2018 LEAF Vs Tesla Model 3 SR: A Comparison Table for the USA

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edatoakrun said:
edatoakrun said:
SageBrush said:
No two ways about it: you and Powersurge live in a delusion.
This entire thread ha been a delusional exercise, in that a Tesla Model 3 SR does not actually exists at this time.
Anybody who put down the $1k deposit still have a 2018 delivery date estimate from TSLA on a SR?

Do you still believe that will happen, at ~$36k?

When?
Yes
Yes
H2 2018
 
You forgot to mention the BEST feature of the Nissan Leaf: LOW COST OF MAINTENANCE. The Tesla model 3 requires $585 per year of maintenance. I spoke with a Nissan Leaf owner of the Leaf 1.0 and he said that he spent less than $600 TOTAL in maintenance in 6 years! The Leaf is the mizer's dream car.

I've reserved a Tesla Model 3, but the Tesla is NOT an economy car while the Leaf is. If you calculate the total cost of ownership of a Leaf with any other car sole, the Leaf is the cheapest by far, even cheaper than a Smart car or a Toyota Corolla, which are far crappier cars. The Tesla is a nice luxury car and I have one on reservation but it is defintitely not cheap to maintain. The Tesla is cheaper than any other luxury car to maintain and comparable to a honda civic.
 
lilly said:
You forgot to mention the BEST feature of the Nissan Leaf: LOW COST OF MAINTENANCE. The Tesla model 3 requires $585 per year of maintenance. I spoke with a Nissan Leaf owner of the Leaf 1.0 and he said that he spent less than $600 TOTAL in maintenance in 6 years! The Leaf is the mizer's dream car.

I've reserved a Tesla Model 3, but the Tesla is NOT an economy car while the Leaf is. If you calculate the total cost of ownership of a Leaf with any other car sole, the Leaf is the cheapest by far, even cheaper than a Smart car or a Toyota Corolla, which are far crappier cars. The Tesla is a nice luxury car and I have one on reservation but it is defintitely not cheap to maintain. The Tesla is cheaper than any other luxury car to maintain and comparable to a honda civic.

It is not required and I never paid once on my S, not a penny. The sunroof track needed lubrication and they said it should have been done on maintenance but they did it for free, they have never charged me and I have never had an issue nor will they void the warranty, There is less cost than a LEAF actually.
 
I was at Tesla and the sales guy said that you have to pay for annual maintenance plan that costs $585. I read online on the Tesla forum and they said that if you skip one maintenance, they'll charge you double to make up for the skipped maintenance. I asked, "What if I don't pay for your maintenance and only pay for maintenance as I need it such as brake pads, etc?" The sales guy said that my resale value will go down and it might void my warranty, depending on if the item that broke and needed warranty could've been prevented by the technicians with the annual $585 maintenance. I asked, what do you do during this maintenance. He answered a bunch of technical speak that basically means; a software update and a check-up to see if your car is ok. However, even with this maintenance fee, the Tesla is still cheaper than any other luxury car to maintain. the maintenance is comparable to an ICE economy car such as the Honda Civic. My price comparison is assuming that you own a ICE car vs an EV over 7 to 10 years.

The Leaf is extremely cheap on maintenance and total cost of ownership over 7 to 10 years is cheaper than any ICE vehicle due to older ICE vehicles needing expensive repairs such as transmissions, timing belts, etc. All of which an EV doesn't need.

No gas, low maintenance, federal tax credit, and free recharging (TXU free nights and weekends, NIssan no charge to charge promotion) makes the LEAF a no-brainer to buy. "Range anxiety" is for sheeple to worry about from the oil cartel propaganda.
 
You forgot to mention the BEST feature of the Nissan Leaf: LOW COST OF MAINTENANCE. The Tesla Model 3 requires $585 per year of maintenance. I spoke with a Nissan Leaf owner of the Leaf 1.0 and he said that he spent less than $600 TOTAL in maintenance in 6 years! The Leaf is the mizer's dream car.

Do I really have to point out that you are comparing what appears to be a real averaged number with the answer you got when you asked one person a question? Or is the Tesla figure also an anecdote from a sample of one?
 
I think Lilly is absolutely right. Actually, the Leaf requires NO maintenance. That figure that Lilly mentioned is actually high, unless you include new tires during 6 years of ownership. The Leaf manual does not have scheduled maintenance....

Anyone that wants to marry Tesla will be subject to their "money making" schemes, which only the rich will accept. Anyone who is in the Leaf camp would never be in the Tesla neighborhood.

Also, Sagebrush... Since I am in fantasy land, If you will never buy a Leaf, then why are you always on this site ruffling feathers??
 
Let me jump in on this too. I've been following the Model 3 since the reveal and it is really not a fair side-by-side comparison to the Leaf. The Model 3 is aimed at BMW 3 Series, Mercedes C Class and Audi A4 markets. The Leaf is aimed at the Civics, Golf, Focus, Corolla, etc. markets. So a direct comparison is not 100% accurate.

Tesla is a premium brand and people are willing to pay for that, as they are for BMW and the others. So if money is not an issue, then the Model 3 is a great BEV and truly a game changer. It was the first 200 mile + BEV and set the bar for many who are following (like Nissan and most other manufacturers). The 500,000 reservations for a car that would not be delivered at least for 2 years was unprecedented in the automobile industry and this event acted as a catalyst to spur the other manufacturers (not necessarily Nissan) to get on the BEV bandwagon because a new paradigm shift was starting and the consumer automobile landscape is changing - albeit slowly but within the next 50-100 years we will see consumer ICE be relegated to a minority over other technologies - most notable electrification. That is my belief.

Tesla has built up a rather passionate and rabid following and I too have been caught up in that hype and fandom. My ultimate respect to Elon for building a company designed to effect positive change in hopes of benefiting humanity. His goal of turning around this industry has been met as we now see the tanker is starting to slowly turn. This is all good.

However, let's not forget that it really was Nissan who ventured out first (GM EV1 does not count) with a truly more affordable all-Electric vehicle aimed at the mass markets.

Starting in 2010 (when Tesla was only delivering a small number of very high priced Roadsters), Nissan has sold and delivered over 300,000 Leafs around the globe. That is an amazing accomplishment for what many argued was a "compliance" car. However it was engineered from the ground up as a BEV and was the start of Nissan's IM strategy.

We can argue the idea that Nissan took a bit longer to continue into growing this market by delaying improvements in Gen 1 leafs and waiting this long to get Gen 2 out. However, other than Tesla, I believe Nissan has one of the clearest paths to electrification and has a huge head start on everyone else. Plus, they have the vastly superior manufacturing capabilities then lets say Tesla and can ramp up new lines faster and IMO better. Did you know the Smyrma plant produces the most vehicles of any plant/manufacturer in the world! Over 650,000 vehicles per year!.

I know Tesla is trying real hard to ramp up and they do back up their products with outstanding customer service, however they should not have to back up small/minor QC problems that seem to crop up from Model S/X vehicles. Especially since these are not built in the same numbers as other manufacturer comparative vehicles. Look if I'm paying $100k+ CAD for a car, I don't expect to have to take it back to the dealer to get small things fixed. For a real life example, I still own a 2008 Nissan Versa and have had it for 9 years now - bought it used at 1 year old and paid $12K CAD for it. I've had to take it to the dealer for repairs three times in 9 years. Once for a new Generator that just died one day, once for a new O2 sensor and the other for a new trunk switch that suddenly stopped working - and that was just last month! There were also 4 recalls (2 of them Takada Airbag related).

So my case in point is that I don't think this frequency of small issues would occur with a BMW 7 Series or Mercedes S Class, etc. My thoughts here are generalized so I know that no manufacturer has any issues. I'm just summarizing as I hear more Tesla owners talk about small things that they've happily gone back to have fixed/dealt with, but my feeling is they should not have to be dealing with this for the price they've paid. I would argue that there are fewer Leaf owners with issues than Tesla owners but that could be debatable.

So if I get back to topic, if you crunch some numbers, the Leaf is not a bad pick over a Model 3. I'm going to use Canadian Numbers here since my research has been done here locally in Ontario to compare similarly equipped/featured models:

- Leaf 2.0 SL Trim - fully loaded with paint cost, all other fees including Freight/PDI: $43,850 CAD * Leaf SL has full leather, 4 heated seats (2 front, 2 outward in back), 6-way power w/lumbar, drivers seat, heat pump, ProPilot tech, tilt only steering wheel, 1 usb/aux plug, car play/android car, upgraded bose sound, Sat Nav, XM and 40kWh Battery Pack with passive cooling but has heater, DC Fast Charger, smartphone app
- HST Tax at 13% +$5,700 CAD
- Total Gross Cost $49,550 CAD
- Less Ontario EV Incentive Program Rebate of $14,000 CAD (Nissan fronts this rebate and gives it to you at time of sale)
- Your out the door at about $35,550 CAD


- Tesla Model 3 Standard Range @ $35,000 USD: $45,395 CAD (estimate taking FX, based on current Tesla USA to CAD pricing differences from website) * Cloth seats, standard stereo, centre console with 2 usb, dual zone climate, no AutoPilot, LED headlights, 60kWH battery w/thermal management! Tesla OTA and paid SuperCharging access, 18-inch rims/wheels, keycard and smartphone entry and apps.
- Add paint other than black: $1,000 USD: $1,300 CAD estimate
- Add Premium interior: $5,000 USD: $6,600 CAD estimate (leather, heated seats, wood decor, two rear USBs, 12-way power adjustable driver and front passenger seats with driver profiles, tilt and telescopic steering wheel, streaming audio - no XM, glass roof, auto dimming auto folding side mirrors, LED fog lamps, centre console with covered storage and two smartphone docking, no CarPlay/android car.
- Add AutoPilot (LDW, LA, EAB, BSW, ACC, etc.): $5,000 USD: $6,600 CAD
- Add Freight/PDI/fees: $1100 USD: $1,400 CAD
- Subtotal: $47,000 USD: $61,295 CAD
- Add HST Tax at $13% = $7,968 CAD
- Total Gross Cost: $69,263 CAD
- Then you have to mail away for the rebate, 2-6 months wait for cheque: Less $14,000 CAD (estimated, Model 3 not on website yet)
- Your total out the door at about $55,263 CAD estimated

So for a similarly equipped and packaged options EV, the difference calculated in the above example is $19,713 CAD Net. Yes the Model 3 has a bigger battery, which nets about 100km or so more range, you can use SuperCharger network (but not free), Autopilot should be better than ProPilot, nicer looking (beauty is in the eye of the beholder), clean/simple interior (Leaf has over 50 buttons!), Tesla OTA updates enhance car over time, front trunk space, more acceleration and performance 0-60, braking, etc. However, in my experience as I've had the opportunity to drive a Model 3 for 2 days and review it, the ride is stiffer than the Leaf 2.0. So overall handling could be argued as better for the Model 3 and I suspect it would perform better in slalom and skidpad than the Leaf 2.0. Plus, the Model 3 is a Tesla which is a premium brand.

To summarize this very long post, there are pros and cons for both and people who love Tesla are very passionate about it and are willing to overlook delivery delays, panel gaps, squeaks & rattles, etc. - which will all get fixed eventually - in order to enjoy the Telsa brand. That's great and I am not trying to change personal opinions on this.

I just wanted to take a practical non-emotional view of comparing these two EVs today. Yes, you can trim down the costs for a Model 3 to loose some of the options, however then to me that takes away from a truer comparison.

The value that this new Leaf 2.0 offers for the package/performance/range is really remarkable in comparison to the others. eGolf is priced about the same here in Ontario, but you can't get one. Ioniq is about $1,000 CAD more. i3 is more money. Bolt is more money, about $11,000 CAD more.

One of the things I also look at when comparison is cost of borrowing, as most of us don't have that kind of cash to outright purchase a car so we would have to lease/finance. From a rebate perspective, here in Ontario Nissan and GM are fronting the rebate amounts of $14,000 CAD and putting that on the sale deal like a downpayment). VW is a hit and miss with this thru dealers. Hyundai does not front nor does BMW. So then you would have to factor in the costs (if any) associated with yourself putting in the rebate yourself upfront and then waiting for the MTO to send you your cheque in 2-6 months.

I know I've used CAD costing here, but for all you in the USA it would be simple to extrapolate this comparison in U.S. Dollars and use your federal and state-specific incentives to apply to these costs.

My goal is not to discourage any Model 3 or Leaf lovers, but to provide a snapshot comparison of overall price point and value that can be had today with these two vehicles so that one can make a more better informed decision. Hope this helps.
 
kennethbokor said:
My goal is not to discourage any Model 3 or Leaf lovers, but to provide a snapshot comparison of overall price point and value that can be had today with these two vehicles so that one can make a more better informed decision. Hope this helps.
You have cherry picked the configurations and ended up with two cars that are quite different.

Just from memory, in your Tesla config that is not in the LEAF:
  • All glass roof
    12-way driver
    6 way front passenger
    TMS (double the longevity of the car ?)
    SuperCharger network at ~ 90 kW
    ~ 55 kWh battery
    Rear USB
    Driver profiles
    High quality interior
    Large screen
    Too many cameras to count
    Auto folding mirros

Pardon my saying so, but your 40 kWh LEAF is going to depreciate like a rock without a TMS and hobbled by a crappy DCFC network. The cutesy feature set cannot make up for basic deficiencies in the car. I've decided to skip the ACC (even though I will miss it!) and buy an AWD Tesla instead. I'll decide about the premium interior after I sit in the car. So for me a well equipped, superbly engineered EV that will completely replace my hybrid plug-in for the next decade or two is as low as ~ $40k USD.

Econobox or not, the LEAF cannot even be a consideration.
 
SageBrush said:
kennethbokor said:
My goal is not to discourage any Model 3 or Leaf lovers, but to provide a snapshot comparison of overall price point and value that can be had today with these two vehicles so that one can make a more better informed decision. Hope this helps.
You have cherry picked the configurations and ended up with two cars that are quite different.

Just from memory, in your Tesla config that is not in the LEAF:
  • All glass roof
    12-way driver
    6 way front passenger
    TMS (double the longevity of the car ?)
    SuperCharger network at ~ 90 kW
    ~ 55 kWh battery
    Rear USB
    Driver profiles
    High quality interior
    Large screen
    Too many cameras to count
    Auto folding mirros

Pardon my saying so, but your 40 kWh LEAF is going to depreciate like a rock without a TMS and hobbled by a crappy DCFC network. The cutesy feature set cannot make up for basic deficiencies in the car. I've decided to skip the ACC (even though I will miss it!) and buy an AWD Tesla instead. I'll decide about the premium interior after I sit in the car. So for me a well equipped, superbly engineered EV that will completely replace my hybrid plug-in for the next decade or two is as low as ~ $40k USD.

Econobox or not, the LEAF cannot even be a consideration.


Good for you and all the best in your choice! Won't be seeing you on this forum any more. There is a great Model 3 Forum you can go to at www.model3ownersclub.com.
 
A. If your 2018 Leaf 2.0 is not for longish road trips (you know, what some would perceive you should be able to do with any car), then more power to you. Also, don't buy a Leaf in hot climates. or use DC quick charging more than 3 successive times in one day. or expect 150 miles after 3 years of normal use. Seriously. come back in 2021 and let us know how that is going. (hint, no TMS for the battery equals no deal)

B. If u see the complete ICE-replacement Tesla and the Supercharger network (WORLDWIDE!) as worthwhile, then you make your choices.


for people choosing A: you will be disappointed if you think a Leaf 2.0 is driving across the US. Or even farther than 150 miles charge per day. DC quick charging is still a crapshoot and the masses will not tolerate a crapshoot. Not robust. not reliable. not as widespread as needed. Seriously, I've been a Leaf fan for almost 4 years and LOVE it but know the ins and outs of Public DC fast charging. (hint, it's mostly outs).

for people choosing B: you will have to weigh the FUD being thrown out there against Tesla. Right now as of this posting a $35,000 Tesla is not available. You wait for that one to be released or compromise with selection 'A', knowing the shortfalls of a medium range EV with a spotty QC network. And maybe you CAN get by with that in your particular situation.

Bottom line should say something:

Many people are waiting for choice B (number of reservations to get a Model 3 are pretty much higher than a lot of EV sales to date).

Many are also not waiting and a Leaf 2.0 will work just fine.

The Bolt is also suffering from the above situation. Works great for many but hits the wall at about 220 miles (hint, no decent and persistent DC charging network to date".
 
finman100 said:
A. If your 2018 Leaf 2.0 is not for longish road trips (you know, what some would perceive you should be able to do with any car), then more power to you. Also, don't buy a Leaf in hot climates. or use DC quick charging more than 3 successive times in one day. or expect 150 miles after 3 years of normal use. Seriously. come back in 2021 and let us know how that is going. (hint, no TMS for the battery equals no deal)

B. If u see the complete ICE-replacement Tesla and the Supercharger network (WORLDWIDE!) as worthwhile, then you make your choices.


for people choosing A: you will be disappointed if you think a Leaf 2.0 is driving across the US. Or even farther than 150 miles charge per day. DC quick charging is still a crapshoot and the masses will not tolerate a crapshoot. Not robust. not reliable. not as widespread as needed. Seriously, I've been a Leaf fan for almost 4 years and LOVE it but know the ins and outs of Public DC fast charging. (hint, it's mostly outs).

for people choosing B: you will have to weigh the FUD being thrown out there against Tesla. Right now as of this posting a $35,000 Tesla is not available. You wait for that one to be released or compromise with selection 'A', knowing the shortfalls of a medium range EV with a spotty QC network. And maybe you CAN get by with that in your particular situation.

Bottom line should say something:

Many people are waiting for choice B (number of reservations to get a Model 3 are pretty much higher than a lot of EV sales to date).

Many are also not waiting and a Leaf 2.0 will work just fine.

The Bolt is also suffering from the above situation. Works great for many but hits the wall at about 220 miles (hint, no decent and persistent DC charging network to date".


All great points. No right or wrong here, just info for people to look at. However, being that this is a Leaf Forum, I am betting the large membership who are on this site and like yourself love the Leaf. A person needs to look at their situation and needs (driving ranges and patterns, budget, family size, etc.) and choose what works best for you. In the end, the Leaf 2.0 is a better choice for me for many reasons. For others, Model 3, Bolt, Model S, new I-Pace, etc, etc may be better.

My post was just staying on topic to do a comparison of the Leaf 2.0 and Model 3. Not all of the options in the marketplace today. Yes, infrastructure is key, however I don't believe that DC FC will get worse but only better. Tesla is only one brand and does not and will never own the BEV market. Others are playing catch up and very soon (within next 3-5 years) have multiple BEV products for consumers to choose from. And you can bet these won't be Tesla Charge Port optioned nor will work with SuperChargers. You are naive to think that Tesla will have more chargers in the world deployed than all other "standards". Simply won't happen. They may have a leadership now, but as some manufactures plan to build over a 1,000,000 EV's a year by 2025 or sooner (and that is just one manufacturer stating that and there are dozens getting into this game), more DC FC will have to be deployed to handle this kind of scale and many companies, governments and collaborations are pushing into this realm quickly.

I do agree that TMS is very important for longevity of battery life and over the Leaf, Tesla certainly has an advantage. Their battery tech so far has proven to be rock solid with sub-10% loss of SOC over lifespan on earliest models so far.

Again, just food for thought and informed decisions. If you have the money, buy a Tesla. Its that simple. If budget is a factor, then there are lots of other choices out there and the Leaf 2.0 is IMO a top choice.
 
edatoakrun said:
edatoakrun said:
SageBrush said:
No two ways about it: you and Powersurge live in a delusion.
This entire thread ha been a delusional exercise, in that a Tesla Model 3 SR does not actually exists at this time.
Anybody who put down the $1k deposit still have a 2018 delivery date estimate from TSLA on a SR?

Do you still believe that will happen, at ~$36k?

When?
And how many of those loss-leader variants will TSLA ever actually sell, when (a fact missing from TSLA's latest 10-k) and if it ever begins to?

Tesla's 10-K Shows A Newfound Modesty

..II. The $35,000 "Variant"

When Tesla announced its Model 3 pricing last July, I wrote an article called, Farewell to Tesla's Phony Mass-Market Story.

In it, I pointed out that most of the full federal income tax credits would go to those buying versions of the car costing $50k+ (that is, the wealthiest car buyers). I questioned Tesla's claim that the car was truly "in production." And I wrote:

Tesla has already spec'd out the Model 3 to be very unattractive in its base version, and, just to be certain, Tesla will not offer any base versions for sale for many months to come. And that was a wise business decision, because Tesla will bleed heavily each time it sells a Model 3 for $35,000.
Naturally, for saying all these things, I was much derided in the comments section. So it goes.

Now, in the 10-K, here's how Tesla describes the Model 3:

Model 3 is our third generation electric vehicle. We began deliveries in July 2017. Model 3 is produced at the Tesla Factory in Fremont, California, and at Gigafactory 1. We will offer a variant of this vehicle at a starting price of $35,000 and expect to produce Model 3 vehicles at far higher volumes than our Model S or Model X vehicles.
Got that? The $35,000 Model 3 is no longer the mass-market raison d'être for the car, but has become merely a "variant" of the vehicle.

By the way, I think Tesla did the right thing by choosing this language. It helps blunt the force of later arguments that Tesla's claim about a $35k Model 3 was misleading...
https://seekingalpha.com/article/4150663-teslas-10-k-shows-newfound-modesty
 
SageBrush said:
Pardon my saying so, but your 40 kWh LEAF is going to depreciate like a rock without a TMS

Not in cool places. My battery has spent less than a day above the threshold for cooling with the Volt Thermal Management System over the part 6 years.
 
WetEV said:
SageBrush said:
Pardon my saying so, but your 40 kWh LEAF is going to depreciate like a rock without a TMS

Not in cool places. My battery has spent less than a day above the threshold for cooling with the Volt Thermal Management System over the part 6 years.
Which would be fine if Nissan restricted sales to the PNW, NW Europe and areas with similar climates, but they don't. For current battery tech to be able to provide reasonable longevity (value for money) across the variety of climates that the U.S. and other parts of the world experience, you need a TMS which can maintain the battery in a limited, favorable temperature range. As we all know NIssan failed that from the start, and unless the upcoming 60kWh pack from LG Chem has an active TMS, will continue to do so barring some battery breakthrough. We just had a 30kWh LEAF owner with a touch over 18k miles in Rocklin, Ca. report their fourth bar loss. Rocklin's a suburb of Sacramento and it does get hot there in the summer,

  • Month High / Low(°F) Rain
    January 57° / 38° 8 days
    February 62° / 41° 7 days
    March 68° / 43° 8 days
    April 73° / 45° 4 days
    May 82° / 51° 1 day
    June 91° / 57° 1 day
    July 97° / 62° 0 days
    August 96° / 60° 0 days
    September 91° / 56° 1 day

    October 80° / 49° 3 days
    November 66° / 41° 6 days
    December 57° / 37° 7 days

but so what? It gets hot lots of places.
 
GRA said:
...For current battery tech to be able to provide reasonable longevity (value for money) across the variety of climates that the U.S. and other parts of the world experience, you need a TMS which can maintain the battery in a limited, favorable temperature range. As we all know NIssan failed that from the start, and unless the upcoming 60kWh pack from LG Chem has an active TMS, will continue to do so barring some battery breakthrough. We just had a 30kWh LEAF owner with a touch over 18k miles in Rocklin, Ca. report their fourth bar loss. Rocklin's a suburb of Sacramento and it does get hot there in the summer,

  • Month High / Low(°F) Rain
    January 57° / 38° 8 days
    February 62° / 41° 7 days
    March 68° / 43° 8 days
    April 73° / 45° 4 days
    May 82° / 51° 1 day
    June 91° / 57° 1 day
    July 97° / 62° 0 days
    August 96° / 60° 0 days
    September 91° / 56° 1 day

    October 80° / 49° 3 days
    November 66° / 41° 6 days
    December 57° / 37° 7 days

but so what? It gets hot lots of places.

Last year we had 26 days 100ºF+

https://www.wunderground.com/histor...statename=&reqdb.zip=&reqdb.magic=&reqdb.wmo=

But these 30kWh batteries are degrading faster than expected in cooler climates as well. I'm currently at the Nissan dealership so they can verify my 8 bar status, run diagnostics, and order my new battery,
 
The internet is full of blowhards who must be rich because their solution to any problem is to throw money at it. Yes, the Tesla is a better car, BUT it costs at least $5000 more than the Leaf. For the leaf's price point, engineering tradeoffs will have to be made.

That said, other leaf owners told me to expect a 30% battery degradation in 5 years. Since I live 2 miles from work, my battery should last 15 years. I seriously doubt any Tesla owner will drive their car for more than 15 years. I am not interested in the resale value.

That said, I also have a Model 3 on order. I can afford 1 tesla, not 2.
 
lilly said:
The internet is full of blowhards who must be rich because their solution to any problem is to throw money at it. Yes, the Tesla is a better car, BUT it costs at least $5000 more than the Leaf. For the leaf's price point, engineering tradeoffs will have to be made.

That said, other leaf owners told me to expect a 30% battery degradation in 5 years. Since I live 2 miles from work, my battery should last 15 years. I seriously doubt any Tesla owner will drive their car for more than 15 years. I am not interested in the resale value.

That said, I also have a Model 3 on order. I can afford 1 tesla, not 2.

$5000 cheaper is a low ball figure. My LEAF pay off (haven't spent a dime yet) is $22,573.59


Granted I didn't get what I ordered (which is still 3-6 weeks off) but got S with climate and QC.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/quXIcgvbGlIOV0Ln1
 
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