> it takes three hours to charge using a conventional three-pin domestic plug and socket. Granted that's with glorious european 230V, but there you go. You can

> it takes three hours to charge using a conventional three-pin domestic plug and socket. Granted that's with glorious european 230V, but there you go. You can literally go out, come back, charge it, then go back out again. The battery is 5.5kWh. The first gen leaf had an entry-level battery of 24kWh, the second gen starts at 40. It's more comparable to a phev battery (the first-gen Prius had 4.4kWh, the current third gen uses a 13.6kWh battery).