WetEV said:
So with a 7.5 year expected life, you will only get to 1.5 times the warranty period before a 70% capacity. Shocking... not.
If the 2018 with an 8 year warranty was just as good, you would only get a 12 year life before a 70% capacity. Do explain why that is unacceptable, especially as the 2018 would still have far more capacity than the 2015 did when new.
Perhaps you should take a step back and consider my post before launching into an attack. I at no point said (or implied) that my current rate of degradation was unacceptable, I just stated what it was and offered it as a datapoint in what would be considered a moderate climate in response to SageBrush's assertion that "the climate better be cool or colder". I am very much considering purchasing a 2018 Leaf or possibly an eplus because I have had such a good experience with my 2015 Leaf. 4%/yr degradation is more than a typical Bolt or Tesla owner sees, but given the MUCH lower purchase price of the Leaf I think it still is a better purchase for my needs and given that I wouldn't need to charge a 40kWh pack every day to 100% I might actually see better battery life.
The only judgement I did make was that I would be very hesitant to buy any Leaf in a hot climate like Arizona... which strikes me as pretty non-controversial given the history of Leaf batteries in Arizona and the lack of long term data on the Gen2 40kWh pack or any data on the ePlus pack.