<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Tangentially related: </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">The only EV car model that is somewhat 'open' is the Nissan LEAF. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">People can swap the batteries themselves.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">And there is software called Leaf Spy that gives battery health, ...etc. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">The LEAF is a so-so car though. It does not have battery heaters at all, and its range is very limited.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">But the 2026 model is said to have solved those limitations.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">So maybe in a few years I can consider an off lease 2026 Nissan LEAF.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, May 27, 2026 at 5:36\u202fPM Chris Frey <<a href="mailto:cdfrey@foursquare.net">cdfrey@foursquare.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
Public funds? Public tech, so everyone can build their own Tesla.</blockquote></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature">Khalid M. Baheyeldin<br><br></div></div>