00:01I really love the flush door handles and those two three 3d taillights they are so cool the
00:09crossover design looks amazing it's so aerodynamic it's so sporty it's definitely not boring wow
00:15I'm hooked I've been driving EVs since what 2013 that was when I first discovered the
00:26first-generation Leaf it was the first mass-produced electric vehicle at that time it was the car to go
00:32if you were going electric being a car fan I was curious about this technology so I borrowed a car
00:38from a dealer I had the usual worries I was very skeptical about how far it would go how often
00:44you
00:44would charge we made it all the way down to Edinburgh and then London and then Cardiff and then back
00:49to
00:49Aberdeen look that's what you had to do to type in for the address North Coast 500 yep you remember
00:55this day the mongo rally that was Russia leading against the car super cool Chris decided one day
01:02that you want to do the mongo rally yeah and my reaction initially was like are you mad trying
01:08to get to the other side of the world and 30 kilowatt hour leaf at the time with a range
01:14of
01:15approximately 80 to 90 miles with no public charging infrastructure beyond Turkey yeah but then I thought
01:22I might as well join you because that's the amazing person you are this is Kazakhstan we're driving on
01:28the desert do you remember it was just like it's a washboard road all the way imagine what it was
01:34like when we turn up that village we just plug the cable in through the hotel window into our bedroom
01:39plug it in with all new Nissan Leaf it now has 386 miles in range so that means we can
01:46now drive
01:47from Aberdeen to London with just one 30 minute stop allowing you within that 30 minutes to go from
01:5220 to 80 percent charge when you integrate that with Google Maps which is now in the car it allows
01:57you to select the most eco-efficient route and it's because of that aerodynamic design that gives you
02:02increased efficiency when you're driving to get that amazing range on your long journeys you've
02:08got a 14.3 inch infotainment system and then the new technology of that dimming panoramic roof
02:15personally what I really like is inbuilt speakers on the driver's side because when Chris is driving
02:20late at night and I need to go to sleep I can sleep in peace and not have to listen
02:24to your rock music
02:25in the car so one of the new technology is out it's vehicle to load this allows you to plug
02:31your
02:31electrical devices directly into the car when we were on pole to pole driving from the magnetic north
02:36pole to the south pole in our Nissan EV I was able to power a coffee machine but now with
02:40the new Leaf
02:41it actually has that technology built-in so it means that whenever we're out camping we can power
02:46our camp we can power our e-bikes when we go cycling effectively just use the car's battery in a
02:51way
02:51that fits our lifestyle owning an electric vehicle has a hundred percent made us more eco-conscious we've
02:58branched out and got solar panels yeah I mean the car sits on the drive ninety percent of his life
03:05so
03:05why not produce energy from your roof and put it directly into your car we would never have
03:09considered these choices before in the past and we say the EV has really defined who we are
03:19look how far we've come true with the car true thanks to the car walking down memory lane isn't it
03:25there's no reason why people shouldn't have the confidence to go electric now yeah we've stress
03:29tested those cars we've put our life in its hands and it's never let us down once we love it
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