What do you know about the Nissan Leaf?

[gregpark]

I own a first generation Leaf. What a great little POS it is! 9 years old and not one problem ever. The battery still registers ¾ of it's life left. It'll probably go for another 10 years, who knows? The Leaf and Fiat are OK, you just can't look at them as a "car" the we way we think of cars. They are not cool. They are an ugly yet very efficient appliance (aside from performance EVs which are a totally different animal). If you look closely the Leaf seems better built than the Fiat and is a much more useful size. I will say that any EV is going to quicker off the line than your 911, even the lowly Leaf. A limited range doesn't matter if you use the thing around town for errands or as a work commuter. That's what they're for. If I feel like a fun drive that will put a smile on my face, I jump into a real car. If I just want to go to the store really quick and not worry about warming a car up I jump into the appliance. A full electric car is awesome for what it is. Costing next to nothing to operate and maintain and driving in total silence is a nice thing sometimes

[rwest]

I have an older leaf that is assigned to me at work and it works just fine, really good acceleration. I don’t think it has been problematic except for a door handle cover that broke.

Your 50 mile requirement would give me a bit of pause. When fully charged, mine says 93 mile range; of course running AC or heat brings that down a tad- I just need more of a margin than that to be comfortable. Can you charge at work?

[kach22i]

I looked seriously at electric vehicles under 25k (new/used), there just isn't anything out there yet that I could live with.

The Leaf and i3 got serious consideration, but I don't have 220 at home, and both would have to be charged up to full every day. Plus I could not even visit my mom in either of them, range is too limited.

I have a 25 mile drive to work, mostly a down a curvy country road with horse farms on it and lots of wild turkeys in the open fields.

Life is too short for compromise (Leaf and i3 are city commuters with marginal handling), I work long hours and driving is often one of my few joys that I can squeeze in.

I get only about 22.5 mpg in the car I bought, but it's all smiles. A black Inifiniti G37X Coupe (2012) with AWD, and what a hoot it is. This car makes me want to drive to work.

My next car will be electric, the guy at the stereo store had a G37X Coupe that he put 250,000 miles on before he sold it. I have about 100,000 on mine, so I have 8-10 years before I go electric now.

[recycled sixtie]

Googling it the regular 2021 Nissan Leaf has 150 miles range and the S model has 226 miles range. There are Kia/Hyundai versions with much greater range.

[Oracle]

I read that not even Nissan can replace the batteries if needed..
I would pass.

[Tobra]

I just found an article that said it was $5500 to replace battery in a Leaf

[Steve Carlton]

Lease a Leaf for around $200/mo and kiss it goodbye.