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 Жыл бұрын
Hey Greg, I've had my heart set on one of these but your reference to Dr Who has me sold! 🤣
@andymiller82273 жыл бұрын
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
@1984juanification2 жыл бұрын
Do u recommend this car? I wanted to get one but can't really find a decent review.
@andymiller82272 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@1984juanification2 жыл бұрын
@@andymiller8227 thank u so much. I really appreciate it. I would definitely get this car.
@kristenkissoon81432 жыл бұрын
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?
@andymiller82272 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@danielquill42934 жыл бұрын
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.
@mohammaduzair8163 жыл бұрын
Can you share its highway fuel economy on speeds around 120?
@danielquill42933 жыл бұрын
@@mohammaduzair816 I really couldn’t say our maximum speed limit is only 100km/h.
@jerrychf7 жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
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.
@wilfredstewart33487 жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
My son'd old Prius Hybrid powers up the hill on cruise control. Surely this will do the job.
@joseramonherreramendoza92603 жыл бұрын
Available all technical deep dive of this vehicle in the Hybrid Solution diagnostics channel... its great
@gsilva2205 жыл бұрын
"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
@evietodd85012 жыл бұрын
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?
@MrBenHaynes6 жыл бұрын
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"!
@pirzadafahad14495 жыл бұрын
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-fm2rj6 жыл бұрын
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?
@powershin126 жыл бұрын
This is technically Hybrid.
@gregandkaruna66745 жыл бұрын
No plug no RUC
@Rfhdvcgf5 жыл бұрын
They should have made it like a I3 drive terrain
@davee97665 жыл бұрын
Who describes fuel economy as kms/litre? It's either mpg or l/100km. Had to get out the calculator and do some maths.
@kyleparrot115 жыл бұрын
KMS/litre all the way
@HasnainKhattak5 жыл бұрын
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 :)
@gregandkaruna66745 жыл бұрын
@@HasnainKhattak American temperature is odd as freeze point should be zero but not in strange Fahrenheit yet at around -40 they are the same.
@ehughes88299 ай бұрын
My car gives fuel consumption in kilometres per litre on the dash.
@jamie87203 жыл бұрын
When driving I don't want to hear stupid music. I want to hear what it sounds like being driven.
@Narmi8045 жыл бұрын
Hope for some engine sound. Disappointed :(
@annea3004 Жыл бұрын
Maybe you could get a couple of kids to sit in the back and go: Brrrrm brrrrm! 😁
@toyotaprius796 жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
A plug in is useless in regional Australia. No range!
@ianburnett46054 жыл бұрын
plug in please
@peterscott26625 жыл бұрын
You call that a review? It's more like a puff piece.
@user-xp6cz2wg8k5 жыл бұрын
Japantechnology
@X02switchblades7 жыл бұрын
put a bigger battery and a plug in feature and you are golden. Other wise this is useless
@kreo25416 жыл бұрын
Its golden, no worries about range or so ever.. Petrol station everywhere