Recent content by bluedream42

Nope. Has to be ordered from the factory.

I wouldn't jump to conclusions on DCQC. You might just need to rebalance the cells in the battery. Discharging it until Very Low Battery warning and then L2 charging to 100% should see improvement to your GIDs. I was quick charging all summer including a road trip from Seattle,WA to Medocino...

A wireless charging system would allow a self-driving vehicle to charge itself without user intervention.

LeftieBiker - It's incorrect to call me a 'newbie'. Look at my join date. Compare it with your join date. I'm a bit autistic so don't know if you meant to really do that. Now back to the question at hand. After looking over a number of posts I can see that people's 12v batteries have died. And...

Just relating what the technical manual says and had a 2011 up until December of this year without issue. Are you asserting that the Leaf has a design flaw and nissan should recall it? So 150,000 Leafs sold - What percent of those are reporting this issue? Just trying to cut through the...

A battery tender just seems redundant to me and probably best for ICE vehicles. After looking in the Leaf service manual unless the traction battery is depleted let the VCM do the automatic charging when left for a long period of time. Here's the what it says: Control Description: Power ON...

Speaking about reducing weight by changing out the glass - http://youtu.be/13B5K_lAabw?t=6m5s" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Can't wait for my EV to have some gorilla glass for all the windows.

Battery tender. Scares the crap out of me! Recipe for disaster in my book. Let the car manage the battery and stop screwing with it. For f*cks sake! Leave it at 50% and store it. I had a 2011 and never had a problem with storing it for a month.

The answer is - Totally easy to damage the DC to DC converter You put more current than the forward bias on the DC to DC converter and toast! Magic smoke and good luck on the getting a warranty repair.

As Elon Musk says, "Send me a cell and I'll test it". Any radical chemistry/ultracapacitor is years off. Places a bet with Vegas - Lithium Sulfur

It's likely a result of the high numbers and bad driving conditions. A huge portion of the leased LEAFs in the USA go to Norway after lease end. They are bought at auction by individuals and sent over, thousands in fact. Glad my 2011 Leaf with 22k miles will find a good home in Norway.

You'd still need a chademo controller of some sort. Using the inverter as a charger reminds me of the Chameleon charger on-board the Renault Zoe. It can do charging up to the max regen it would usually do. Downside is that the design doesn't support isolation.

So here's the current options for faster charging: Metricmind in Portland, OR - Add additional chargers to the Leaf - http://www.upgrademyleaf.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Each 3.3kW water cooled charger is $2391.00. Adding three booster chargers for 16.7kW charging...

Of course the Juicebox Level 2 charger can handle up to 15kW and comes with a 14-50P. If you find a cheap charger to add to your Leaf you could do 10kW charging. Using the fast charge port is going to be the more expensive route.

You should never have a problem with the 12v battery under any circumstances given how new the vehicle is. You might have a bad 12v battery, bad DC to DC unit or both. A good Leaf technician will be able to figure it out what the issue is.