2024 Nissan Leaf | The Result of Shortcuts

Feel like Nissan has been doing the bare minimum pretty much across the board for about 20 years now.

Using a NISMO cap inside a Leaf...true dedication

The GR Corolla was totaled and reincarnated as a Nissan Leaf.

I love it. Doing the bare minimum. Just like me in my day job. I love driving a philosophy I can relate to.

I have over 63,000 miles on my 2018 leaf standard range. Only cost so far. Tires, wipers and PA inspection each year. Cost me $20 a month to charge at home. Super easy to operate.

Savagegeese is a quality establishment pushing out consistently great content with humor. The only recommendation I can think of after many videos is a guest appearance from Bill Burr to rant on points like the brake pedal. I have no idea why this came to mind despite the great execution by Mark

Jack “Is there a sport mode in this thing?” Mark “I’ll turn eco mode off” 😂😂😂

Had a 12 Leaf. Best I could ever do was 60 miles. After a year, was lucky to do 50 and progressively worse from there. Got rid of it to Carvana. Good luck to new owner.

Nissan allows you to either embrace the EV future or stick with CVT classics!

It's weird but I reeeeeeally love my 2013 Nissan Leaf. In the garage I have a DC2 Integra and a GT Starlet Turbo for occasional fun drives, but as you rightly pointed out, Leaf owners love their Leafs. I've put an insane amount on miles on mine for no money and being a small car, the driving experience is actually quite fun.

My used Leaf was purchased to be a cheap daily 60 mile commute car. It accomplishes its mission perfectly. Count me a satisfied owner.

Not having active thermal management for the battery is the real original sin. But that would have cost more and taken time to develop.

Had a 2016 for 6-ish years...was the best little city car EVER. Only things that I ever had to do was replace the 12V battery once and I put 2 tires on it. In 6 years!! No brake pads, no fluids, no nothing. Was honestly a great little car. I traded it in on my GT-R. 🤣

Shout-out for using the video made by Professor Kelly at Weber State University. His videos are akin to yours in that both of you do a deep dive rather than just a three minute drive that is little more than a commercial for the automaker. Kudos!

Wow, no battery conditioning is pretty unacceptable.

I purchased a 2022 Leaf, and love it. It serves me perfectly. It might not be the best EV out there, but I wasn’t looking for the best. Sure, I could have bought a Tesla for twice the money and pray every day the bloody thing doesn’t burst into flames. In the 2 1/2 years I’ve owned my Leaf I have no battery deprivation whatsoever. It’s still at 100%. I only charge it at home using stage 2 charging. I got the car for just driving around town, only. The trick is to keep the battery between 20 - 80% charge, and I’ve never charged it after it’s been driven. Usually the next day if needed. Bottom line is, I should get many, many years of trouble free, inexpensive driving. Stop being so critical about the car. It’s a damn good ride.

I saw the leaf at the San Diego auto show when it was first announced. I believe the first model year only had about 99 miles of range and they used a lot of recycled materials and eco friendly interior materials. I know the leaf is a cost cutting ev but it was one of the first affordable ev’s to the market and for that I appreciate it. I own another cost cutting competitor with my 22 Bolt EUV. I get about 280-290 miles of range in the summer and about 200 miles of range in the winter . I have enjoyed not paying for gas over the last 36,000 miles. I do wish it had an independent rear suspension and an option for a dual motor awd as I live in Colorado and even with snow tires I still have traction issues in snow. For any auto manufacturers out there reading comments. I want a compact ev truck, 250 miles of range minimum, awd and price under $45k please. Make that and I will trade in my Bolt EUV.

I just got a 2020 SV PLUS and totaly love it !! I just want a nice car to save on gas and this is perfect for my use...!

The Nissan Leaf is quieter than a Tesla 3 and at 200 miles range is for our families needs. We own one and love it. We don’t road trip our leaf and our battery is doing great. It’s surprisingly fun to drive and for the record, I floor it all the time because there isn’t a cost penalty for jack rabbit starts unlike driving an ICE powered vehicle.

We have a 2022 Leaf SV plus as our second about town car. Our road trip car is a 2023 Subaru Outback. We garage charge, and live in the cool Pac NW. For us it has been perfect as a great street legal golf cart. In addition, battery fires have been nearly nonexistent. I’ve read after the Fukushima earthquake several flooded Nissan Leafs battery packs were disassembled and were intact.