Hi, I have a Volt and love the car. My wife doesn't like driving it however (she thinks it's too big, bad visibility and we made mistake of no backup camera). Anyway, we are considering another electric to add to our fleet (2008 Prius, 2014 Subaru Impreza). We like the ride, room, versatility, fit and finish of the Leaf.
I am confused on the different ports on the Leaf. I have a 220 volt L2 charger at my home for the Volt (charges in 4 hours). How long will it take on the Leaf for a full charge? Also, there seems to be a 6 megawatt charger or something people are talking about. Will that work with my L2? How long for that charge?
The Chmod charge port. That seems to be for a commercial-only charger. That gives an 80% charge in 30 min. So all charges that use that port will do the super fast charge?
When people talk of the charge bars missing, it's the bars on the Guess-o-meter, yes? So there seems to be 12 bars when new. What would a Leaf's general range be on 10 bars? I found a few used SVs with 10 bars.
With the Volt, I have driven about 35k miles and don't see much degradation of battery. I still get 40 miles and can get 50 driving around town. Almost the same as new three years ago. What's the life of the Leaf's battery realistically? What are Leaf owners getting on batteries with 60, 70, 100k miles?
Finally, it seems many have suggested only charging to 80% and not draining down below 20% to protect the battery. That takes 40% off the range, as I understand. So now I will have a car with only 40 miles of range? If that's the only way to prolong the battery, I'll probably wait for the next gen Leaf to come out.
Thanks for all your help. This is a great forum.
I am confused on the different ports on the Leaf. I have a 220 volt L2 charger at my home for the Volt (charges in 4 hours). How long will it take on the Leaf for a full charge? Also, there seems to be a 6 megawatt charger or something people are talking about. Will that work with my L2? How long for that charge?
The Chmod charge port. That seems to be for a commercial-only charger. That gives an 80% charge in 30 min. So all charges that use that port will do the super fast charge?
When people talk of the charge bars missing, it's the bars on the Guess-o-meter, yes? So there seems to be 12 bars when new. What would a Leaf's general range be on 10 bars? I found a few used SVs with 10 bars.
With the Volt, I have driven about 35k miles and don't see much degradation of battery. I still get 40 miles and can get 50 driving around town. Almost the same as new three years ago. What's the life of the Leaf's battery realistically? What are Leaf owners getting on batteries with 60, 70, 100k miles?
Finally, it seems many have suggested only charging to 80% and not draining down below 20% to protect the battery. That takes 40% off the range, as I understand. So now I will have a car with only 40 miles of range? If that's the only way to prolong the battery, I'll probably wait for the next gen Leaf to come out.
Thanks for all your help. This is a great forum.