I’ve had this 2019 Nissan Leaf e+ imported by EV City in Christchurch for two years. It’s much filthier now and has almost 80,000km clocked. It’s the mid-level trim which Nissan NZ doesn’t sell with ProPilot and one pedal driving.
It’s got a 62kWh battery and we got a 7kW charger when we bought it so we can charge it overnight at home. The standard plug in 3kW charger would take over 24hrs.
It’s also got the much peppier 160kW motor to deal with it’s 1760kg curb weight.
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Range is awesome, on paper it reckons it'll do 370km on a full charge and it usually does _more_ than that, though I think it claiming 405km is optimistic. Like most EVs you pay attention to the range as you drive, not what it said at the start of the trip.
We chose this specific model because it can do the 115km from Foxton to Wellington and back (230km round trip) in a single charge, recharge overnight from 11pm to 7am and be ready to do it again the next day. That's about 40kWh per trip!
The upgraded motor is very excellent at 160kW, about 214bhp in old money, has about 360nm torque, I think that's 16 mongooses per acre in Imperial. This makes it close to a medium sized V6 ICE engine in a midsized hatchback. Much vroom.
It does not care about the steep grades in Transmission Gully and sticks to the speed you set on the cruise control.
Yes, use the cruise control. Always. It uses much less go juice than you do, and increases the range a lot.
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Hamish Mack 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️