Nissan LEAF 2022 electric car owner review

John Thompson drives a Nissan LEAF N-Connecta 39kWh 2022.

This is John’s second electric car, he’s owned the Nissan LEAF from new and drives between 5,000-10,000 miles annually. The current mileage of the car is between 10,000-20,000 miles and he achieves 150 miles from a full charge.

 

Why did you choose the Nissan LEAF?

Trusted brand with rock solid reliability.

 

Positives

  • Performance
  • refinement
  • running costs.

 

Negatives

  • A little plain inside, fine otherwise!

 

Compared to when you first bought the car, does your battery still charge at the same rate & do you still get the same range?

Same range

 

Have you experienced any faults with the car? If so, what have they been?

Hub nut click, known issue, warranty fix. Perfect otherwise.

 

What are the standout technological features of the car?

This is ‘old skool’ technology that works with beautiful simplicity, avoiding all the nonsense we see on new cars. So I don’t want ‘stand out’ technology but it has adaptive cruise, Airplay, 360 camera, keyless entry etc etc.

 

Tell us something people wouldn’t readily know about this electric car

The humble LEAF accelerates extremely swiftly all the way up to its 95mph limiter, has a huge boot and can be purchased with huge discounts, even taxi companies use them to great success.

 

What’s the biggest or funniest myth you’ve heard about EVs?

OMFG…where do you start?! Fires, 5G brain damage, more damaging than coal, landfill full of old EV batteries…the amount of blatant misinformation is shocking.

 

What electric car(s) are you interested in next and why?

I want to keep this for the whole of its life. Looking at 20 years judging by the 14 year old ones still going strong!

 

Do you charge your electric car from home?

Yes

 

Do you have a home charging unit installed?

No

 

Electricity supplier & tariff

EDF – appalling customer service but cheapest Economy 7 rate at 8.6p, fixed for 3 years! I have storage batteries so that’s my daytime rate too!

 

Do you use public charging networks?

No

 

Insurer

LV= excellent customer service, not quite the cheapest though.

 

Please itemise where you’re saving money (or not) owning & running a Nissan LEAF

Charging costs almost nothing, servicing too, tyre wear is modest, brake wear zero, just depreciation which won’t affect me as I’m keeping it. It’s the cheapest car I’ve run in 40 years. Cheap as a moped!

 

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