Recent content by shima

If only these Elmo's Chardemos were free to use.. or if the shopping centers started introducing free charging spots. But no one seem to care. Vana biimer on seni äge auto.. vaatamata sellele et tal on 300k läbisõit.

My most recent experience with a Leaf: 43000km on it, 91% charged shows 136km (heater on) Thats Leaf Model1, 2011. Because its the above mentioned rental, its 99% charged at Chardemo stations. I'd say not bad. No capacity loss after 1 year of heavy rental use.

I heard about them too. It was said that 2 car drove like 70000 km in a year without loosing any capacity of the battery.

Andres please tell us more about the diesel heater you mentioned.

Drove 2011 today in the cold. Started it with 33km on the range-o-meter, and its -2'c outside. Heated it up, started driving in the city. Drove for about 30km, range went down to 6km. Not bad I think I'd expect 2013 model to be 20% better than that.

you can actually turn the preheating of the cabin remotely without it being pluged in? on 2013 model only? How bad does it effect the range then say in 15 minutes?

I can't wait until it will go down to -20'C to see the performance

Estonia did even more. ELMO, government organization that promotes electric cars, now offers inexpensive rental of Leafs and i-Mievs. First hour costs only 6EUR, every other goes for 3EUR/extra, until you reach 30EUR total, thats a daily rate. Imagine renting a Leaf for 30EUR/day, no strings...