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I am one of the earlier members in here who joined this forum in 2012 when the first gen Leaf hit the market. I used to be a very frequent visitor (daily) and contributor in those days, but I haven't signed into this forum for over many years now. Some background. In 2011 I casually without...

What if I pay you money to buy one? :-)

Mine is one of those edge cases that fit perfectly well with Leaf's 80 mile range. I have a 75 miles round trip commute with a charger at home *and* at office. So in my case even a 50 mile BEV would suffice, and I am EV nut, who will go to any extent to drive an EV. I am a great hypermiler, and...

Attitudes like this completely disconnected with reality is what is keeping short range BEVs in the niche segment. You could cry hoarse till you turn blue that an 80 mile BEV is good enough, but I can tell you with that kind of myopic thinking, BEVs will be begging for Govt dole for a long...

I hope you are saying this tongue in cheek. 120 mile range is on good day under good conditions. And that reduces to 75 miles in 10F and snow, and some of us would like to have a 20 mile buffer before reach our homes, which means effectively ~50 mile effective range. Not to mention...

last week I returned my 2nd Leaf, as the lease ended, and bought a used CPO Model S 85 with Autopilot. Definitely very pricey and stretching quite a bit, but what choice do I have out there? 2016 Leafs are not even in the showrooms yet here.

You pollute.. you pay. What is so difficult to understand? As more people are pushed to EVs due to higher gas prices, the EV prices will drop down such the cost of ownership over say 5 years in an EV will be cheaper than a gas car. At that point the poor don't have to pollute just like the...

I blame the insanely low gas prices. For many folks the cheapo gas dwarfs the superior EV driving experience. It is really unfortunate that just when EVs were getting a foot-hold the ridiculously cheap gas comes like a sledge hammer to the nascent EV industry. Every time I see those big signs...

My 2nd Leaf lease ends in two weeks. And so far Leaf leases have not been very encouraging for 2015 models, and 2016 models are no where to be seen here in DFW area. Although one dealer finally came back and offered a $300/month with zero down on a 2015 SV with LED lights. But that is too late...

I had made up mind pretty much to lease another Leaf, my 3rd one. But guess what, 2016s have not arrived here in Dallas with any dealers and they don't know when they will, and even if it hit the lots here the lease deals I am seeing are simply insane - around $550+/month with zero down for the...

Manufacturing date is around mid Jan 2014, and I picked it up Jan 30th 2014.

yes, I lost a bar..

I have a 2014 that does not have a Lizard, but the way the degradation was almost nil for the first 15K miles and how it rapidly degraded to the extent I have the same capacity in this 2014 model now (230 gids on a full charge at 36k and 24 months) as my previous 2011 model in that same time...

The deal i was offered today was unbelievably too high.. almost laughable.. Autonation, Lewisville, TX

365 Gids *0.08 = 29.2 kWh How is that possible with only 0.8 kWh as buffer at the high end?

worst case scenario when new: 2.9 miles/kWh in cold DFW weather and highway driving = 73 miles, or around 65 miles with some buffer (VLBW), That is when new. After two years and losing 16% capacity it will be 62 miles, or around 55 miles with some buffer.

I have a suspicion that there is hidden capacity that is slowly used more and more, as the pack degrades giving us all an apparent illusion that there is no degradation during the first several months. My 2014 manufactured and bought in Jan 14 stayed above 270 Gids for over 10k miles and 8...

I cringed when CG referred to the 'highly reliable Leaf batteries'. Also what is with the love affair with suicide doors?

I believe i3 has it.

Your math is a little disingenuous. First off you will be hard pressed to find a Leaf for that price on a 2013-15 models. Yes, sure in 2012 the highest trim was $38K, but soon the prices settled down around $30-$32K within a year or so. And then, you completely left off $7500 Fed rebate and...