Getting started: Buying an electric car

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Getting started: Buying an electric car

Ruth

Nicola

Brown

rbrown@nzdoctor.co.nz

Wednesday 27 September 2017, 02:32 PM

Ruth Brown is happy with her Nissan Leaf electric vehicle, but says it took a bit of getting used to

More than 4200 electric vehicles have been registered in New Zealand, and the number is climbing rapidly. Ruth Brown, New Zealand Doctor’s content manager, is proud owner of one of them. Imports direct from Japan mean prices are falling, while confidence in battery power is rising, she reports. Here’s her guidance for the would-be purchaser

I have a Nissan Leaf 2011 generation 1 electric car. It’s probably one of the most basic electric cars around, and it’s definitely the cheapest. I , Electric car dash, Guessometer and bars feature on the right, with guessometer and bars agreeing on 80km left “in the tank”

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