Why I bought a new Nissan Leaf electric car 2 hours from home: $8,500 net cost

2015 Nissan Leaf, Denver, Colorado, Mar 2016  [photo: owner Andrew Ganz]

If you’re looking to spend $8,500 on a car, you’re probably going to bring home something with close to six digits on the odometer. Unless, that is, you buy a brand new electric car deep in the heart of oil and gas country. That’s what I did, and that’s how I wound up spending just $8,500 (after incentives, before taxes) on… …read more