lilT said:
Yes Nissan would like specialists to consult any rumours or miscommunication(s) that have built up around electric vehicles, so that is what I'm here for.
Since you're new here and new to the Leaf... This is sort of tangent but kinda on this note and re: all the battery degradation stuff that has been discussed to death... there were these:
http://gigaom.com/2010/08/05/tesla-ceo-nissans-leaf-battery-is-primitive/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DShtvd5jJHQ" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; - at ~1:06 claims you'll have 70-80% capacity left after 10 years which turned out to be WAY off
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2010/01/nissan-leaf-has-no-active-thermal-management/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Read the 1st page of http://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=9694" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;, if you don't want to read the almost 700 page thread that it links to. (Do watch the town hall meeting video later in that post.)
http://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=10257" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?p=224420#p224420" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?p=228326" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Class action lawsuit, above range test and media attention prompted http://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=13192" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;.
Remember, the 4 bar loser lost somewhere past 30% of its capacity or more even though the Leaf had only been on the market for ~21 months.
http://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=14102" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; and a bunch of posts at the end of http://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=17168" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; discuss people getting their 4 capacity bar loser (4BL) batteries replaced.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEaxYWW6Zm8" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; is a video of a 4BL '11 Leaf in So Cal getting his battery replaced w/a "lizard" battery at ~47K miles, under the new capacity warranty. There was none originally w/the Leaf. The Los Angeles area/Orange County is nowhere near as hot as Phoenix.
These should give you an idea of the insane Phoenix summer temps:
http://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?p=215907#p215907" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?p=286414#p286414" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?p=369444#p369444" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Google makes for an easy unit converter (e.g. Google for
111 f in c which yields 43.89 C. 100 F = 37.8 C...)
Someone asked this question: http://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?p=359497" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; and my opinion was at http://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?p=359497#p359497" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;.