150 miles range, lol, that's worse than I think anybody here had estimated.
The price is good, though the car looks less impressive the more I look at it. Just another hatchback. The S-grade wheels are awful, so you'd need SV, and then you need tech (propilot) and heater package, so you're up to 35-36k (though still full federal credit puts you sub 30's).
And of course this won't be rolling out to customers until the model 3 is.
And where do I fast charge this thing anyway? Nissan isn't rolling out a network compatible with this anyway.
The car is not awful, but it's very banal. Propilot is the only thing about this at all interesting. I would still consider leasing one if I could get it for low 200's like I did my last leaf, but if I had to pay the amount a car this much should really cost, I'd rather just wait for that model 3 I have reserved.
Here's the really ugly math on this thing. Its top tier is $37,500. Compare that to a 220 mile range model 3 with the premium package, which costs $40k. The tesla gives you 50% more range, a nationwide fast-charging network growing aggressively, a much better looking car, a much faster car. The leaf does not have EAP, though, whereas the leaf would have propilot. Oh, but propilot doesn't work on the interstate anyway (62 mph limit). So who at that point is going to take the leaf when another $3k puts them into a prettier, faster, better ranged Tesla, which also has fast charge points littered throughout the country?
I see the S as a better car than the SL for the market. If you must have an EV and don't care about any features, then here is one you can have for under $25k after credits. But the topped out one is now in direct competition with the model 3 and it can't hold a candle to it, frankly.
As the post above mine points out, the resale on these will be extravagant [ly low], as it has been with the current ones. With Nissan's stubborn lack of proper thermal management, and only a 150 mile range new, three years from now these things will be on the market for $11-12k. That might be a good time to get one as a commuter car.