lorax
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edatoakrun said:Care to explain how your required driving and charging habits, made it look like a a good idea for you to buy/ or lease a LEAF, in the first place?
Here was my anticipated driving model when I bought the car:
M-F --> 63 mi/day
Charge to 80% overnight
Drive 24 mi to work
Charge at work to 80% (120V charging)
Drive home 24 miles.
Random errands: 15 miles
Sat-Sun --> 60 mi/day
Charge to 100%
Drive 60+ miles a day carting the kids to their activities, museums, movies, etc.
In given year: 5*63 +2*60 = 315 + 120 = 435 mi /wk --> 461 mi/wk * 52 wk/yr = 22,620 mi/year.
Nissan never told me that I couldn't drive the car an average of 60 miles a day. This is well below the EPA estimate of 73 miles/charge. As the car aged past 5 years, I thought I would be able use public EVSE on the weekends as needed.
BTW: This is pretty much how I drove my ICE car before I bought the Leaf -- Nissan sold me on the idea the Leaf was a replacement to my ICE car for local driving. For long distance driving to CA or TX, we would use my wife's Pilot.
Finally, the cost of ownership blew any other vehicle out of the water. More on this later.
Harsha