Recent content by Eddie16

I don't get it. Why would anyone want to charge a battery which doesn't have active thermal management, at a 50kw rate? Or is this something you do only occasionally while on an unexpectedly long trip?

I drive a 2016 with the 30kwh battery. The car has been quite reliable, but the traction battery has degraded to ~20kwh (8/12 bars). (I have heard the 30kwh battery was one of the worst Nissan produced.) But, the electric driving experience is so much better than ICE, I will continue to drive...

1. You said your offering has air cooling. Please clarify. Do you mean forced-air cooling? 2. You should be letting us know what the price will be. 3. You said this is NMC chemistry. Isn't it the case that LFP or LMFP cells would provide a longer-lived pack? (That's what I keep hearing.)

Don't buy it! 3/12 bars is ridiculously low. In case you are not aware: many say the 30kwh "lettuce pack" (?) battery supplied in 2016-2017 models, is the WORST battery pack Nissan produced. I conclude that the dealer/person trying to sell you this car, is about as unethical as they come. So...

I have a 2016 with 8/12 bars. I checked in with a Nissan dealer a couple years ago and they quoted $13500 to replace my failing 30kwh pack with a 40kwh pack. NOT a good deal. What I'd really like is the LFP-based pack with thermal management which EvsEnhanced.com said they were going to bring...

My charger is on a 240v 50a circuit. The charger can be set for 10, 16, or 32 amps but I almost always charge at 10 amps to minimize stress on the battery (which has 9/12 bars).

Search "Chinese EV fires" on youtube. Not comforting. Perhaps Chinese brands are more worthwhile if the consumer restricts purchase to cars using LFP or M3P batteries?

Thanks for the suggestion, but there is no electricity meter among the dashboard options where you find stuff like average speed, etc. (This is on a 2016 model.) There has to be an accumulator for kwh somewhere in the data Leaf keeps, but it isn't visible on the dashboard. However, people...

Leaf is not on the list of the most popular cars to steal. Don't know how Leaf security compares to Tesla, but it's interesting to note that Tesla cars are the least likely cars to be stolen. Could find no info on the searchable internet about security issues with the Nissan fob.

It's possible the dashboard display lies! I don't have a dongle and LeafSpy, so I can't verify whether the dashboard display is correct.

112 miles of range is inadequate when you live in a city that has moved their airport to the boonies. As in Denver. A Leaf 40kwh is the minimum vehicle that could get me to & from DEN without a charging stop, considering that the trip will need a functional heater, and allowance for battery...

My 2016 30kwh, according to the dashboard display, averages 5.0 miles/kwh. I'm not a hypermiler, and I floor it when I need to, but in everyday driving I am always looking at signals & traffic ahead for an opportunity to coast, get regen (via B or ECO in addition to the brake pedal) as much as...

I also have a hydraulic jack, but I noticed that there are 2 notches in the sheet metal flange in front of the rear wheels, and behind the front wheels, on my 2016 Leaf. So I took the bumper jack out of wife's car, put it between the notches, and up it went. Easily. This car was made to have a...

Thanks for the information. I was not aware of leafrepairnetwork.com and the LRN battery. Unfortunately of the 6 businesses in the LRN network, none are anywhere close to my state (Colorado) and the lack of thermal management and fast charging for Leafs, mean these cars can't be driven long...