Key quotes and photos from our friends at digitaltrends.com:
There are no gears in an electric car. Therefore, there are no numbers to indicate gear level. Instead, you either shift into D for Drive, ECO (or Drive X2) to save battery power at the cost of acceleration, reverse or neutral.
... this sounds fine to me. Most of the time, I'm stuck in gridlock, and ECO is perfect. The occasional time the road opens up in front of me, or I need to accelerate past a semi, I think I'm smart enough to switch it to D mode.
Sitting behind the wheel, you’re given plenty of information about the vehicle’s state of charge and how far it will go on a charge. The touchscreen in the middle stack displays a host of energy consumption metrics: how much power the climate controls are using, how many extra miles you’ll get if you shut them off, how many miles you have left, how many kilowatts the electric motor is using or how much energy the regenerative brakes are recovering. This info is easy to interact with and use.
... the geek in me finds this very appealing. I love realtime data. :)
The Leaf is a radical departure just from the fact that it does not use gas. Sure, there are plenty of infrastructure issues to work out. ... In the end, the time is right for the Nissan Leaf. It’s a smart electric car that will, at long last, wean us from gasoline.Hear, hear! Let me drive one!
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