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Nissan Leaf only takes 3.5 hours to charge if you have a 240 volt  charger. And that's if you have a fully depleted the battery.  It's  unusual to do that unless you drive great distances daily. If that's the  case an EV car is not the right solution for you. Even when I charged  using 110 volt it was done in 10-12 hours. You can even find 480 volt  chargers that charge your car in 30 minutes. If your driving around town  most charging stations are 240 volt and free. If I go shopping I charge  for free and I am able to charge for free close to where I work. Keep  in mind no one is being asked or forced to replace their gas car with an  EV. It just provides another choice in the market. If electric cars get  popular it will make the demand for gas go down and hopefully the  price. Then even if you never buy a EV and still drive a gas car you  benefit from lower gas prices (supply vs demand). I drive 100 miles per day so before the electric car I was paying $380 per month in gas and kept getting slammed with high maintenance costs. Since March when I got the EV my transportation costs have gone to $35 per month (I charge for free at work). And my maintenance costs have been $20 for a cabin filter replacement on my EV. I don't want to breath in unfiltered air from the other cars that are running on gas!

What's the replacement cost on the battery?

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In the case of electric drills, it is cheaper to buy a new drill than just a new battery on its own.
It is probably true for many other electrical devices that use non standard rechargeable batteries.

lol that was my point.   I know an electric forklift I've seen a new battery cost as much as $7000.

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It doesn't work like that - when you buy the car, you rent the batteries, not buy them. So they should get replaced by the manufacturer every few years I believe.

Not quite.  

http://green.autoblog.com/2013/06/20/nissan-leaf-battery-replacement-will-cost-100-month/

So at the expected 4-6 years it takes the battery to fall below the 70% capacity that puts the cost at $4800-$6000.   You can call it rent if you want but end of the day it's still an added cost.

Add that to the increased cost in electricity as the capacity falls.  Plus the decreased distance you can drive per charge.