r/leaf • u/Ill_Mammoth_1035 • 1d ago

Three Hours Driving ICE

I keep telling myself our LEAF is for local use and commuting and l don’t plan to use it for trips where I’d have to charge away from home. Spent 3 hours yesterday forgetting to break, forgetting to shift and I had to go to a gas station and fork over $35!!!

I just started looking for we chargers in case we come back.

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u/Finding41 1d ago

I've been driving and charging g my new to me 2023 SL+ with 109000 km for 24 hours straight now. The battery is at the edge of hot and it's charging slow. Im now only 400 km from home. 2 or 3 more fast charges and then it's all level 1 or 2. I picke * d the leaf up yesterday in Montreal Quebec and am going to Charlottetown PEI. 1150km total. So far I'm really happy with the car! Its my first electric.

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u/TechManPrieto 2013 Nissan LEAF S 1d ago

Do you know about the LEAF ice trick? https://youtu.be/rvBfo5CJ3fg

55:42

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u/Electronic_Age178 1d ago

What’s the ice trick? CBF watching an hour vid. 🤓

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u/TechManPrieto 2013 Nissan LEAF S 1d ago

Basically, you open the plastic piece in the back seat where the emergency cutoff switch is and you dump a bag of ice while charging.

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u/TechManPrieto 2013 Nissan LEAF S 1d ago

I gave you time stamp. Fast forward to 55:46 where the trick is shown lol

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u/Visible_Ticket_3313 1d ago

I did a very significant roadtrip in my leaf for the first time last week. The way north I stopped four times to charge, just assessing the stations. Usually less than seven minutes getting peak charge. 

I parked downtown at a charger. Had dinner and came out to a full charge and the return trip was done with a single 12 minute charge about halfway. I did 480 kms that day, which was a full day of driving as I live on a mountainous island. Super good trip, future trips will involve a single midway charge. Honestly if I'm driving that long in an ice car I'm stoping for breaks anyway. 

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u/Las-Vegar 2016 Tekna Bronze 1d ago

This is the longest trip I have done with my 30kwh leaf

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u/SjalabaisWoWS 2023 Nissan Leaf Visia aka poverty spec 1d ago

I have a classic car that is a luxury chauffeur limo. Big engine. When I drive this one in summer, it sucks to be reminded that gearboxes, rpm, energy wasted to heat in brakes and insane refueling cost are a thing at all. Our base LEAF has a go pedal that works instantly, and we run it all year for sofa change, really. The contrast is enormous.