> Between rebates, the cost of gas, and reductions in maintenance costs, we think that we save somewhere between 1/3 to 1/2 on the lifetime cost of ownership ov

> Between rebates, the cost of gas, and reductions in maintenance costs, we think that we save somewhere between 1/3 to 1/2 on the lifetime cost of ownership over the life of this car versus an ICE car. My wife wanted a new car (I'm stubborn and don't drive ;-) ) because the old one was getting pretty expensive to maintain. I crunched the numbers and we ended up buying a recent used Leaf. I live in Japan and Nissan has this deal where you pay about $30 a month and get unlimited recharges at public charging stations (essentially all Nissan and Mitsubishi dealerships, highway rest stops, major hotels, etc). I pay about 30 cents per KWh, so this is a pretty good deal. We should save enough money on various thing that the cost of the new car is negligible. We don't actually pick up the new car until November (lots of weird paper work in Japan and we're out of town for a few weeks as well), so possible I'll be singing a different tune in a few months, but I was really surprised at how the numbers worked out on paper.