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what happens when you run out of juice somewhere, you are supposed to wait 18 hours to charge before you can go again?
Not practical, severely limited application, just for your local grocery store, or public library. You would need a normal car

thanks david for your video, it was very helpful

@taztaz79 lol the leaf would die in a week where i live it gets to 51 sometimes but usually 40 in summer

Drove it, loved it, makes sense.

@Prairielander And Volvo .. Yeah! Come from the same country as me Sweden .. I have been driving volvo all my life.. Until now.. Now i drive a Biogas (CNG) Volkswagen Passat.. Before i had a Volvo S40 Chiptuned to 200bhp and after that a CNG Volvo S60 Automatic… Very confy car I also have a Volvo 850 Automatic as second car now It has done 162 000 miles so far and will probably do another 60000 miles before i leave it

@Prairielander Well actually today hydrogen is made from electricity and water. Only 40-50% effective compared with an electric car because the electrolysis process is not very effective (to make hydrogen out of water).. But research is beeing done to get hydrogen from fotosyntesys (how you spell it in english i dont know but i think you understand). So actually a hydrogen car is NOT clean compared with an electric car. It uses more than double the energy of a same size electric car today..

@taztaz79 True but I do have a Volvo. I have a block heater, battery warmer, and a trickle charger. I think my coolant is rated -44. Its not that cold every day but it can be. -30 or -25 is more normal. I guess combustion engines arn’t great but they work. I’m more interested in hydrogen though than pure electric. They are cleaner, get better mileage, and use an electric motor. But are not limited to range and are faster to refuel. Also are not relying on batteries which hold less overtime

207 lbft of torque!!?? wow.

And one more thing.. Batteries actually age slower in cold climate compared with hot climate.. Heat is pure death for a battery! .. every 5 degrees over 25 degrees cut the lifetime in HALF!

@Prairielander Wow .. If you have -45 a normal car would also have a hard time I dont know what coolant mix you have in your car because 50/50 glycol and water freezes at -35 .. If you mix it 60% glycol you get the highest temp then you can make it to almost -50 .. How do you solve that? The coldest temp in Canada was in Snag -63 C …. All world: Antartic -89,2 C … THATS COOOOOLD!

To answer your question.. There will be a battery heater in the “cold weather spec” of the car…

@MrTwotoast Its about the same price here in Sweden and also going to increase…

You know how much petrol costs in the uk
124.9 pence per litre per litre electric is the only way to go and petrol is going up another 4/5 pence in the next few days . It’s goi g to be hell

This looks cool but I would be concerned how it would perform here in Canada. Winter time here it can be -45 so I wonder how the batteries would make out in these extreme temperatures. Also my province has no incentive for buying electric vehicles so most likely would pay the full cost. As for me I drive lots and would most likely exceed this cars range in a day. Not to mention overtime the batteries will hold less as well and combined with winter these cars probably won’t go very far here.

Electric forklifts using a rechargeable battery have been around and in use for a while. I am not comparing a electic forklift to the nissan leaf but just like any machine you will have mechanical issues. It’s too early to criticize the leaf. If its not good it will be found out within a year or two. I think Nissan will improve the leaf as time goes on. This car is not for me but I think its cool. Saw one at the L.A auto show. Made a video of it.

I will rent a ICE car if I occasionally have to go more then 100 miles.

@devil7995 You’re talking about a niche market that you’re not apart of?

Why do you think the car starts charging as soon as you want to go somewhere? You can charge the car at any time. So you really wouldn’t be waiting 4 hours for anything because, assuming you plugged it in, the car would be charged by the time you leave. Also, the government is going to fund more charging stations in California. They can fully charge a Leaf in about 15 min.

So if I want to go on a road trip OVER 100 miles, where the hell am I going to charge it?