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Originally Posted by GORDON STREETER
I had a good look at a new Nissan Leaf yesterday with some other mechanics at a garage near me in the UK.
The owner was singing it's praises and I can see his point but only if you are only doing local "ish" runs. Although Nissan claim 150 miles on one charge that is in an ideal situation and not in cold weather when using the heater/wipers/air con/ lights etc when that can easily be reduced to 70 miles or less.
Yes that's fine if you are popping into town and back as you don't have to plug it in at the "non existent" charging posts in my area.
Seeing that you are looking at about 30 grand to buy one new they don't seem to be very good value for money to me.
I notice that Volvo say that they are going to go all electric in two years time so maybe they know more than others in the battery department ?
Your thoughts
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My understanding is Volvo include hybrids in it's all electric announcement so not so dramatic as all that. As to the leaf if it was MUCH cheaper it'd make a great second car to use for the local running around while having something bigger and IC engined or hybrid for the longer journeys. So much depends on your usage patterns but many could use a Leaf for 90% of their motoring but at 30k odd, forget it.