End of a short era….Linda and I turned our Nissan Leaf back to the dealer, after 39 months of almost trouble-free commuting.  To our knowledge, it was the first Leaf, and perhaps the first all-electric car in North Dakota (since the early 20^th Century electric cars) when we picked it up in October 2012.  It chunked right through snow and cold, even at -20F.  My only complaint is that the heater consumed way too much electricity.  If we left off the climate control system, we typically got almost 5 miles per kilowatthour in the summer, and 2.5 or 3 miles in the winter.  Nothing about the experience has dissuaded us from getting a predominantly electric car for the Harriet house—if we can find one that 1) relieves range anxiety by having an auxiliary gas engine and 2) relieves doggie anxiety by having room for our two generously proportioned Labrador retrievers in the back.   No such vehicle in sight yet, alas.