r/leaf

I recently bought my 2025 SV+ and so far I am loving it— it’s an improvement in every way over my old ICE sedan. Charging at home is amazing, and my car’s range outweighs my daily commute by enough that I’m comfortable keeping the battery in the 20-80% range on a regular basis.

I’m getting well over the EP rating in miles per charge currently (averaging about 246 according to the GOM), as I drive mainly back roads and country highways for my daily commute.

I haven’t had much of an opportunity to drive on highways, and I’m curious— if you have an SV+, how many miles do you usually get out of a charge on back roads versus highway? and how have winter temps affected the range for you?

Longest trip I typically take in my car is a once-annual drive that’s 150 miles round-trip, but it does involve driving over Monteagle mountains on I-24 (at least it’s a lot of downhill on the way back?). Is that feasible in the winter? ABRP app seems to think I could do it with 13% left after starting from a full charge, which I’m assuming means I’d need to top off before leaving in cold weather conditions. Do you find ABRP to be optimistic or pessimistic for range? 13% is a little closer than I would like to cut it, in general. Would you fast charge on that trip or not? (I have Level 2 charging at home.)

Not a big deal at all if we would need to top off on DC charging once a year, but I’m brand-new to this EV thing and curious how you would handle that drive.

Looking to buy a used Leaf. Found a 2022 Tekna for £10k, 16k miles. Sold by a Nissan Dealership, so comes with 6 months warrenty. FSH, both cables present and a clean MOT history.

Seems a good deal, but is there anything I need to be wary of? I'm aware of the recall and CHAdeMO charging. Planning to use the granny charger at home as I only do about 3k miles a year. I've ordered a Veepeak v11 to check the battery. Will be getting the car home delivered.

I need to get a vehicle for short trips around town. Would likely never be out for more than 30 to 50 miles total before being back home. I was looking at a used 2022 Leaf as a possible option. I have read a little about battery decline and was wondering if any of you had thoughts on whether this vehicle would still be a viable car 15 or 20 years down the road to still do that type of driving. Thank you in advance.

Hi everyone,

So I managed to get my first used car back in November 2025, being a 2018 Leaf SL. After having it for two months, my husband was noticing some issue with the car losing power quickly when in the freeway. I said that we need to take it to the dealership to complain about the issue instead of replacing with a new car. I was meaning to take it back to the dealership that I managed to get my car from back in January to complain of the condition of the car but due to the status of my job, I couldn’t go. We have decided to use the side streets for now.

Fast forward to last April, he called me to come to the nearest charging station he was charging after work. He had to come clean that he had to use two of his three AAA roadside assistance service to get the car to a charging station and I had to tell him why hasn’t he told me as soon he had to do the first one. He told me not to get mad at him, but he did believe that the car has lost battery cells and is the reason why it’s not driving like it should. He had stated that since the car was below 89,000 miles on the ODO and it was a 2018 model, it’s possible that the battery could be replaced. We were already in discussions about replacing it and see about the outcome of the payment of the car (bought the car on finance.), but him stating that made me rethink of wanting to replace it.

Fast forward to last week, since we took the car to a Nissan dealership instead of the dealership we got it from, they have stated that the battery is on warranty still and will be no charge with all the repairs and such. Now is waiting game to get it back. Big question is what to recommend to keep track on the car’s battery and ideas to get the battery to last longer for the car to last over 150k in the ODO? We are considering replacing the car in the future, since we want to start a family and willing to see if still worth it to get a newer model or go for a hybrid?

I just went to my local Nissan dealer (in Canada) to put a deposit on a 2026 SV+. They tried to charge me $1,199 for a charging cable, saying that the car wouldn’t come with one, and that only the first 100 or so deliveries in Canada had it included.

Is there any truth to that?

They removed it from the bill of sale without a fight as soon as I asked them to. My thinking was that I can probably find a third-party cable myself for less money, or I could always buy it separately later if I decide I really want a Nissan one.

I guess it just seems wild to me that an EV would not come with a charging cable by default.

I have been charging my leaf with a tethered type 2 wall charger and a type 2 to type 1 adapter.

Hypothetically of course, if the plug got broken, could I just rewire a type 1 plug onto the cable?

Looking at the adapter, PP goes nowhere so would just be a simple wire up for the other 4 pins.

Only question is whether the charger is looking for something on the PP wire?

But the range I get out of the battery doesn't add up. 9 out of 12 bars, fully charged, I can cover just over 80 miles before needing to charge again.

Bought it used with no records of a battery swap. Haven't checked it with LeafSpy.

Am I missing something or is this normal?

EDIT : I should have mentioned, the ad on Autotrader and the seller both claimed the car to be a 30kwh. Hence the confusion!