Nissan Leaf E+ Tekna 62kW

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granada203028 said:

How low will they go?

I've seen a new all be it pre registered car for £28,500 on auto trader.

I've just ordered an e+ Tekna, with £575 paint option, for a little less than that. PCP is at 3% too.

Got to say, not the car I'd expected to even be on our shortlist. Drove ID.3, Soul, i3, Zoe, thought I should at least try the Leaf but rather liked it - rides well, plenty fast enough, roomy enough without being a SUV, around view cameras are ace, Propilot and epedal worked well. Seemed really well made (in the UK too), it's a mature well-supported platform and hopefully no gremlins. Chademo may have lost the connector war but there's still thousands out there (with more being deployed still) and tbh with 200+ miles it'll be once in a blue moon that it'll need rapid charging.

The current deals mean it's cheaper to get into a 62kWh Leaf than a Zoe GT Line, or the cheapest of ID.3s, or many of the B-segment ones like e-208 or Corsa-e.

[M1C]

New E+ Tekna for £28,199

New E+ N-Connecta for £26,292.

New 40kwh Acenta for £22,199.

Autotrader.

Edited by M1C on Thursday 7th October 15:34

[skullandbiscuits]

We took delivery of our 62KW Tekna yesterday, a nice improvement over the 30KW leaf we PX. In two tone gun metal grey and black, it looks rather smart.

[dmsims]

One caveat if you are thinking of the Leaf is if you need to use rapid chargers often - you are going to spend a long time charging as the curve never reaches 50kW

[sjg]

Low 70s on a suitable charger in the e+. The Tritium units at Gridserve Rugby and plenty of Shell sites will do it.

[dmsims]

sjg said:

Low 70s on a suitable charger in the e+. The Tritium units at Gridserve Rugby and plenty of Shell sites will do it.

Yeah but only once, Rapidgate

[kambites]

dmsims said:

sjg said:

Low 70s on a suitable charger in the e+. The Tritium units at Gridserve Rugby and plenty of Shell sites will do it.

Yeah but only once, Rapidgate

Given the range of the E+, I can't see many people doing many trips which involve charging more than once on the same journey. It was a very real problem on the 24 and 30kWh cars, but less so now they have a model with a real-world ~200 mile range.

Personally I'd rather opt for something with a liquid cooled battery, but that's more from a longevity point of view than a charging speed one.

Edited by kambites on Sunday 10th October 10:10

[dmsims]

Bjorn got 158 miles at 16C and 75mph

[kambites]

dmsims said:

Bjorn got 158 miles at 16C and 75mph

Sounds believable for a run done entirely at such a high speed. Perhaps a bit on the low side, I'd have hoped for more like 180 from a battery that size but the Leaf has never been the most efficient of cars. Still that's over 2 hours of driving from full to empty, so to need to charge twice you'd need at least a 3+ hour trip even if the chargers were placed particularly inconveniently. I should think that's plenty for the huge majority of people. Last time I did a trip longer than that was something like ten years ago.

Edited by kambites on Sunday 10th October 11:42

[MercedesClassic]

Was looking at these and other options on my car scheme through my employer. Seem great value compared to other similar and even smaller cars. Approx £310 per month all in except electricity. Albeit that's the basic spec smaller battery version which should be fine as I have another petrol car if needs be.

I'm quite tempted to test drive one when I'm on leave soon. Get a feel for it. I'm a Merc driver usually with all the highs and lows that brings but I do like the solidity of my car and feel safe and secure in it. How does a leaf compare build quality wise? Are the seats and tech good? Does it have a frunk?
Not sure what else to ask but I does seem decent in reviews.

Any further advice appreciated.

[Amateurish]

I would say it's built to a budget, so won't compare favourably with the Merc equivalents. Go for the bigger battery version if you can: don't believe the range estimates. The bigger battery version had a range of about 180 miles, less at motorway speeds.

Also bear in mind that the Leaf uses the Chademo plug for rapid charging, whereas most public chargers are CCS.

[dave_s13]

MercedesClassic said:

Was looking at these and other options on my car scheme through my employer. Seem great value compared to other similar and even smaller cars. Approx £310 per month all in except electricity. Albeit that's the basic spec smaller battery version which should be fine as I have another petrol car if needs be.

I'm quite tempted to test drive one when I'm on leave soon. Get a feel for it. I'm a Merc driver usually with all the highs and lows that brings but I do like the solidity of my car and feel safe and secure in it. How does a leaf compare build quality wise? Are the seats and tech good? Does it have a frunk?
Not sure what else to ask but I does seem decent in reviews.

Any further advice appreciated.

I've just had the pleasure I'd driving a Suzuki celery over to where the leaf was left so I could swap over (long story). Mine is an OG 2011 leaf and it feels like a meec compared to the 2yr old Suzuki.

So, it'll be relatively a little less decent than a merx but hugely better than a Suzuki celery!

[anonymous-user]

MercedesClassic said:

Was looking at these and other options on my car scheme through my employer. Seem great value compared to other similar and even smaller cars. Approx £310 per month all in except electricity. Albeit that's the basic spec smaller battery version which should be fine as I have another petrol car if needs be.

I'm quite tempted to test drive one when I'm on leave soon. Get a feel for it. I'm a Merc driver usually with all the highs and lows that brings but I do like the solidity of my car and feel safe and secure in it. How does a leaf compare build quality wise? Are the seats and tech good? Does it have a frunk?
Not sure what else to ask but I does seem decent in reviews.

Any further advice appreciated.

I picked up a 40kWH leaf in April on a salary sacrifice. I only got it from a financial point of view as I drive from Shropshire to central Birmingham quite regularly for work. Where I work electric cars get preferential parking, cheap charging and escape the LEZ. All of those savings with the tax efficiency of salary sacrifice it’s essentially costing nothing.

I had very low expectations but it’s much, much better than I expected and it’s the main car we use now as it’s so much easier to just get in and know it’s full. I’ve put less than 100 miles on the other two cars since getting the leaf as it works for much more of our journeys than I thought.

[MercedesClassic]

Thanks for the replies everyone, much appreciated and food for thought. Over the past couple of years I've gradually gone from being a roadrunner to watching my mileage, mainly due to cost. I had been 5 days in office, about 200 miles per week even over lockdowns when at one point diesel was 99.9p to now double that but thankfully I recently can WFH so office 1 day.

However today I've a hospital appointment that is a 150 round trip. I calculated it's £44-50 in diesel best to worst case. That's nuts.

Not sure I could do that trip in a smallest battery leaf without charging and I don't know of any chargers on that route. I'm in Northern Ireland and the recharging infrastructure seems lacking although I'm not looking for it so maybe it's there and I don't know about it. My employer doesn't offer charging as we no longer have parking. The parking I use whilst at work does but is often out of action, although I'll hardly need it as I'll still be charged up from home.

Anyway I think next steps are to get a test drive and feel for the car and then make a decision either for or against.

Happy motoring.

Ps there's no LEZ/ULEZ in NI yet but I'm sure it will come soon enough and if it does I'll be affected by it.

Edited by MercedesClassic on Tuesday 5th July 07:09

[MercedesClassic]

One other question. Can you pre heat or cool the car whilst plugged in to save the battery for the journey? I like that feature on electric cars. If not then heated seats will probably need specced. I use my heated seats lots but that's mainly because they are leather and cold.

[anonymous-user]

Yes, you can pre condition the cabin but not the battery. Mine isn't the top spec one but has heated seats front and rear and heated steering wheel. It actually has more kit on it than my S Class of a similar age which I find quite impressive.

[MercedesClassic]

sebdangerfield said:

Yes, you can pre condition the cabin but not the battery. Mine isn't the top spec one but has heated seats front and rear and heated steering wheel. It actually has more kit on it than my S Class of a similar age which I find quite impressive.

Cheers that's a good feature and the safety features are important too.

[smashie]

I have been impressed with my Tekna 62kWh in my 2 and a bit years of ownership. It seems well put together. Previous EV was the i3. I have already ordered my next EV, A Tesla model Y.
I have found there to be very few bad points to the leaf. The biggest for me was it’s FWD which doesn’t really suit me. Since 2002, I have had nothing but RWD or 4WD for my main car. The 2nd is on my 2020 model, the steering wheel does not have the full range of adjustment (no reach), but this has changed with the updated model. All in all a very positive car.

[MercedesClassic]

smashie said:

I have been impressed with my Tekna 62kWh in my 2 and a bit years of ownership. It seems well put together. Previous EV was the i3. I have already ordered my next EV, A Tesla model Y.
I have found there to be very few bad points to the leaf. The biggest for me was it’s FWD which doesn’t really suit me. Since 2002, I have had nothing but RWD or 4WD for my main car. The 2nd is on my 2020 model, the steering wheel does not have the full range of adjustment (no reach), but this has changed with the updated model. All in all a very positive car.

Thanks for the reply, generally positive comments from owners which is encouraging.

[ashenfie]

MrLou said:

Another happy leaf owner here.

My 2015 24kWh is the cheapest car I have ever run. Bought for about £9k in late 2017, bought two new tyres and that's it. It's done 15k miles in that time.

If you rarely drive more than 60 miles, or have access to a second car, they're great.

Hang on you have done 15K in 5 years, that 3k a year, so your are even unlucky to have had to purchase tires.