Hey all,
Looking to buy my first EV. I have pretty much settled on a Gen 2 Leaf. It won't be my only vehicle (will keep our Xterra for longer trips) but I would like the Leaf to cover as much of our driving as possible. At a rough glance, that looks like at least 90% of our daily running around would easily fall within the normal driving range of 2018 and later models. The exceptions might be snowboard/snowshoe days where we drive 50 miles and leave the vehicle parked all day in freezing temps.
I've seen the charts on the comparative power consumption of the hybrid vs resistive heaters and I feel like I have a pretty good grasp on the basic differences, but I would love to hear from some of you with real world expercience, especially if you're in the Pacific NW (or coastal BC!) and you've driven cars with and w/o the heat pump.
Looking to buy my first EV. I have pretty much settled on a Gen 2 Leaf. It won't be my only vehicle (will keep our Xterra for longer trips) but I would like the Leaf to cover as much of our driving as possible. At a rough glance, that looks like at least 90% of our daily running around would easily fall within the normal driving range of 2018 and later models. The exceptions might be snowboard/snowshoe days where we drive 50 miles and leave the vehicle parked all day in freezing temps.
I've seen the charts on the comparative power consumption of the hybrid vs resistive heaters and I feel like I have a pretty good grasp on the basic differences, but I would love to hear from some of you with real world expercience, especially if you're in the Pacific NW (or coastal BC!) and you've driven cars with and w/o the heat pump.