mwalsh said:
Hey! Let's have Nissan give us all Teslas! :?
I give up. It's like herding cats.
Here's my very serious and final assessment about what Nissan should do.
After the meeting with other Phoenix owners last night, my own opinion is that Nissan should offer a no-questions-asked buyback for Phoenix owners. This may have been an unforeseen problem on their part, but now they need to acknowledge the problem (in a more serious way than Perry's "5 cars" statement), implement liquid thermal management on all batteries going forward, and pull all cars from Tucson and Phoenix Nissan dealers immediately. It is absolutely unethical for Nissan to sell the Leaf here in Phoenix at this point in time, unless they are clearly warning every buyer that they will likely lose 15-30% of their capacity in the first 10-16 months.
Chevy did the right thing in offering a buyback on the Volt, even though the fears were largely unwarranted, and Nissan has an obligation to do the same in a situation that is now well-documented by its own drivers.