• Thinking about the Nissan Leaf

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    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 (¥)e-Power (¥)Train
    In-laws5.823.20133426.071812242
    Costco1560.0034567.4271609

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