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100 kW
Hi All,
Bought a new top spec Leaf on the 24th Jan this year and I've clocked up 9,600 Kms (5,965 Miles) .
I'm leasing it over 3 years and 25,000 Kms. (15,500 Miles) I will probably go over my contract mileage but they will write off some of that depending on how much they want my business again or whoever I go to.
The savings over the prius pay back half the monthly payments on the leaf so it's pretty cheap for a new car when you look at it like this.
I work shift currently so don't have to travel as much. But when I work I do about 84-90 miles total. I don't drive to easy 60-70 Mph and usually get to work (44 miles) with about 45-50%battery , by the time I get back to the DC charger I've between 25-35%. I usually charge up to 50-55% (for about 10 mins) and head home and get home with about 20-25% battery. I don;t like to arrive home with much less daily.
Using leaf spy I checked the battery condition of a 2014 Leaf with 18,500 Miles, 544 DC charges and about 600 L2 and the battery still had 66.3 AH still showing 100% ! This is amazing and probably a good sign of a battery chemistry change since Gen I or even the Mk 1.5 to end of 2013.
Over all I am impressed with the Leaf, quick off the line, lots of torque but lacking above 60 Mph but for poor over taxed Europeans it feels like a rocket off the line and about normal for any car with 104 HP. It is a heavy car but the handling is actually quiet good on the 17" rims and being European model has to have a stiffer suspension but it's not uncomfortable.
The Heat pump is very efficient and even in single digit figures (that's degrees Celsius ) it will draw about 3-3.5 kw on warm up buyt settles down to about 500 watts - 1 Kw. it suits our relatively moderate climate pretty well. Our greatest enemy is the many days of strong winds.
On average I would get a good 60-70 miles range before I'd need to be actually at the charge point.
It will do about 98% of my driving and is big enough , us Europeans are used to cars of that size and smaller. But it's plenty big for just me most of the time. The rest of the time where taking the Leaf on much longer trips would be a pain we just take the diesel.
We have a very good charging infrastructure but it's becoming more common now to find people charging when you get there and some chargers are located in stupid placed such as shopping centers where people will abandon their leaf while they go shopping just to get free electricity rather than charge at home.
I really love the Leaf and can't wait for the Gen II. There'll be more electrics with more range then too.
Bought a new top spec Leaf on the 24th Jan this year and I've clocked up 9,600 Kms (5,965 Miles) .
I'm leasing it over 3 years and 25,000 Kms. (15,500 Miles) I will probably go over my contract mileage but they will write off some of that depending on how much they want my business again or whoever I go to.
The savings over the prius pay back half the monthly payments on the leaf so it's pretty cheap for a new car when you look at it like this.
I work shift currently so don't have to travel as much. But when I work I do about 84-90 miles total. I don't drive to easy 60-70 Mph and usually get to work (44 miles) with about 45-50%battery , by the time I get back to the DC charger I've between 25-35%. I usually charge up to 50-55% (for about 10 mins) and head home and get home with about 20-25% battery. I don;t like to arrive home with much less daily.
Using leaf spy I checked the battery condition of a 2014 Leaf with 18,500 Miles, 544 DC charges and about 600 L2 and the battery still had 66.3 AH still showing 100% ! This is amazing and probably a good sign of a battery chemistry change since Gen I or even the Mk 1.5 to end of 2013.
Over all I am impressed with the Leaf, quick off the line, lots of torque but lacking above 60 Mph but for poor over taxed Europeans it feels like a rocket off the line and about normal for any car with 104 HP. It is a heavy car but the handling is actually quiet good on the 17" rims and being European model has to have a stiffer suspension but it's not uncomfortable.
The Heat pump is very efficient and even in single digit figures (that's degrees Celsius ) it will draw about 3-3.5 kw on warm up buyt settles down to about 500 watts - 1 Kw. it suits our relatively moderate climate pretty well. Our greatest enemy is the many days of strong winds.
On average I would get a good 60-70 miles range before I'd need to be actually at the charge point.
It will do about 98% of my driving and is big enough , us Europeans are used to cars of that size and smaller. But it's plenty big for just me most of the time. The rest of the time where taking the Leaf on much longer trips would be a pain we just take the diesel.
We have a very good charging infrastructure but it's becoming more common now to find people charging when you get there and some chargers are located in stupid placed such as shopping centers where people will abandon their leaf while they go shopping just to get free electricity rather than charge at home.
I really love the Leaf and can't wait for the Gen II. There'll be more electrics with more range then too.
