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:idea: The metaphor I use is the way the car would move if my hand - via the shifter - would be touching the ground. The hand would push forward to move the car back, and vice versa.

The rotors on a well driven Leaf (i.e. with a driver maximizing regeneration) have lots of friction due to corrosion and pad build-up on the rotor, because the brakes are rarely used. ;) This is especially pronounced in cars living in humid conditions, near the sea shore, in harsh winters or...

One more fun fact: the Mode button works with the heater off, i.e. the passively moving air enters through the opening you select.

Thank you for the great data. At the average speeds used, aerodynamic drag is probably the determining factor for energy consumption. So without a defect, results should be identical, as they were? In our 2012, there is palpable break-in of tires and vehicle. The distances rolling down the...

I beg to differ, your honor. That is true only if Auto controls both temperature and fan speed. If the fan speed is a given, it controls the amount of (outside, cold) air that is being heated. You are literally blowing heated air out the back at the rate you are sucking cold air into the...

As stated above, most of the discussion in this thread is incorrect. Both in the 2012s and 2013s, you can run a minimal effort defrost by pressing defrost first, disengaging AC, winding down the propeller to minimum (which is more important for energy use than the temperature setting) and wind...

We put winter tires onto the OEM Nissan rims, and now had the regular summer Bridgestones mounted onto Dotz Freeride 7x16 5/114,3 ET40 Inexpensive, good looks, street legal in Europe (ABE) for the Leaf. Best electric greetings, HyperMiler

Hornstudio, thank you very much for the information. That will certainly help save some range. Nice pictures! Not sure whether it is possible to also cover the actual heater itself with insulation? Best regards, HyperMiler