If you buy a Leaf, you need to make sure it has the 240 VAC charger inlet. Some models don’t. Don’t drive it off the lot unless you are absolutely sure it has the 240VAC charge connector.
Using the standard 120VAC charger, which plugs into a regular 15 amp household outlet, means fifteen hour charge times which is impractical for nearly anyone. Yes I said 15 hours. Frankly Nissan is making a mistake by offering to sell them with only 120VAC inlets, their standard charger should be for emergency use only.
The 240VAC charger, by contrast, takes 5 hours which is great! But you’ll need to invest in a 30 amp 240VAC charging station (the charging circuitry is actually inside the car, so these are technically not really chargers, they are EVSEs, although everyone calls them charging stations or chargers anyway).
A 30+ amp continuous duty 240VAC extension cord is possible (I actually have one) but the local code enforcement officers would be very unhappy if you ran one out into the street, and the 240VAC EVSEs are supposed to be permanently mounted (which mine is, for very loose definitions of permanent.) Can you mount an outdoor EVSE with a long enough cable to reach the street? Keep in mind we’re talking a minimum of around $1000 investment to have this done legally (or half that to do it yourself with legality being dependent on local regulations).
The Leaf is capable of locking the J1772 cable into place while charging.
