cheapride
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So new here and would like to point out I am a very friendly guy so not trying to pick a fight!
I am new to the forum and my low mile 2012 Leaf but not new to the EV world and thought that this little bundle of batteries would be a great step up in distance per charge over my other EV but I have to say I have no idea where the numbers come from!
I am a very good EV driver we live in a cooler but not cold climate, climate control with a mind of its own is needed in a modest form just to keep the chill off and steam from the windshield and always drive in econo mode. Yike what the heck? this car charges fine provides full bars and at the end of the 100% charge it will provide the estimated 125KM based on our cooler climate driving I guess but lucky and I mean lucky to get 65KM of real world driving out of it!. I do a lot of driving with kids and seriously there are not enough charging hours in a day! The driving habits vary from a few shorts kms on the highway at 85-90 KM but mostly 50-60 km per hour in town and back roads.
So I have come to the conclusion that several things are coming into play here, the estimated 130 KM per charge is on a perfect day down hill zero climate control at 30 km per hour or the fact that 130 km in the real world is just a plain sales line or my leaf is a serious load of junk! I could live with 90-100km per charge but still not the perfect world I was hoping for, I am finding the only way to keep this car on the road and meeting the family demands per day is to camp out at a fast charge because the 3.3KW charger on board simple suits no one I know!
I thought that giving up the luxury of my Focus and 85 km per charge cool weather driving was a good trade for that little extra the leaf promised but remorse is setting in fast! What am I doing that is giving this car purchase a second thought? It must be better than this, or is it just not designed for this 7 to 8 degree celsius weather like my focus was?
I have been reading trying to find answers and have found so much conflicting information that I am having trouble believing anything anymore, people boasting miles per charge tesla would be proud of to miles per charge that makes mine look good! I find it hard to believe Nissan would make a car for a world market that has such range anxiety built in, I really want to like this car but man it's being hard on me, is this just how it is?
Help please!
I am new to the forum and my low mile 2012 Leaf but not new to the EV world and thought that this little bundle of batteries would be a great step up in distance per charge over my other EV but I have to say I have no idea where the numbers come from!
I am a very good EV driver we live in a cooler but not cold climate, climate control with a mind of its own is needed in a modest form just to keep the chill off and steam from the windshield and always drive in econo mode. Yike what the heck? this car charges fine provides full bars and at the end of the 100% charge it will provide the estimated 125KM based on our cooler climate driving I guess but lucky and I mean lucky to get 65KM of real world driving out of it!. I do a lot of driving with kids and seriously there are not enough charging hours in a day! The driving habits vary from a few shorts kms on the highway at 85-90 KM but mostly 50-60 km per hour in town and back roads.
So I have come to the conclusion that several things are coming into play here, the estimated 130 KM per charge is on a perfect day down hill zero climate control at 30 km per hour or the fact that 130 km in the real world is just a plain sales line or my leaf is a serious load of junk! I could live with 90-100km per charge but still not the perfect world I was hoping for, I am finding the only way to keep this car on the road and meeting the family demands per day is to camp out at a fast charge because the 3.3KW charger on board simple suits no one I know!
I thought that giving up the luxury of my Focus and 85 km per charge cool weather driving was a good trade for that little extra the leaf promised but remorse is setting in fast! What am I doing that is giving this car purchase a second thought? It must be better than this, or is it just not designed for this 7 to 8 degree celsius weather like my focus was?
I have been reading trying to find answers and have found so much conflicting information that I am having trouble believing anything anymore, people boasting miles per charge tesla would be proud of to miles per charge that makes mine look good! I find it hard to believe Nissan would make a car for a world market that has such range anxiety built in, I really want to like this car but man it's being hard on me, is this just how it is?
Help please!