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I'm trying to point out that we all have different road or commuting conditions and values in what we find useful or convenient. I think our community could be more welcoming of how everyone might want to drive and not be so singularly prescriptive on what they should or should not do. You want...

I use ePedal because I drive 100% in the city during my commute. Even if I didn't, it still depends on the individual user. They may be willing to sacrifice the efficiency for the convenience. Depending on their exact driving situation, the actual total efficiency difference may not be that bad...

So... I actually have owned 4 different manual shift cars over 20 years and still own one. When lifting the throttle under normal driving it does not decelerate at the same rate as my Leaf when driving in e-pedal mode (which is the mode I drive in all the time), and certainly not strong enough...

You know I was driving the other day and had to slam on the brakes because someone cut me off and it got me thinking that there's an increased safety factor with EVs in that the car immediately decelerates when you lift off the accelerator pedal instead of when you hit the brake pedal. That...

For all you could want to know about ePedal and B-Mode and more thanks to Dave and his blog. http://daveinolywa.blogspot.com/2018/11/e-pedal-verses-b-mode.html

True, my 1% was purely a measure of my number of days of reasonable utility and did not account for other factors of value. There is no doubt that the Model 3 is a better car. The question is how much extra are you willing to pay for that extra. For me, I did not value those additional factors...

Yea, I honestly don't know why the 2018 Leaf isn't selling better in the US. Maybe it's the issues people had with the old batteries, including the problems some faced even with the 30 kWh. Maybe American's are just more fickle. Glad to see it finding a market around the globe otherwise. It...

I'm with you OP in your search for value. For me, that was getting a new 2018 Leaf at current heavily discounted prices. I picked up my SL at the end of September for less than 18k+TTL including the federal and state rebates. I didn't want to pay $5k(28%) more for the Bolt or $20k(110%) for the...

Here are my thoughts on the 2018 Leaf after almost a month. This is my 2nd BEV, my first being a 3 year lease on a 2014 Ford Focus Electric. What I like: Range: The first thing for me is I never worry about range anymore on a normal driving day and day tripping (<100 miles round trip) basis...

I don't think this would be true. If you think of the analogy of a car with both 4 cylinder or 6 cylinder options, the fully loaded 4 cylinder price would over lap with the base 6. It allows the automaker to give people the choice depending on their preferences. Do they want the extra amenities...

1. 2018 Nissan Leaf 2. Running out of battery on the road 3. Yes 4. Battery condition 5. Yes 6. 40-50. Male

No worries! :) . I lived in Texas for 10 years so glad to hear about a fellow Leaf driver in the great state. Also keep in mind that the 9 to 8 bar state of health is not yet known for the 2018 Leaf. Nissan is reserving a lot of wiggle room for themselves. But based on the previous generation...

Yes I have it and it's available online here: https://owners.nissanusa.com/content/techpub/ManualsAndGuides/LEAF/2018/2018-LEAF-warranty-booklet.pdf Here's what it says: "LITHIUM-ION BATTERY CAPACITY COVERAGE In addition to the lithium-ion Battery Coverage for defects in materials or...

But that's the beauty of the crowd. With enough data points, the individual variance is smoothed out by the general trend. You won't be able to predict specific individual performance, but understand what the general likelihood will be.

Yea I can totally see that! :lol: :lol: :lol: I'm glad I found this existing survey. It seems to have a good balance of detail if you want it, but the core is there is you just want the nitty gritty. I'd be curious to see the 2018 trend line in a couple years. Or even if there are high...

I'm sure this has been posted many times before but thought I'd repost it here so we can start gathering real world data on the 2018s. I was actually going to start a google doc to crowd source battery degradation data, but looks like this already exists...

Nissan is addressing it with the 2019 model year. Is that too late? They are behind Chevy by 2 years. And agree that rapidgate wasn't cool. They should know by now that the EV driver crowd tends to be extremely well informed. However, they are still keeping the 40kWh model to fill a niche that...

It's a bit unfair to compare something that is available today against something that won't be available for maybe a year with questionable nationwide availability. The upside is value. I didn't want to pay $5k more (That's a 30% premium on the $17k I paid for an SL) for a Bolt that gives me 2%...

So I think all this negativity about the 2018 Leaf is a bit unfair. Let's keep things in perspective here. The battery warrany is 8 years/100k miles @ lets say 60% capacity That means the worst case scenario is that you will have 91 miles of EPA range at the 8 year or 100k mile mark It may not...

Nissan is actually offering great incentives, at least in the Delaware/Mid Atlantic area. I just finalized a deal on mine and picking it up on Saturday! Even without my work discount, they were offering almost $7k in discounts. SL with SL tech, carpet mats, splash guards (Black/Black) MSRP...