"This car has really surprised me on the range. It is one thing to look at a map and do numbers, trying to determine how far you can go. But there are so many environmental factors it is hard to know for sure. We've only had the car a few days. But this weekend we drove all over Ft.Worth and the surrounding cities, mostly freeway driving. Far more driving than we would normally do on a weekend. When we got back home later that day, we still had 31 miles remaining.
I must admit, I was having some range anxiety. I tried to keep the speed under 65 mph when possible.
Then on Sunday morning I drove the car about 10 miles on city-streets mostly around 30 to 35 mph. I kept it in eco mode and took it really easy. Also didn't use the climate control. When I left the house, it was showing 103 miles. When I returned home it was showing 113 miles remaining. I guess it had determined, based on the way i was driving it, that it could get closer to that magic 132 miles I read about one person achieving.
I can easily say now that this car can satisfy all of our driving needs. In the future I will probably have much less range anxiety now that I know what the car is really capable of."
Em: http://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=3323