Picked up a dealer demo N Van e: electric last week. Great drive, all the torque!
It's going to be fitted with a table and seat/bed setup for camping, for now I've only blacked out the rear badges, didn't like the shiny chrome.
Just picked this up today, dealer demo with 2500km. 30kWh battery, massive 48kW of power (that's the legal limit for this class of vehicle in Japan).
First drive was to bring it home, 285km from Tokyo across the mountains. Great fun!! Even this tiny motor ate the hills and mountains with ease. Averaged 8.4km/kWh with about 70% highway driving at about 90km/h average, and the rest congested Tokyo and local countryside hilly twisty stuff. I did cruise along a little bit at about 110km/h up some decent mountains to test it out, and it was effortless.
Did a stop at IKEA and had an hour of level 2 charging for 360 yen, and also tried out a very expensive highway fast charger at 99 yen per minute. Only stayed 20 minutes on that one, it was enough to get us home, and I knew it would be expensive but wanted to try out quick charging.
Going to buy a Honda N van e shortly, and will be driving it home a bit beyond it's battery range.
I have never needed to use any public chargers, so I'm seeking knowledge and opinions of those who've done this already. Thanks!!
Looks pretty great! There's a white one at the other local dealer which also looks fantastic. Haven't done a test drive yet, but will soon!!