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Here's what I've observed at cool temperatures (from 40-60f). Leafspy starts out a little bit under 100%, then crosses at about 80% and ends up higher at the low end. Dash Leafspy 100 97 90 88 80 80 70 72 60 63 50...

Why not sell the 15 for a 17? How close is 72 miles to the range that the car is getting today? Would it make it but cause a little anxiety, or would it be genuinely tight? 72 miles is about the longest I've ever taken my '15 on a single charge (my battery is not the greatest), and there are a...

That's interesting! I'm surprised by that big dip from 60-80%. Do you know how that reconciles that with the manual recommendation: "Avoid leaving your vehicle for over 14 days where the Li-ion battery available charge gauge reaches a zero or near zero (state of charge)."

Indeed! And you may have noticed opinions range from 100% to 0%, so I thought something like a poll might be useful. If no one wants to play, though, that's cool.

Didn't read the whole thread, so I don't know if someone else already answered the "when" question. It was 1988: http://bfy.tw/AroL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_climate_change_science#Modern_period:_1988_to_present

What's the highest charge you're comfortable leaving your Leaf for a long time? Or, if you think about it the other way, what's the lowest charge that would worry you? Imagine you've just boarded the plane for a one-month trip. Then you remember you left your Leaf charged up to X and you wish...

It sounds like it would probably work most days (maybe every day) but it depends on how motivated you are and your tolerance for risk and inconvenience. Do you want to have to think each day, "hmmm heavy rain forecast today, so my range might be too low for the leaf"? Do you want to have to go...

I've been happy with my model S so far. My impression is that very little has changed from 2011 to 2015. They took away charging to 80%, which is a pain, but the batteries are better after 4/2013. If you aren't driving it very far and in your mild climate you might be fine even with a pretty...

This site ( http://blog.evandmore.com/lets-talk-about-the-panasonic-ncr18650b/ ) says that "Nissan limits maximum charge level of the LEAF to 90%" and I think I've read that Nissan won't let you go to the very bottom of the charge either. I don't know where they got that information. Once it...

Searching this forum is very difficult especially about battery questions. 6. What kind of adjustments did you make to your driving habits when you got a Leaf? Largest adjustment is that you need to always be conscious of your range and driving needs for the next day. If you have a day where...

Since you are driving fairly slowly you should have a pretty good range, but personally I still wouldn't do it. You're going to be pushing the range every day and could easily run into trouble with: 1. bad weather (say heavy wind and rain) cuts your range by 20-30% one day 2. you want to go...

You sound like a perfect candidate for a Leaf. Getting leafspy is a good idea for peace of mind, but if you really only need 20-22 miles of range, then you have a lot of room to spare in even a beat-down battery. You can get extremely good deals on 2013 leafs right now. Near me (in MN) there are...

A new Leaf should do what you need, but be warned that many people on this forum find that their personal Leaf, their personal driving style, or their climate gives them a much lower range than advertised. You may find yourself pushing the limit more than you are comfortable with. If your...

It warmed up to 20F this morning and what a difference! m/kwh of 4.2 instead of 2.7 (probably helps that it's not covered in ice). It's a whole new car. To be fair my ICE vehicle doesn't love it when it's 0 either. . .

Thanks for that perspective. What makes you think that there is no reason to ever run the battery down to turtle? You may be right, but there are a couple things that make me think you may be wrong: 1) some people have reported that running their Leaf to its full range a few times helps their...

That's what I was thinking too. I'm itching to try it and see if it helps my battery, but I need patience.

My EVSE is a 3.6KW (I don't have the 6KW charger on my car). I think the SOC was 98% when I left and I probably preheated it for only about 5 minutes before I left. It's odd that the lights didn't show any charging, but maybe I'd crossed wires with the delay timer or something. jjeff, you...

It's 2 degrees outside today, and it would appear the Leaf really does not like the cold (I know that's no surprise here). A few things that I noticed: 1. Charging finished more than 2 hours before my end time this morning. I wonder if the battery was not able to accept a full charge. 2. During...

Oh, maybe they are both heated. It's one switch and I thought that when I moved from one side to the other it wasn't heated but it may have been the influence of my butt on the one seat that made it feel different!

I would treat this like any other cutting in line situation. It's rude, but sometimes circumstances force you to be rude. She could leave a note, or since she would probably be just waiting when the volt owner returned, she could explain at that time. She probably was taking electricity worth...