2018 Leaf SV NCTC and Overheating problem

[Blzlovr]

I had to go to 3 charging stations on nearly empty before I found one that worked but I only got a 54% charge in 30 minutes. I was told it would charge to 80%? The temp outside was about 78 degrees in the early evening, I didn't look at battery bar.

Another problem was driving from Riverside, CA to Las Vegas, NV in very hot weather, the car overheated after a couple of fast charge sessions on the way there. Now with that experience (we missed a wedding) I will not be driving the car long distances in hot weather. My 2015 Leaf never overheated but never attempted Las Vegas, either.

 

[cwerdna]

Have you gotten the "rapidgate" fix applied yet?
https://cleantechnica.com/2019/07/23/nissan-quietly-releases-rapidgate-software-update-for-north-american-leaf-owners/

What was your charging rate (in kW)?

Most other EV models have liquid cooling for their battery packs and thus don't overheat even after multiple DC FCs in a day.

 

[Blzlovr]

I didn't look, I was just happy to find a working one.

 

[cwerdna]

https://usa.nissannews.com/en-US/releases/overview-2018-nissan-leaf mentions "Charging time from alert to 80% (Quick Charging)" of 40 minutes. I'm sure this assumes no throttling from temp too low nor temp too high.

Do you have Plugshare URLs of the DC FCs you use? Some kW ratings are misleading (e.g. "50 kW") as they might be rated for too high a voltage. The bottleneck tends to be the max amperage combined w/the voltage required.

Yeah, I've heard reports that the 30 kWh Leaf let you do sustained high power charges until pretty high % SoC vs. 40 kWh Leaf without rapidgate fix.