2019 Nissan Leaf

Spectacular car, highly practical and great value for the money. Spacious and comfortable ride. The range is sufficient for my commute and errands I have to run. If needed it can go fast. Just be careful bc going 80mph or more will drain the battery quick. As long as you don't need to speed all the time it's a great car.

I did a lot of research the week before I purchased my Nissan Leaf. I read reviews, watched videos, and investigated the warranty policies. I focused on all the negative reviews. Everyone I read talked about the lack of distance, wasting their time charging, getting stranded, etc. I wanted to know what the worst possible outcome was. If I was content with the worst possible outcome, then I believe I could handle owning the car. I think there is a huge misconception about electric cars. I think as a society we are expecting them to be just like regular cars. All my research highlighted one thing; this was not going to be like owning a regular car. Anyone who goes into the purchase and expecting nothing in their life to change, will be sorely disappointed. Buying an electric car is a lifestyle change. It forced me to be a better planner, improved my time management, and opened traveling possibilities I couldn’t financially afford before. Charging my car while I am out has been a huge bonus! I have explored places and had experiences that never would have happened with a gas car. Life moves fast and my electric car forces me to stop and smell the roses, I couldn’t be happier.

The Leaf SV Plus is my first and last all electric vehicle. I have owned for 3 years now. The amount of my life I have wasted sitting at a stupid charge station is ridiculous to even think about and I’ll never get those hours and hours back. The Range is so limiting it effects every day decisions with travel. I’ve taken 100 mile trips and long fast trips cut the range by 30% at least, cold weather cuts range by 20 to 30% pending how cold it is, oh and if you want to be warm while driving in the cold, be prepared to lose even more range. Hot day out? AC is going to cost you range, batteries must stay cool so when hot enough weather hits the onboard cooling system sucks battery life keeping the batteries cool. The Batteries on these are marketed like you can go speed chargers and be on your way, you can if you want to destroy the battery in your car and to these cars, the battery is everything. Fast chargers damage the battery, speeds up it’s capacity lose, so does charging to 100%, that is bad to, so much for getting all that range as promised, going below 30% damages the battery. Basically your battery is happy and healthy if you stay between 30% and 80% so 50% of your battery is actually useful. High output of energy is bad for the battery, so you like showing off the torque on your electric motor? Thats killing your battery too. so when you go to trade in and the battery health shows 91% of its original capacity, that means the range is gone and no one will want that car, it will be worthless. The charging infrastructure is horrible, so many are broken, taken up already finding a charger can be a time xxxxxxx event all in its self. Apps show a charger free, i leave the app open, refresh it to make sure nothing changes as i’m getting there, I get there and all taken, apps still say available. I drive 15 minutes out of my way in nasty traffic to see it was a lie and now i gotta go on the hunt. I’m not living my life, doing what i need to do. No, I’m wasting my time searching for a charger so I can sit there for 2 hours or more. Then you see plug-in hybrids taking up chargers when they can go get gas and go as far as they want. I need that charge or i ain’t moving, that is flustering too. I gotta say the EV is a stupid idea and they can never be adapted as a primary source of transportation for most people. They do make good around town. So you have an extra 50 grand for basically a cool gulf cart then it’s your dream come true. You go EV you best have a real car that you can turn to when you wanna get somewhere farther away and get there in this lifetime.