Yep, have 2 front facing car seats (had one rear facing until about 6 months ago). I don’t think 3 across would work if you need that. We aren’t tall people so enough room up front even when we had a rear facing, but if you’re tall and have a rear facing child seat it may be cramped.

On the charger costs, my Leaf came with a L2 charger and I just paid an electrician about $400 to install a dryer outlet in the garage with the appropriate amps/voltage.

I think the Leaf is the only one that uses the CHADEMO charger for fast charging. I would not recommend if you’re going to use it for road trips on a regular basis as the times I’ve thought about trying to drive to DC and back, there aren’t as many compatible chargers and the range just really isn’t great for longer trips (especially because on the highway you get worse efficiency in an EV and will run through the battery faster than stop and go around town due to regenerative braking).

If you have a spot at home where you can charge, I think it’s a great around-RVA commuter car. Bonus is you can set the AC or heat to pre-condition, so you get in to a warm or cool car in the morning. There’s an app you can use to pre-condition as well, it’s a little spotty but works most of the time. Really nice in the summer when we’re out for a hike with kids to come back to a cooled car.

We have had a ‘19 Nissan Leaf (only 150 miles of range) for 4 years and never had a problem around town doing errands, commuting, etc. I have a L2 charger in the garage and charge it to full every couple of days. It’s been great.

With the limited range and needing to find a CHADEMO charger for fast charging, I have never driven it outside of RVA. But for 95% of our driving it works great. We have an ICE vehicle we take on vacation and trips up to DC, etc.