davewill said:
SteveInSeattle said:
... However, according to my calculations, the monthly cost would be too high and would turn most customers off. ...
Why would the monthly cost be any higher than leasing the whole car? The only difference would be the ability to purchase the car without having to own a degraded battery.
A separate battery lease would result in a net transfer of battery costs from those whose batteries did not last as long, to LEAF drivers who's batteries did last longer.
Not quite sure the full implications of such a policy have sunk in to many Posting here.
I would be a
great deal if you live in Phoenix, like to charge to 100% during Summer afternoons, and then drive hundreds of miles using multiple QCs.
Not so great a deal, for a Pacific Northwest driver, who just want to use their LEAF for a 50 mile commute, and is completely satisfied with 80% overnight charging, on most days.
The net result, would be to encourage LEAF uses, through subsidies, for the very purposes that they are least capable of.
And by doing so, it would surely raise the total battery costs, for the entire group of LEAF drivers, overall.