I left the Leaf at Heathrow T5’s short stay car park – it’s pricey, but it’s the only official car park with any EV charging stations, hosted by Pod Point. During that drive it struck me that the rest of the Leaf lags some way behind its all-electric powertrain. Bang! There’s plenty of flexibility, allowing for thumping bass or crystal-clear vocals – I just have to make sure I don’t blow out the windows. Britain's finest hybrid cars and plug-ins, Price £28,390 (£30,055 as tested) Performance 148bhp e-motor and 40kWh battery, 7.9sec 0-62mph, 90mphEfficiency 206W/km, 0g/km CO2 Energy costs 3.6p per mile Miles this month 1183 Total miles 10,458, Cost new £30,055 Private sale £24,353 Part-exchange £22,858 Cost per mile 3.6p Cost per mile including depreciation 72p. I should, they say, be able to live with one with only minimal adjustment. A Chargemaster wallbox at home means I've only had to deploy the Leaf's own charging cables when out and about. A 2018 Nissan LEAF in lovely Jade Frost paint not available in the United States, which is a $395 option on the SV trim level here in the United States. The driving position is appalling. All this – not to mention that it looked gawky – almost sealed the Leaf’s fate before I drove it. An hour later, just as I’m sitting down for take-off, the NissanConnect app notifies me of a ‘successful’ charge which has added just eight per cent, taking the battery up to 28% (around 40 miles). I'm thoroughly intrigued by the thought of life with a Leaf. And the best bit was working out that electricity for the trip cost me just over a fiver. Our picks: the best electric cars and EVs. How much does it cost to charge an electric car? Price £28,390*As tested £30,055*Engine 40kWh battery + electric motor, 148bhp @ 3283rpm, 236lb ft @ 0-3283rpmTransmission Single-speed auto, front-wheel drivePerformance 7.9sec 0-62mph, 90mph, 0g/km CO2Miles this month 1278 Total 7164Energy consumption 370Wh/m Fuel this month £39.75Extra costs None. And will my utterly car-mad Aston Martin-driving neighbour ever look me in the eye again? If only it had the Micra’s Personal Space headrest speakers. In stop-start traffic the e-Pedal intuitively brings the car to a smooth stop as you come off the throttle. 2018 LEAF Owner Reviews (3) Years 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 All All positive All critical 5 stars only 4 stars only 3 stars only 2 stars only 1 stars only Argh! The paint is called Spring Cloud, and the spec level is called Tekna. The button-splattered dash and centre console are pure 1995. But hell, there's a lot of disappointingly sub-standard stuff to wade through first. Then I installed the best part of a dozen apps on my phone to allow me to communicate with both the Leaf and the UK's bewildering array of electricity suppliers, each of which require the setting up an account and payment details. Don't get me wrong, there is a great deal of good to be said about the Leaf, which we'll come to next month. VAT no 918 5617 01 There was all that faff with the army of smartphone apps and online accounts required to charge on the fly. There's only one USB port, the screen graphics are lousy and the sat-nav/infotainment system feels archaic – unimpressive for a car at the vanguard of modern mobility. View all 16 consumer vehicle reviews for the Used 2018 Nissan LEAF on Edmunds, or submit your own review of the 2018 LEAF. And if I can, anyone can. I appreciate that making an EV comes with compromises, but when one is built from the ground up like our Nissan, surely practicality niggles should be few and far between? Now pretend you’re holding a steering wheel that sits far too close to the dash, but is only adjustable for rake. Registered Office: Media House, Peterborough Business Park, Lynch Wood, Peterborough, PE2 6EA H Bauer Publishing, It’ll save you faff come charging time when plugging into one of the three biggest charging networks in the UK. It’s growing on me; I’m just pleased it’s not a boring white or silver. Not enough, as my journey home is 96 miles and that assumes there won’t be significant delays or roadwork diversions, and doesn’t factor in a heavy right foot. Nissan Leaf hatchback (2011-2017): owner reviews "The Nissan Leaf is quiet, comfortable, easy to drive and incredibly cheap to run. Terminal 2 has 26, while T3 and T4 can both serve only four cars at a time, all in short-stay parking. Next, add a rakishly angled windscreen that positions the header rail at eyebrow height and the sun visor to within scraping distance of your forehead. That's the same that I pay each week to fuel our diesel Seat Altea. We met near Egham in Surrey – a mutually convenient location – and when he arrived in the Leaf it had just 10 miles of charge remaining. The car bings and trills incessantly. Let’s talk about the Leaf’s boot. I coasted the Leaf to a halt after hitting it, mounted the kerb to avoid adding to the hazards, and climbed out. I had to hit ‘confirm charge’ four more times on the journey to make sure I had enough power to get back home on my return – not exactly stress-free. There were only a dozen times that I recharged while out and about, and five minutes of pre-drive planning ensured I was able to juice up the batteries over a coffee. It was used every day for all our regular trips – the school runs, shopping, weekend drives to family and friends – which it handled without missing a beat. Spring Cloud looks terrible on Nissan’s online configurator – more like Stagnant Water – but better in the metal. Imagine every conventional fuel station having different-shaped nozzles on their petrol and diesel dispensers that determined if you could refuel or not, and if you were lucky enough to be able to top up your tank, you then had to pay with a bank card specific to that fuel supplier... And then it was off to meet young Groves, who could barely believe his luck that he was swapping the Leaf for an Up GTI.
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