by SaveOurPlanet (Posted Thu, 21 Mar 2013 19:27:03 GMT)
Important addition: Coastal Nissan in Norwell does actually rent out a Nissan Leaf. I'm thrilled about a Nissan dealership offering this service. And the rates are cheap: $34.95/day, and there is a 15% discount for renting 7 days or more. So it ends up $207.95/week, circa $220 including tax. (All of this not including any kind of insurance though.)
And this gets me to the classic topic of range: It's 74 miles from the dealership to my final destination. 50 miles of that is highway - the rest rural roads with maybe 35mph of a speed limit - will I be able to make it on a full charge, or do I have to stop along the way and top up? The dealership said the Nissan Leaf will be fully charged at pickup, and there also are no plans to drive around further for a while once arriving the final destination, so it's okay to arrive with a nearly empty battery.
I read a lot about range, like Paul Scott gets 100 miles on a full charge, and there is the range chart here on the forum with also seems to indicate that the 74 miles are doable. Then again, there is this thread here "The Dealer told me not to buy a Leaf", and there people are saying it might even not be possible to do 80 miles in a day, even with recharging.
In my case, it will be June, so it's not going to be freezing. Still, maybe light AC use will be nice (can also be turned off for a while), and New England is a little hilly, which could cost some range, and the car will be loaded with 2 passengers, and eco mode can be permanently switched on - will 74 miles on a single full charge be possible?
Thanks for any replies,
best regards,
SaveOurPlanet
SaveOurPlanet wrote:
The only one that does, Coastal Nissan in Norwell, doesn't mention the Leaf in the rental car listings, and in addition, it doesn't even seem to have the Leaf in stock as a new car right now.
Important addition: Coastal Nissan in Norwell does actually rent out a Nissan Leaf. I'm thrilled about a Nissan dealership offering this service. And the rates are cheap: $34.95/day, and there is a 15% discount for renting 7 days or more. So it ends up $207.95/week, circa $220 including tax. (All of this not including any kind of insurance though.)
And this gets me to the classic topic of range: It's 74 miles from the dealership to my final destination. 50 miles of that is highway - the rest rural roads with maybe 35mph of a speed limit - will I be able to make it on a full charge, or do I have to stop along the way and top up? The dealership said the Nissan Leaf will be fully charged at pickup, and there also are no plans to drive around further for a while once arriving the final destination, so it's okay to arrive with a nearly empty battery.
I read a lot about range, like Paul Scott gets 100 miles on a full charge, and there is the range chart here on the forum with also seems to indicate that the 74 miles are doable. Then again, there is this thread here "The Dealer told me not to buy a Leaf", and there people are saying it might even not be possible to do 80 miles in a day, even with recharging.
In my case, it will be June, so it's not going to be freezing. Still, maybe light AC use will be nice (can also be turned off for a while), and New England is a little hilly, which could cost some range, and the car will be loaded with 2 passengers, and eco mode can be permanently switched on - will 74 miles on a single full charge be possible?
Thanks for any replies,
best regards,
SaveOurPlanet