Recent content by jonemyers

It looks like Nissan is moving away from CHAdeMO for its next EVs. It is probably a good idea. In the US Northwest it is the most unreliable way to DC quick charge. https://insideevs.com/news/433929/nissan-switches-to-ccs-in-us-europe/

I've owned a 2013 Leaf S (with QC), 2017 Volt, and 2014 Tesla model S. I enjoyed the Leaf and did not have any issues besides the battery degradation (1 bar lost at 45,000 miles). I tried to use best practices for battery life by never letting the charge drop below about 20% and only charging...

We owned a 2013 Leaf and a 2017 Volt until about 6 months ago. We sold the Leaf and purchased a used Tesla Model S. By the time we sold the Leaf the Volt had about the same effective electric range as the Leaf because the Volt has the backup gas motor so you can use the entire battery range...

There was an earlier thread that covered turning off the backup beep. https://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?t=20339 I used this information to put in a momentary switch that turned off the beep sound for the same reason you want to - I leave for work before 5am and did not want to wake...

I actually just purchased a used 2014 Model S to replace our 2013 Leaf S we purchased used 3 years ago. The Leaf has been a very reliable vehicle but I really found the range to be a major limit and forced us to have a "backup" gasoline powered vehicle. Clearly the S is a whole different class...

We have a 2013 Leaf S (52,000 miles with one capacity bar lost at about 49,000) with the QC and a 2017 Volt. I would go with a 2016 or newer Volt over any Leaf. I have a 40 mile round trip commute and the Leaf works great most of the time but in the winter now that the battery capacity has...

The US is a unique market in that we drive a lot longer distances than Europe or Asia. The distance to drive across Oregon would be as far as across as many as 5 European countries. Drivers in the USA drive at least 2X as many kilometers per capita as drivers in Europe. For me living in...

I think these sales numbers are a confirmation that the standard for range is now 200 miles per charge for a new EV. We currently own a 2013 Leaf and 2018 Volt. The Leaf is our "around town" car and the Volt is our all purpose vehicle which has used 2 gallons of gasoline over the last 1000...

Insideevs.com has an article on 30kWh battery degradation. https://insideevs.com/nissan-leaf-30-kwh-battery-degrading-more-rapidly-than-24-kwh-pack/ Personally I have a 2013 S w/QC at 46,000+ miles that still has 12 bars of capacity but it has been located in the Portland Oregon area since...

I purchased a used 2013 Leaf S about 20 months ago. It has been a very good commuter car for my 40 mile round trip in the temperate Portland Oregon area climate. I don't have any charging available at work. The biggest issue for me is when I want to take a side trip on my way home or in the...

I was able to get a 1200 track audio book to play in the correct order on a usb drive by using the “copy in order” computer program. I broke the files up into 6 sub folders named chapt 01, chapt 02, chapt 03, etc. with 200 files per folder. On the usb drive I created folder “chapt 01” then used...

The book I am listening to at the moment is 190 tracks long. I used copy in order to copy the first 60 tracks to the root directory of my usb drive then the next 60, then the final 70 tracks. I then plugged the usb drive with all 190 tracks in the root directory into the usb port on the Leaf...

I have a 2013 Leaf S and listen to a lot of audio books ripped from CDs that I purchase. All my other in dash USB units have played audio files from USB drives in an order based on filename. The Leaf does not order audio files based on filename or any tag data in the audio file. Normally I...