Hi,
Sorry if similar questions have been asked here many times before, but I'd like to get some reassurance if possible. I'm thinking about leasing a Leaf mostly to save on gas and to use the HOV lane (I live in California). Some more information: I work at Facebook in Menlo Park where they have EV charging stations. My one way commute is about 20 miles (so about 40 round trip).
Probably the biggest problem is that I only rent a house and therefore can't install a specific charging system and will have to go with the 110 Volt charging.
We currently have 2 cars, I use one exclusively for commuting and this is getting pretty old, so looking at replacing it soon. So basically I'm looking at driving 40 miles a day (or let's round up to 50) and I can charge for several hours at work and during the night at home. During the weekend I would probably also use the car from time to time to run errands, but for longer trips we'd always use our other car.
My thought is that with the $199 Lease currently available and with saving about $100 a month when comparing electricity costs to Gas costs that this sounds like a very good deal. Am I missing anything?
Thanks for any help!
Sorry if similar questions have been asked here many times before, but I'd like to get some reassurance if possible. I'm thinking about leasing a Leaf mostly to save on gas and to use the HOV lane (I live in California). Some more information: I work at Facebook in Menlo Park where they have EV charging stations. My one way commute is about 20 miles (so about 40 round trip).
Probably the biggest problem is that I only rent a house and therefore can't install a specific charging system and will have to go with the 110 Volt charging.
We currently have 2 cars, I use one exclusively for commuting and this is getting pretty old, so looking at replacing it soon. So basically I'm looking at driving 40 miles a day (or let's round up to 50) and I can charge for several hours at work and during the night at home. During the weekend I would probably also use the car from time to time to run errands, but for longer trips we'd always use our other car.
My thought is that with the $199 Lease currently available and with saving about $100 a month when comparing electricity costs to Gas costs that this sounds like a very good deal. Am I missing anything?
Thanks for any help!