Category Archives: Driving Experience

Nissan LEAF one year battery check

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Ernie Hernandez

Our LEAF goes in for its annual checkup As with most other things in life, we were late getting our LEAF in for its first annual battery checkup. We took delivery of our LEAF on March 25 of last year, … Continue reading →

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Real world Nissan LEAF usage

Posted on April 8, 2012 by Ernie Hernandez

Does range matter? One of the questions that we get most often is how far will our LEAF go. The answer for us is that its maximum range is irrelevant, because we never drive it that far. But what about … Continue reading →

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Range remaining indicator

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Ernie Hernandez

How much do they fluctuate in internal combustion engine vehicles? Today we were driving our internal combustion engine (ICE) powered vehicle when we noticed the range remaining indicator blinking at us. Having seen this many times before we were not … Continue reading →

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Never be stranded in a Nissan LEAF

Posted on January 22, 2012 by Ernie Hernandez

It’s simple if you know how The number one question that we get when we start talking about our LEAF is this – “Doesn’t it go just 100 miles?” To which our standard answer is some variation of this – … Continue reading →

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Real world experience in the Nissan LEAF

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Ernie Hernandez

9,000 miles in less than six months Personal experience of a thing provides validation that is, quite often, otherwise not available. We recently read an article by a relatively new Nissan LEAF owner. The reason that we want to pass … Continue reading →

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Nissan LEAF fuel economy

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Ernie Hernandez

41 miles per dollar equals 156 mpg for us Monday was meter reader day for us. We may not have been totally dedicated to the “fuel” consumption of our LEAF initially, but we became more attuned to its impact as … Continue reading →

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