Nissan Note E-Power Review - New Zealand

[@gregclare]

Thanks for the review. I just recently got myself a second hand Japanese 2017 e-power Note, and it’s been an awesome discovery! I really love the 100% electric drive smoothness and power, along with the effectively unlimited range and no need to ever worry about plugging the thing in. It’s also giving me about 1/4 - 1/5th the fuel consumption of my previous petrol 2L Camry, and it feels just as powerful, perhaps even more power. With 2023 fuel prices, I can once again enjoy going where ever I want, without being worried about the fuel cost! It’s also one of the most spacious cars in its size class, which is important for me as I’m 193cm tall. When I see it in the car park the car looks relatively small, but when I get in, it’s bigger inside than my Camry was. Like Dr Who’s Tardis! This car is a godsend, and in my view the ultimate current EV solution. 😎

[@annea3004]

Hey Greg, I've had my heart set on one of these but your reference to Dr Who has me sold! 🤣

[@andymiller8227]

I purchased one of these vehicles at the beginning of August, from GVI Tauranga. To date my petrol costs have halved, from $60 to $35 a week. I previously had a Mazda Premacy. I am more than satisfied with its performance, I am a well build person. The seats are comfy. Recently a trip from Tauranga to Hamilton and back, 321kms, cost me 17.46 litres of fuel. I normally travel more than 50 kms a day, going to and from work twice a day, so a pure EV, such as a Leaf, would be useless. I found it was good going up the steepish Kaimai Ranges between Tauranga and Hamilton and a trip to Palmerston North and back I averaged 21.4 kms/litre, around town up to 24.5kms/liter. Well worth to cost already paying for itself

[@1984juanification]

Do u recommend this car? I wanted to get one but can't really find a decent review.

[@andymiller8227]

@@1984juanification I have owned this car since 1st August 2021 and have had no trouble with its performance. It is comfortable for me, and I am quite generous person in my proportions. I spend a lot of my day driving buses so I can recommend this vehicle. My average distance travelled is around 700 - 750kms every three weeks at around 23 - 24 liters per 100kms. The hybrid is ideal for me because I never have to top the batteries, the 1200cc engine does it all automatically.

[@1984juanification]

@@andymiller8227 thank u so much. I really appreciate it. I would definitely get this car.

[@kristenkissoon8143]

Hey Andy, I'm comparing this with the Nissan Leaf right now. I also drive more than 50km a day going to and from work. Why is a full EV useless for this kind of daily distance?

[@andymiller8227]

@@kristenkissoon8143 It leaves you no extra if you have to go else where. I bought the Note because I do a lot of travel outside where I live. The range gets me around 800kms without filling up. I did a lot of research before deciding on the Note. Mine was second hand and cost me $19,800.

[@danielquill4293]

In excess of 650km is an understatement, my 2017 does 650km at half tank of fuel. I regularly go in excess of 1000kms on each fill up.

[@mohammaduzair816]

Can you share its highway fuel economy on speeds around 120?

[@danielquill4293]

@@mohammaduzair816 I really couldn’t say our maximum speed limit is only 100km/h.

[@jerrychf]

I was surprise that this little EV car could having 7.7 0-100km/h ..... really really good power for just electric motor plus a 1.2L gasoline engine .....

[@ashfaanjusab9898]

Thanks for the review. Would love to know How it behaves on a flooded road and high temp such as 40 degrees. I’m from Africa we experience that.

[@wilfredstewart3348]

Looks like a realistic electric drive car for people like us who regularly cross the main divide. The only question is will it run out of puff on extended hill climb like Otira to Arthur's pass.

[@annea3004]

My son'd old Prius Hybrid powers up the hill on cruise control. Surely this will do the job.

[@joseramonherreramendoza9260]

Available all technical deep dive of this vehicle in the Hybrid Solution diagnostics channel... its great

[@gsilva220]

"It is an electric vehicle, but it has no plug" Electric traction is here to stay; making an electric drivetrain is already cheaper and simpler than making a combustion drivetrain. The only problem are the batteries. But if batteries don't reach 1kWh/kg/liter/$100 in the next 5 years, someone will come up with some fuel cell/flow cell technology, and we'll see no plugs again for the next 50 years, and this car is the beginning of it all

[@evietodd8501]

I've just purchased a 2017 Note but find the dash a little confusing. the owners manual is in Japanese so I cant read it. Can anyone explain the charging system and how to understand and read the gauge on the dash?

[@MrBenHaynes]

5.6 L/100km was the average fuel economy displayed on your dash. I would like FAR better than this for the tech involved. My 1500cc 2015 Mazda MX-5 has averaged 5.8L/100km since new (40000km) and I have regularly driven "enthusiastically"!

[@pirzadafahad1449]

I have just bought this amazing car. I don't have owners manual thats why i ll appreciate if you help me find Cabin Air filter of this car so that i may change it. There is no particular video available on KZbin

[@Justin-fm2rj]

is this an EV or a hybrid? if it is an EV will it require RUC once the RUC exemption for light electric vehicles until 31 December 2021 is up?? in NZ?

[@powershin12]

This is technically Hybrid.

[@gregandkaruna6674]

No plug no RUC

[@Rfhdvcgf]

They should have made it like a I3 drive terrain

[@davee9766]

Who describes fuel economy as kms/litre? It's either mpg or l/100km. Had to get out the calculator and do some maths.

[@kyleparrot11]

KMS/litre all the way

[@HasnainKhattak]

Yes, we kiwis use calculator too when watching American videos. Not limited to converting mpg to km per litre but also Fahrenheit to Celsius, Gallons per litre to km per litre, pounds to kilograms, mph to kmph :)

[@gregandkaruna6674]

@@HasnainKhattak American temperature is odd as freeze point should be zero but not in strange Fahrenheit yet at around -40 they are the same.

[@ehughes8829]

My car gives fuel consumption in kilometres per litre on the dash.

[@jamie8720]

When driving I don't want to hear stupid music. I want to hear what it sounds like being driven.

[@Narmi804]

Hope for some engine sound. Disappointed :(

[@annea3004]

Maybe you could get a couple of kids to sit in the back and go: Brrrrm brrrrm! 😁

[@toyotaprius79]

You are most sorely mistaken if you're calling this an electric vehicle or anything of the sort. This is a hybrid, interesting and cool in many ways, but don't substitute it for a legitimately better plug-in.

[@annea3004]

A plug in is useless in regional Australia. No range!

[@ianburnett4605]

plug in please

[@peterscott2662]

You call that a review? It's more like a puff piece.

[@user-xp6cz2wg8k]

Japantechnology

[@X02switchblades]

put a bigger battery and a plug in feature and you are golden. Other wise this is useless

[@kreo2541]

Its golden, no worries about range or so ever.. Petrol station everywhere