In 32,000 miles, my battery capacity is down to 75%. I have seen my pack temperature in excess of 120F after just a few DCQC sessions. The biggest drawback on the LEAF is the lack of thermal-management for the battery. It just takes too long to get hot air compared to the Focus and i3. Thank goodness for the heated steering wheel and heated seats. The heater in the 2012 LEAF ( no heat pump) is meager to say the best. But I'm still not that fond of the arched rear quarter fenders of the LEAF. I mean, once you get it to 90 mph, it is smooth as glass. Not too much to not like about the LEAF, except acceleration above 30 mph is marginal. Probably attributable to its heavier weight also. With both cars in neutral, the LEAF seems to glide further down a hill at higher speeds.
The LEAF seems to just glide on the FWY, the i3 seems a little more resistance. I really think that the tall profile of the i3 is more affected by aerodynamics at highway speeds. So I could have gone 80 miles (right at the EPA rating of 81 miles). Yet yesterday I made the same trip in the i3, and had 9 miles remaining. The i3 has 18.9 kWh according to the cluster test. The LEAF has 16kWh total usable capacity now. I did 71 freeway miles (65mph) on 14.5 KWh from Camarillo to Long Beach. If it weren't for my 75% capacity battery, I really think the car could drive further than the i3. The LEAF is probably the best all around family car of the three. The BMW charging light stops flashing after a few minutes. The charging lights on the dash are nice to let others know your charging status. You can precisely control what time you want the car to start charging. The charging time setup is the easiest to use. The navigation is really easy to use for stored charging stations, etc. The LEAF has very nice LED headlights which you can adjust up/down with the trim adjustment knob. We were literally pushing it about 10 feet every 2 minutes and felt ready to collapse. I don't know if it was trying to regenerate or something, but it felt like the brakes were on. The darn car seems to resist being pushed. I put the car in neutral, and planned on pushing it - but even on flat land, it took me and 3 big security guards all that we could muster to try and push the thing 100 feet. Shortly after, acceleration was limited, and the car just stopped when going up the driveway to the charger. I ran it to 0 miles and circled the block around the charging station. I always want to know what the limits of my EVs are, so I tried the same with my i3. The Focus ends up restricting power, and then just comes to a stop - I even had to push it down the street once to a charger. The Focus and i3 pretty much run out right when the range says zero.
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I use my LEAF Spy Pro to get every bit of mileage after the GOM reads 0 miles. The LEAF has a decent buffer even after your battery gauge reads 0 miles.
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The RWD BMW traction under acceleration is uncanny, not even a tire chip under full acceleration, even with those skinny tires. And unlike the Ford which seems to want to spin its tires in the slightest moisture on the roads (probably why it has such dampened throttle response), the LEAF has inherently better traction under acceleration than the Focus. The I3 throttle is dampened, but its superior power to weight ratio makes up for it. As I have shown before, 0-30mph, it hangs even with the 2014 Spark EV. This makes the LEAF a very entertaining car to drive in town. When you slam the throttle down, it reacts quicker than the other 2 cars. LEAF is also the only car with heated rear seats. The heated steering wheel is very nice on cold mornings.
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