Thinking about the Nissan Leaf

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





































ModelMPGMPLKPLCapacity kw/lEnergy Consumption / 100km
Leaf11229.58747.6164016.9
Note ePower7732.732.736473.06





























Gas/Liter JPYGas/Gallon JPYGas/Liter USDGas/Gallon USDElectricity Min.Electricity Max
146.900556.0771.3545.12523.6726.41

Running Costs


























ModelJPY / KMFill Up
Leaf4.00023946.8
ePower4.495146904.3

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.

































DestinationDistance (km)Leaf (Β₯)e-Power (Β₯)Train
In-laws5.823.20133426.071812242
Costco1560.0034567.4271609