I was looking to lease my next vehicle, and saw that Nissan have an offer on the leaf's
Basically they are paying £5000 for your deposit, and the 24 months at £125, over two years, optional final payment if you want the car, but in reality a cheap new car over 2 years, handing it back to them and leasing new again next time.
Reduce the deposit to £0 with the slider and that will set the monthly down to £125.27
- hornblowerracing
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satchef1
19 Mar 1614#62
Fact? Nope. Totally circumstantial.
An electric car like the Leaf or Zoe will do 70 miles comfortably year-round without needing a top-up, more in summer. If destination charging is available, or there are chargers en-route, that translates to an effective range of 120-140 miles before charging starts to become a burden.
Does the job for me. I've got two journeys outside that range planned for this year - 170 miles each way for a wedding (doable - just a little slower than normal) and a 320 mile trip to visit relatives (might borrow a car for that one - haven't decided yet). A Leaf or Zoe can make a good main car. You just have to make an honest assessment of the journeys you make and then weigh up the savings against any potential inconvenience. For me, the calculation was favourable. I'm saving about £900/year on fuel, paying about £30/month less than leasing a similar petrol car and I'm paying no VED. Zero tailpipe emissions is just a nice bonus.
Current gen EVs aren't for everyone, but they're far from useless. The technology clearly has a future - crashing battery prices mean that the next generation is likely to manage 200 miles from a charge. That's where appeal will really start to broaden, especially on the back of government plans to have rapid chargers every 20 miles.
chezzy to Ajek
19 Mar 163#83
i suppose if you take
1 year = 8760 hours
w = time spent driving between charges(hours)
x = top speed
y = time it takes to charge(hours)
z = total number of achievable miles in a year
{[8760/(w+y)]/y}*x = z
i think that is your answer. however it is dependant on multiple people roatating the driving so that sleep doesnt become a variable(or sleep/eat during charge time)
Also you would need to be on a track allowing you to obtain top speed asap and allowing you to charge as soon as battery is drained.(the time spent accelerating and stopping i have taken as negligable)
Hope that helps
Ha!! and my son said "when am i ever going to use algebra in the real world...." sure showed him!
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dothedealnow
19 Mar 16#1
someone's maths is wrong. the monthly way too low.
Zuulan
19 Mar 162#2
Link says "Finance Calculator: Unable to calculate, the OFP is greater than the advance. Please adjust accordingly and re-calculate."
bubblin77 to Zuulan
19 Mar 16#3
Adjust the amount and it'll recalculate
suzlaurie to Zuulan
19 Mar 16#31
Yeh the £5k has been taken off twice. No chance they'll honour this.
hornblowerracing
19 Mar 16#4
The calculator refuses to accept those figures my end.
accvio
19 Mar 161#5
There must be something wrong here - if not, I would sign up immediately!
I'm paying £180 per month for my Renault Zoe on a two year PCP, and was very pleased to get that.
By the way, electric motoring is wonderful if it fits your lifestyle.
thermomonkey
19 Mar 162#6
I love my leaf. Note that this is the 24KW version. The latest one out is 30KW, closer to 100 miles range in real world driving. Still a heck of a car if it is available at this price.... I save this much every month in petrol.
hurst_ray
19 Mar 16#7
I agree, if this is really 125 a month it's an absolute bargain, I'll have one
Tomofife
19 Mar 162#8
Set the deposit to 0 and it calculates and brings back £125.27 per month/24
jockass
19 Mar 16#9
Do you not need to add in battery rental to the deal?
Opening post
Basically they are paying £5000 for your deposit, and the 24 months at £125, over two years, optional final payment if you want the car, but in reality a cheap new car over 2 years, handing it back to them and leasing new again next time.
Reduce the deposit to £0 with the slider and that will set the monthly down to £125.27
- hornblowerracing
Top comments
An electric car like the Leaf or Zoe will do 70 miles comfortably year-round without needing a top-up, more in summer. If destination charging is available, or there are chargers en-route, that translates to an effective range of 120-140 miles before charging starts to become a burden.
Does the job for me. I've got two journeys outside that range planned for this year - 170 miles each way for a wedding (doable - just a little slower than normal) and a 320 mile trip to visit relatives (might borrow a car for that one - haven't decided yet). A Leaf or Zoe can make a good main car. You just have to make an honest assessment of the journeys you make and then weigh up the savings against any potential inconvenience. For me, the calculation was favourable. I'm saving about £900/year on fuel, paying about £30/month less than leasing a similar petrol car and I'm paying no VED. Zero tailpipe emissions is just a nice bonus.
Current gen EVs aren't for everyone, but they're far from useless. The technology clearly has a future - crashing battery prices mean that the next generation is likely to manage 200 miles from a charge. That's where appeal will really start to broaden, especially on the back of government plans to have rapid chargers every 20 miles.
1 year = 8760 hours
w = time spent driving between charges(hours)
x = top speed
y = time it takes to charge(hours)
z = total number of achievable miles in a year
{[8760/(w+y)]/y}*x = z
i think that is your answer. however it is dependant on multiple people roatating the driving so that sleep doesnt become a variable(or sleep/eat during charge time)
Also you would need to be on a track allowing you to obtain top speed asap and allowing you to charge as soon as battery is drained.(the time spent accelerating and stopping i have taken as negligable)
Hope that helps
Ha!! and my son said "when am i ever going to use algebra in the real world...." sure showed him!
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I'm paying £180 per month for my Renault Zoe on a two year PCP, and was very pleased to get that.
By the way, electric motoring is wonderful if it fits your lifestyle.