James Van Dyne

I’m thinking of buying a (used) Nissan Leaf to drive around town and have been collecting some facts and figures to see how it compares with other cars here in Japan. I’m leaning heavily towards the leaf for three reasons: it’s cheaper to own/operate, no stopping for gas stations (can charge at home), and I don’t want pump out CO2 (and think about it) every time I drive.

The data below was written with Emacs Orgmode (using it’s fantastic spreadsheet capabilities). As I update my local orgfile, I will also update this page as well and make a small announcement on the blog.

Data Setup

2020/01/06 gas prices source

Model	MPG	MPL	KPL	Capacity kw/l	Energy Consumption / 100km
Leaf	112	29.587	47.616	40	16.9
Note ePower	77	32.7	32.736	47	3.06

Gas/Liter JPY	Gas/Gallon JPY	Gas/Liter USD	Gas/Gallon USD	Electricity Min.	Electricity Max
146.900	556.077	1.354	5.125	23.67	26.41

Running Costs

Model	JPY / KM	Fill Up
Leaf	4.00023	946.8
ePower	4.49514	6904.3

Common Destinations

Starting location: Home in Yokohama
Routing done via Apple Maps
Costs are 1-way. Train is 1-way, per person, using the route I’d probably take.

Destination	Distance (km)	Leaf (¥)	e-Power (¥)	Train
In-laws	5.8	23.201334	26.071812	242
Costco	15	60.00345	67.4271	609