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Is there a difference between the European and USA version of 2013 leaf? As reviews in NL state a greater range (real world 150 vs 120 km).

Or stay over next time, resulting in a full battery for the return trip.

I sold at 95. I've never seen a stock inflate so fast. And over inflated, even with the expected revenues in the future calculated in.

Can someone give an estimated guess when the epa range will be available? I'm getting more curious by the day. Will it be more than 76 Miles (ford focus electric)...

And the gen. III has an epa range of 68 miles. Which in my opinion is ok for such a small car.

@Lauri: Very good question indeed. I'm very curious what this will do wrt the european pricing!

Ah well, for 15k after incentives, it's a pretty decent car. Might be a bit to small for the average American though:-) In the narrow cobbled streets of Amsterdam and beyond it works quite well

Ah thanks, prettiy stupid, I couldn't fine it anymore.

The 3rd generation Smart ED is coming up to steam. Nr 1000 rolled of the belt recently. They are ramping up production to meet customer demand, according to this article on hybridcars.com : http://hybridcars.com/news/smart-ramping-production-fortwo-electric-drive-66938.html"...

If the current Leaf would be tested according to the 5cycle test instead of the 2cycle test, what would the EPA range be? To compare the 2012 and the 2013 Leaf, you should test them with the same standards for a clear comparison. Will this happen?

@mswalsh: really! January is only a month away, that is rather soon. I'm curious about the european roll out from the UK.

For the 2012 it looks indeed as a 'can but shouldn't'. But you might want to wait for the 2013 specs. It won't be a spectacular change. But with slightly more EPA range, and especially a better (more economical) heater; I'd say, it should be possible. Any thoughts?

It seems to have 12 bars, looking at the attached photo's

Exactly, a perfect commuter. And with the 3rd gen, you don't have to shy away from the freeway. How cool is that for 15k!

Americans are not very used (yet) to small cars. For me, the Smart it works incredibly well in the city of Amsterdam en still good on the sub urban highways (speed limit in the Netherlands between 62 and 80 mph). I've got a BMW 1 series as a company car, but drive the electric Smart around town...

I agree with GRA that the Nissan NV200 is the better choice for NYC! The Netherlands have an extensive network of chargers. In Amsterdam only, there are over 1200 chargers and more than 2500 nationwide and numbers are growing fast. Amsterdam has the highest density of chargers in the world. And...

Most taxi trips are short hauls, not like your 50 mile trip. That's a pretty expensive taxi ride btw:-) But you' re right. There are about 40 fast chargers in the Netherlands. So when Taxi-e runs into a customer like you, they need half an hour charging before heading back

Amsterdam has an electric taxi company as well. It works perfectly fine. They started early 2012 and now have about 20 Leafs zooming around (numbers are growing). The website is http://www.taxi-e.nl/en/home" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; . They are preferred carrier for a lot of...