by TimLee (Posted Sun, 26 May 2013 06:12:34 GMT)
Having driven the LEAF two years now, I'm surprised by how much people commenting on or asking about the car varies.
When I first got it, there probably weren't 5 of them in the city, and I got probably 3 or 4 questions / comments per week for the first couple months. But over the next year, I don't think I got more than 3 or 4 comments / questions total. But it seems to have picked up recently. Had two comments / questions on the same day last week.
But the majority of people don't really recognize that it is all electric. They seem to recognize it as efficient (90% thinking it is hybrid or PHEV).
I get more questions / comments while at DCFC. Probably one question / comment per 5 times.
The # of LEAFs in service in the city has increased quite a bit in two years. Probably something like 70 to 120 in service now. Nothing like Pacific northwest, or CA, or even Nashville that probably has 400+, but it is picking up. My next door neighbor leased one.![:D]( "Very Happy")
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Two on the same street! ![:D]( "Very Happy")
![:D]( "Very Happy")
DougWantsALeaf wrote:
What I have been amazed at is the amount of interest the car brings ... At nearly every charging station I visit, or even parking lot for that matter, someone approaches asking if the car really works, and is useful with its range. ... I would have thought by now 3 years into the electric revolution LEAF's would have been more ho-hum. Its been a great conversation piece.
Having driven the LEAF two years now, I'm surprised by how much people commenting on or asking about the car varies.
When I first got it, there probably weren't 5 of them in the city, and I got probably 3 or 4 questions / comments per week for the first couple months. But over the next year, I don't think I got more than 3 or 4 comments / questions total. But it seems to have picked up recently. Had two comments / questions on the same day last week.
But the majority of people don't really recognize that it is all electric. They seem to recognize it as efficient (90% thinking it is hybrid or PHEV).
I get more questions / comments while at DCFC. Probably one question / comment per 5 times.
The # of LEAFs in service in the city has increased quite a bit in two years. Probably something like 70 to 120 in service now. Nothing like Pacific northwest, or CA, or even Nashville that probably has 400+, but it is picking up. My next door neighbor leased one.
Two on the same street!