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My 10 year old Leaf has satnav, mobile connection, can download rss feeds and speak them out loud, has cruise control.

All the config is via touchscreen: charging timers, climate timers, satnav, bluetooth, phone.

Has voice control, a mobile app

My 9 year old leaf is an S model and has none of that - it’s blissfully simple. Prefer it over the SL model also in the family.

having a screen with a satnav is a must, to compare GOM miles remaining to miles remaining of route

Yeah, but my phone on a vent mount works fine for that.

Usually on any trip that brushes up against usable range, I do the math kind of backwards. I know the distance for the trip, and know how much buffer I have. Then I just look at the trip distance elapsed, compared to the GOM, and if they are roughly 1:1 I know I’m trending well.

10-year-old ICE cars in its price range have the same features.

Base model of Dacia Spring EV and Citroen Ami have no touchscreens whatsoever, but these are low-low-end vehicles.

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