Ten things to know about the 2018 Nissan Leaf
Following months of leaks and speculation Nissan finally revealed their eagerly awaited new Leaf writes Geraldine Herbert With a more sleek and aerodynamic exterior the Leaf is not as radical a design change as the new Micra but it’s certainly a big improvement on the previous version. New to the Leaf is the e-Pedal allowing the car to be driven with just one pedal. The e-Pedal handles starting, accelerating, decelerating, and...
Living with a Leaf – Week 3
Its week three of driving an electric car and its time to venture a little further afield writes Geraldine Herbert According to Nissan you can do 250 kms between charge but my own experience up to now had been quite different if you use the heated seats and air con pretty much like you normally would it depletes rapidly. Battery kilometres, it seems are significantly shorter than real kilometres. Many mornings setting off on what is...
Living with a Leaf – Week 2
Its week two of driving an electric car and its proving to be a super family runabout writes Geraldine Herbert Its week two with the Leaf and the range anxiety is beginning to lessen and charging the car nightly has become part of the usual routine, in fact the Leaf is proving a super family runabout. I discovered very quickly that the key to extending the range is simply not to drive the Leaf like a conventional car and while this is...
Living with a Leaf – Week 1
In an effort to find out what it’s really like to live with an electric car I am going to be doing just that for the next four weeks– Living with a Leaf We’ve had our new Nissan Leaf for a week now, our new ecar home charge point has been installed and we’re ready to covert to the EV revolution. This year 371 electric cars have been sold in Ireland, a figure down almost 20 per cent on the year despite an increasing choice...
The BMW i3
BMW has launched its first fully electric production car, the BMW i3. Geraldine Herbert was in London to take a closer looks at this all new car With the traditional kidney grille it may be instantly recognisable as a BMW, but the i3 – which the luxury German car-maker unveiled to the world last week – is about as new as a car can be. From its carbon fibre and aluminium chassis to its recycled dashboard, BMW promises this “game...
