TimLee said:
Fundamentally the LEAF battery capacity makes it primarily a 150 to 200 mile range vehicle even with DCFC located every 30 miles.
Exactly. 200 miles will get us from Richmond KY to Louisville, Cincinnati, Knoxville, Oak Ridge, Pigeon Forge, lots of places we like to go. Right now a 100 mile round trip is difficult, and doesn't get us out of the Bluegrass. I have friends in London KY, 60 miles away, and we take the ice if we go. London KY has a Nissan dealership, but just L2 and maybe it's powered. An L3 there would be awesome, and it's well on our way to TN. We live near exit 97, London is at exit 41.
On a weekend trip leaving Friday evening, we charge in London, drive to Jellico, spend the night and charge with an L2 EVSE, get up early Saturday, hit an L3 in Knoxville while eating breakfast, head to Pigeon Forge for the day, charge during the day on an L2, head to Knoxville Saturday night, charge overnight on an L2, and hit the L3 in Jellico and London KY on the way back home Sunday. Just a little infrastructure would make this doable in our current Leaf. Since there is a Nissan dealer in London KY, and in Knoxville, and Cracker Barrels in London KY, Corbin KY, and Lake City TN, it seems like we are close to having some infrastructure that will make this trip a reality!
As far as Cincinnati and Louisville go, they are both about 100 miles from us. This could even be a day trip with L3 infrastructure.