As the subject says I am looking at buying a 2015 Leaf in the next couple of days and I have some questions.
Key Stats
Live in Orange County, CA
The Leaf would be replacing my wife's 2002 Highlander. The wife usually drives about 20-30 miles daily. Doesn't work but we have two kids so she winds up doing a lot of errands during the day, swim practice drop off, grocery shopping, picking up from school etc. Was looking at replacing her car with a simple EV for use around Orange County. We also have another ICE vehicle for longer trips etc. I was looking at the Nissan Leaf because I have always been fairly impressed with the car ever since I watched "Revenge of the Electric Car". The Leaf and the Tesla seem to be the only cars designed from the ground up to be EV's.
Since Nissan is making some changes with the Leaf they seem to be significantly discounting the 2015 Leaf's, $5500 Nissan Rebate Cash and 0% APR for 72 Months. On top of this the CA and Federal Rebates/Tax Credits. So I was thinking it was time to finally make the plunge into a electric car. We are looking at the SV model since it seems to have all the major features we wanted.
It seems that the earlier model years that Nissan had some battery issues with the Leaf. However from what I read Nissan has made some adjustments and by the 2015 that should have been fixed. Is that accurate?
NissanConnectEV, it seems that this application uses 2G wireless by AT&T. However I read that AT&T was turning off 2G service in North America by the end of 2016. The Nissan website was less than helpful about this. Is the NissanConnectEV Application really that important?
Chargers, the vehicle would be garaged normally. We have easy access to a We have a lot of options with chargers and it seems like a lot of them have basically the same features. One charger that stood out for me was the Juice Box because of the wifi access and you can configure automated charging times. I know that NissanConnectEV will also do charging times but I am worried that the Nissan App will stop working when AT&T turns off the 2G network. Anybody have thought on the Juice Box?
What needs to be serviced on the Leaf? Obviously no oil changes, tune-ups etc. What are the regular items that need to be maintained on the car besides tires?
I am sure I will think of more but that is what I have at this time. Thank you in advance for responses.
Key Stats
Live in Orange County, CA
The Leaf would be replacing my wife's 2002 Highlander. The wife usually drives about 20-30 miles daily. Doesn't work but we have two kids so she winds up doing a lot of errands during the day, swim practice drop off, grocery shopping, picking up from school etc. Was looking at replacing her car with a simple EV for use around Orange County. We also have another ICE vehicle for longer trips etc. I was looking at the Nissan Leaf because I have always been fairly impressed with the car ever since I watched "Revenge of the Electric Car". The Leaf and the Tesla seem to be the only cars designed from the ground up to be EV's.
Since Nissan is making some changes with the Leaf they seem to be significantly discounting the 2015 Leaf's, $5500 Nissan Rebate Cash and 0% APR for 72 Months. On top of this the CA and Federal Rebates/Tax Credits. So I was thinking it was time to finally make the plunge into a electric car. We are looking at the SV model since it seems to have all the major features we wanted.
It seems that the earlier model years that Nissan had some battery issues with the Leaf. However from what I read Nissan has made some adjustments and by the 2015 that should have been fixed. Is that accurate?
NissanConnectEV, it seems that this application uses 2G wireless by AT&T. However I read that AT&T was turning off 2G service in North America by the end of 2016. The Nissan website was less than helpful about this. Is the NissanConnectEV Application really that important?
Chargers, the vehicle would be garaged normally. We have easy access to a We have a lot of options with chargers and it seems like a lot of them have basically the same features. One charger that stood out for me was the Juice Box because of the wifi access and you can configure automated charging times. I know that NissanConnectEV will also do charging times but I am worried that the Nissan App will stop working when AT&T turns off the 2G network. Anybody have thought on the Juice Box?
What needs to be serviced on the Leaf? Obviously no oil changes, tune-ups etc. What are the regular items that need to be maintained on the car besides tires?
I am sure I will think of more but that is what I have at this time. Thank you in advance for responses.