Thanks for your reference data. We do have a milder climate in Seattle but the tradeoff is you need to run defrost - so heat and A/C are on. And often the windshield wipers and lights.
On the highway (up to 55-60mph) the Leaf does quite well. It sucks in city driving, which is mostly what I do. So it's quite possible the iMiev would do better for me. -----Original Message----- From: EV [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Danpatgal via EV Sent: 23 May, 2014 7:20 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [EVDL] EVLN: 2014 i-MiEV, most affordable EV in America arrives this spring In 2012 when I bought our iMiev, it was over $8k less than the Leaf (just before the S version came out), so that was a big difference for me. Once the S Leaf was introduced, it was closer in price, but was stripped of some items the iMiev had (better regen, quick charge) that the iMiev still seemed like a better value. For 2014 the iMiev is the clear price leader, unless you can survive with a two-seater / or absolutely need a five-seater. Peri - Winter and highway speeds do suck the iMiev's range. I'm pretty spartan with heat, and don't generally go on the highway, so could always squeeze 50 miles in winter, but we also had a really bad winter (1-2 months with temps often around 10-20 F) in PA, so more mild climates (not sure where you are), would be easier to manage over 50 miles generally. If you're doing mostly highway + cold in your Leaf to get 50-55, the iMiev is probably 10 less than that. ----- Dan Gallagher http://www.evalbum.com/3854 -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-2014-i-MiE V-most-affordable-EV-in-America-arrives-this-spring-tp4669612p4669615.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
