You're either kidding or have a lot of reading to do. Start here if it's the latter. (and apologies if you aren't kidding)Ag1371 said:Can anybody tell me how Nissan Leafs do in hot weather? Specially Arizona weather? Please let me know. Thanks
You might want to consider a 2-year lease. Even then, the battery could be significantly impacted before the end of the lease term. Please evaluate your range needs and how much capacity loss you can sustain.cwerdna said:I wouldn't buy. I would only lease and make sure that you can make your commute with degradation that you're going to encounter. Count on
Depends on how many miles you drive a day. If >60 then I would steer you elsewhere but as long as you don't need to go more than ~60 miles/day, you can easily do that without compromise up until the point that the warranty kicks in and you get a new battery. I will add that the AC is great. This was one of my concerns when I purchased (would I have to drive around with no AC to get the range?) but the reality is the AC uses very little energy compared to overcoming wind drag so you can leave it on and enjoy the drive.Ag1371 said:Can anybody tell me how Nissan Leafs do in hot weather? Specially Arizona weather? Please let me know. Thanks
Any details?LEAFfan said:Also, the A/C uses much more energy than previous years.
MrIanB said:Would not recommend in Az or Tx. Get a Volt with a temperature management cooling system that is not based on hot air like the Leaf.
This coming from a Leaf and a Volt owner.
Ian B
Just take what you hear on gm-volt.com with a grain of salt. Folks who dare say anything non-positive about the Volt on that forum get banned unlike this forum. I mentioned their slow sales and was banned, no warning, IP banned, big time tantrum by the super moderator WopOnTour. But they do allow moderators to create threads making fun of a senior Volt owner who had his cars computer crash on the highway causing near accident. They are also some there quite unfriendly to the Leaf.scottf200 said:Aside: If you are interesting in the Volt for reasons stated above you can go to gm-volt.com to ask questions as there are various owners from AZ. I get 45+ EV miles in my 2 yr old Volt while using the A/C just for myself (3 vents pointed to me - fan low, ECO AC mode, 75F). Weather recently here was high 80's/low 90's. FYI, I went to college in Phoenix, AZ so I know the heat!
dm33 said:Just take what you hear on gm-volt.com with a grain of salt. Folks who dare say anything non-positive about the Volt on that forum get banned unlike this forum. I mentioned their slow sales and was banned, no warning, IP banned, big time tantrum by the super moderator WopOnTour. But they do allow moderators to create threads making fun of a senior Volt owner who had his cars computer crash on the highway causing near accident. They are also some there quite unfriendly to the Leaf.scottf200 said:Aside: If you are interesting in the Volt for reasons stated above you can go to gm-volt.com to ask questions as there are various owners from AZ. I get 45+ EV miles in my 2 yr old Volt while using the A/C just for myself (3 vents pointed to me - fan low, ECO AC mode, 75F). Weather recently here was high 80's/low 90's. FYI, I went to college in Phoenix, AZ so I know the heat!
TickTock said:Any details?LEAFfan said:Also, the A/C uses much more energy than previous years.
Correction. To my knowledge he is the first, and so far as I know, the only person to claim that. And his claim was pretty thoroughly debunked when he made it before.LEAFfan said:You aren't the first one to mention the censorship over there.dm33 said:Just take what you hear on gm-volt.com with a grain of salt. Folks who dare say anything non-positive about the Volt on that forum get banned unlike this forum. I mentioned their slow sales and was banned, no warning, IP banned, big time tantrum by the super moderator WopOnTour
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