Anyone else roll their eyes at that useless building tree animation in the upper left of the head's up display? The rest of the dash is filled with useful information to the driver (speed, current power consumption, battery temperature, range, etc..). That silly building tree animation is hokey at best and a potentially dangerous distraction at worst. If the driver is interested in driving efficiently and extending the range then there is plenty of information there to assist the driver in how they can acheive that goal. Building trees doesn't do that. Lose it entirely or replace it with some practical information for the driver such as outside and inside air temperature. If Nissan really want to encourage the driver to drive more efficiently then replace the tree with some running indicator like KW/Mile and color it red or green depending on whether they are driving better or worse than some assumed average of other drivers.
I realize that many Leaf owners have some inflated sense of importance that they are involved in some great environmental cause saving the world, but the vast majority of people (like myself) view that as bunk. The more the Leaf can divorce itself from this environmental mindset (symbolized by the Leaf and Tree icons) the more it will appeal to the vast majority of people who are more interested in reliable economic vehicle and not some overly subsidized environmental project that is doomed to failure.
I realize that many Leaf owners have some inflated sense of importance that they are involved in some great environmental cause saving the world, but the vast majority of people (like myself) view that as bunk. The more the Leaf can divorce itself from this environmental mindset (symbolized by the Leaf and Tree icons) the more it will appeal to the vast majority of people who are more interested in reliable economic vehicle and not some overly subsidized environmental project that is doomed to failure.