I am one of the earlier members in here who joined this forum in 2012 when the first gen Leaf hit the market. I used to be a very frequent visitor (daily) and contributor in those days, but I haven't signed into this forum for over many years now.
Some background. In 2011 I casually without much interest signed up for a mailing list for electric cars on Nissan webpage. Sometime in 2012 I got an email from my local Nissan dealer that Nissan's EV is now in their showroom and I can go take a look. I went in the next day and instantly fell in love with the looks and the gorgeous blue color. I still think that is the best color for any car. They had only one - VIN 512 - and it was inside the showroom. The salesman took the car out of the showroom. I had no intention of even test driving it, let alone buying an EV when I left home. I did not even know what an EV was at that time. And I had no reason to buy a car anyway. I already had a Honda Van and a Lexus.
The moment I sat on it, shifted the funky gears and started moving, it was a life changing event. The car was just literally floating in the air with no noise and an amazing acceleration. 10 minutes later back in the showroom, I was torn. I don't need a car, but I can't just walk away from this one either. The guy kept dangling me lease options and such. And finally I said, screw it, I am leasing this thing - for $425 per month. Two hours later I was back home with a funky looking car (that I technically don't need) that neither my family nor my friends really understood what an EV is.
"what do you mean by you don't need to put gas?" "can this take two people and still go on the highway?"
The love affair started then. One more Leaf lease later, I got my first Tesla Model S in 2016., then a Model 3 and now a Model Y. Many of my friends leased the Leaf and then ended up buying Model 3 & Y after hearing me yap incessantly nonstop about EVs for years.
Recently I drove an Arya for an hour, from one of my friends and was just blown away. Much quieter than my Model Y, pretty good range. Overall looks ore luxurious and drives better than my Y. My biggest pet peeve in my Tesla is the road noise and harsh ride. My wife hates it for that reason alone. Arya felt better than my Lexus 350. Two things that Nissan and everyone lacks, that Tesla has - plethora of amazing Superchargers and fantastic Autopilot (and now FSD). If you ignore those two, IMHO Arya is a superior buy than Model Y.
But it is almost impossible to ignore the huge advantage that Tesla Superchargers provide. Also once I started using Autopilot (and now FSD) and got a hang of it and got used to it, I tend to miss it a lot when driving other cars. There are many who are afraid to use Autopilot and have never used it, even for them Superchargers is till a big moat to cross over and climb into a non-Tesla EV.
The sooner Nissan (and others) start making cars with NACS (Tesla) plug the better, for their own survival. But Nissan sure has a winner in Arya.