a challenge I was not worried about because i thought my bases were being covered...
ok, its 20 months and 2 days later and Bingo. Centrailia QC 30 miles away, Tumwater QC 6 miles away. I am covered just as I had planned. Hopefully much more to follow.
so now we come back to AZ, TX and whoever. as i understand it, the public charging network has been a very slow roll out and in my mind, unless its in the employee parking lot (my SO wont walk a block to plug in!) its not an option unless its real quick. so a large contributing factor is going to be lack of recharge options. On the Centrailia trip, the QC is one exit before the destination exit but it is easy freeway access. she works 10 hour shifts so is very loath to stopping for any extended to charge. so I did a personal test to see exactly what was needed and determined that 10 minutes (which only allows just about 6 minutes to charge) detour from time off freeway to back on was more than enough.
now, that is a guess since its not cold and will rerun test when cold with heat blasting away and all that stuff.
but i think the VERY LEAST Nissan can do while AZ owners are in limbo is pick up the charging bill. put out THEIR OWN QC network (Tesla is doing it) in the affected areas (better if it was all areas)
this allows current affected owners so options to cover their commutes, maintains some customer loyalty to the technology and builds interest for future LEAF buyers.
but I was also counting on public charging to "fill the gaps" as it were but I knew it would take time so thinking I have probably at least 2-3 years before an estimated 15% degradation makes the long commute a challenge I was not worried about because i thought my bases were being covered...
ok, its 20 months and 2 days later and Bingo. Centrailia QC 30 miles away, Tumwater QC 6 miles away. I am covered just as I had planned. Hopefully much more to follow.
so now we come back to AZ, TX and whoever. as i understand it, the public charging network has been a very slow roll out and in my mind, unless its in the employee parking lot (my SO wont walk a block to plug in!) its not an option unless its real quick. so a large contributing factor is going to be lack of recharge options. On the Centrailia trip, the QC is one exit before the destination exit but it is easy freeway access. she works 10 hour shifts so is very loath to stopping for any extended to charge. so I did a personal test to see exactly what was needed and determined that 10 minutes (which only allows just about 6 minutes to charge) detour from time off freeway to back on was more than enough.
now, that is a guess since its not cold and will rerun test when cold with heat blasting away and all that stuff.
but i think the VERY LEAST Nissan can do while AZ owners are in limbo is pick up the charging bill. put out THEIR OWN QC network (Tesla is doing it) in the affected areas (better if it was all areas)
this allows current affected owners so options to cover their commutes, maintains some customer loyalty to the technology and builds interest for future LEAF buyers.
