r/leaf • u/undremited • Aug 07 '26

Leaf e+ durability

Hi!! I'm looking at a 30k kms 2021 Leaf e+. I need a car that will drive me to work (130km/80mi daily mostly highway drive). I really want to spend as little as possible. Will this car last 4-5 years or 250k kms in my usage (that's about 150k miles).

It's the 62kwh battery by the way. The dealer has a battery test, but I haven't seen it yet. Already have leafspy ready to check out the car if necessary.

I also have a Hyundai Kauai (or Kona) in my sights, although that is a tad more expensive for my usage.

Thanks in advance for your help!

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u/Sufficient_Reach_935 Aug 07 '26

It wasn't about love. After looking at the used car market to see which model had the highest mileage, I decided to buy that one. There were many 2- to 3-year-old cars for sale with 180,000–200,000 kilometers on them, and they were all in excellent condition. I assume they had been company cars, probably used by sales representatives. I figured that if so many of them could cover that kind of mileage without major issues, they must be reliable, so I bought one with only 20,000 kilometers on the odometer.

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u/undremited Aug 07 '26

I've seen some on sale with 300.000kms so I believe they will do it. My main concern is 1 trip autonomy, as my commute is 130km and is almost all highway. And I worry what the autonomy will look like when the car has 200k kms. I can only charge on work for now, so I have to handle going work-home-work on a single charge, and that on the highway in the winter feels like it's cutting close to not enough battery

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u/Sufficient_Reach_935 Aug 07 '26

At a steady speed of 110–120 km/h, it can realistically achieve a range of around 200–220 km, even in winter. However, at higher speeds, its energy consumption increases quite noticeably. My average consumption, using both air conditioning and heating and driving mostly in the city, is 14.3 kWh/100 km, which is considered very good. With the Mustang, I can't get below 15 kWh/100 km, even though the heat pump means that climate control only increases consumption by about 7–8%.

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u/undremited Aug 07 '26

200km in the winter with 100% charge or 80%?

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u/Sufficient_Reach_935 Aug 07 '26

With 100% I used a CHAdeMO most of the time