sorry, i know this is pc thread, but do u guys heard about Nissan Leaf? full electric car

Yepp, heard about the car. But i dont think its practical enough in Malaysia. Things to consider:-
1. How far the car can go on a full charge.
2. How long does it takes to full charge the battery.
If you were to travel from south to north, how long will your journey take. Remember that our plug point output is only 240v. You need a high output plug point to fast charge the battery.

I guess this are a few things we need to consider before investing on EV car. So my best bet is still hybrid.....

Nissan leaf can go 120KM per charge, each full charge take 8 hours.
This car is only meant for short distance city driving, not even able to reach Serembam from KL probably, even you manage to reach, you need to wait 8 hours to come back     

Nissan leaf can go 120KM per charge, each full charge take 8 hours.
This car is only meant for short distance city driving, not even able to reach Serembam from KL probably, even you manage to reach, you need to wait 8 hours to come back     

Some info from mudah.

http://www.mudah.my/Toyota+Prius+C+TRD+Spo...it-18264942.htm

Name: Win Ace Enterprise
Address: No.8, Persiaran Sg Chua, Pusat Perindustrian Sg Chua, 43000 Kajang, Selangor
Phone No: 03-87367554
Fax No: 03-87394733
Website: http://www.win-ace-bodykits.com
Price: RM1600

http://www.mudah.my/Toyota+Prius+C+Origina...5938.htm?last=1

Name: Rexxstyling
Address: No.30M, JLN DINAR FU3F, SEC U3, 40150 SHAH ALAM
Phone No: 012-3669997
Website: http://www.rexxstyling.com
Price: RM3800

Maybe there are some other shop selling those without the curve.

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I saw the real car before, twice. Once it was in a petrol station charging. Once on the road.
The plug connects to the car looks like those industrial grade plug, like those types they use for the big car elevators in SC.
But truthfully the real car looks very nice and futuristic, both interiorly and exteriorly. Spacious.

I think Nissan is running some test project on Leaf locally. Volunteer users supposed to give feed back after a trial period.
It's a nice but unrealistic car due to poor mileage even fully charged. But somehow it has market in overseas.    

YALO， thinkining to go for safety color, silver, but PC in silver looks average

Nissan Leaf in Australia

Nissan Leaf is selling around AUD515000 (around RM168k) in Australia, what price could it be in Malaysia?

A car which single charge can only go 170km worth RM170k, will you buy it?

Say a single charge take about 1hour (which is very good for a car, my laptop take longer than that), means you need to spend at least 2 hours waiting at charge station on the journey from KL to JB. 

Don't forget where does the electricity power comes from in Malaysia power plant? It is still natural gas/petrol/coal. So the energy conversion is petrol/natural gas/coal --> electricity --> battery --> car wheel. There are more energy lost during conversion. So the car save the environment or make it worse?

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Added on November 22, 2012, 1:35 am

Yes, mine is silver, easy to maintain.

But PC remote control doesn't come with car search siren, be honest, I always mistake nearby silver Myvi as my PC in the car park. 

When silver PC reverse parking with one or more silver Myvi in car park, you really need sharp eyes.

No regret getting this car. My FC is significantly improving when comparing with it's earlier days.
Today I was testing on it's hard acceleration and speed while on MEX.
Test 1. Was at 90 kmph, middle lane. Some outer lane cars like H city, H accord, mod wira, new saga speeding from far behind damn fast (like 120?). So I got into outer lane and accelerated. I was quite surprised that PC can accl from 90-130 kmph like within seconds, with speeding cars from behind have no time to catch up!     
Test 2. I was traveling at about 90 kmph. A H city came very fast from behind and tail-gated. I floored the pedal. Immediately my PC distanced itself from that tail-gater. Then I slowed to 110 kmph, it took that city some time to "crawl" to my hind and tail-gated me again.        No doubt PC accl better than a regular 1.5 L petrol car.
Test 3. PC was VERY stable during the cornering towards the Putrajaya toll (from KL direction) @ 95 kmph.

After tests 1-3, FC was about 22 km/L (including some traffic within KL getting into MEX). 

Test 4. Tried to get to it's top speed. Not impressive, managed to get to 159 kmph on slight down-slope (hard to push any further but did not insist). Wind noise started to be obvious after 120 kmph. But the impressive part was that other than the wind noise, we didn't feel speeding even at 130 kmph. And even at 140 kmph, the engine noise sounds like 100 kmph of a regular 1.5 L car. 5-minute FC showed about 18 km/L! 

Disclosure: This is not my driving style, nor am I encouraging these tests. These were done to put PC into some on-the-road tests only.

And, hopefully there were no speed traps! 

Nissan leaf can go 120KM per charge, each full charge take 8 hours.
This car is only meant for short distance city driving, not even able to reach Serembam from KL probably, even you manage to reach, you need to wait 8 hours to come back     

Good one bro, let me calculate a journey from kl to seremban and back. After a full charge at home you drive to seremban the next morning. Travel time will take approx 1 hour. You will have around 20km approx to jalan2. Where to go? Then you are stuck for 8 hours just to recharge the battery. Additional cost if you use public transport. After that travel back time 1 hour. Total 10 hours journey to seremban & back.

Under the Toyota Prius C brochure mention that the wing mirror is retractable. Does it mean auto folding when you stop your car?    But I notice that PC wing mirror at parking lot doesn't fold. Please enlighten me, guys!!!

Actually oversea there are battery swap station, 75sec, will swap your battery, but i'm not sure what kind of package n service they provide. And there is also an extreme charge oversea, 5mins charge 80%.

Guys, regarding door visors.
Does door visor significantly reduce wind noise, including at normal speed?
Does it reduce drag coefficient thus increase FC?

Just pay deposit on last Sunday , today banker call me to verify ... Haha.. Nowadays their reaction so fast...

hi all,

I initially booked my PC in July, during September they sent a letter for the RM380 eVoucher, and by October, I asked my SA for the 2k deduction. When I went to my first service, the counter says I do not have any eVoucher creditted despite I show them the letter that I received. I had to pay on the spot(lucky I brought my wallet) and was very angry and called my SA.

My SA replied that "You want the 2k discount or the RM380 eVoucher" and I felt even angrier. So I called up Toyota Support and they ask me to send an email to them with the letter scanned as proof. I sent the letter and by today it's a week's time and no one called or replied my email.

This made me furious somemore, I wrote another email and this time I cc Toyota Japan(email given by timeonce, thanks! =p) and I got a call like an hour later saying the RM380 eVoucher is creditted to my car already. I checked through TribeToyota and indeed, the RM380 is there

Just an experience with lousy SA and lazy Customer Support by Toyota to share with you all =)

Here is my assessment in order of what they improve.

1. reduce glair... especially when the sun is low in the sky.
2. allow air in when parked in the hot sun without security or rain worries.
3. reduce air noise when driving with windows partially down.
4. look good without being too obtrusive.

So, not at all reduce to wind noise?

I had similar experience whereby they sent me the e-voucher but it was not e-credited online during the service. The SC service advisor was very kind to call up the HQ and e-credited for me before I collected my car. It was in Segambut SC. Just in case anyone get into similar situation, you can request the SC service advisor to call up and clarify with the HQ.