dgpcolorado said:
edatoakrun said:
You Live in San Diego and you lease, correct?
"Battery degradation" is virtually a non-issue for you, but if you really want to assuage any anxiety you've developed by reading MNL FUD, just park outside at night during warm weather, to allow ambient temperatures to cool down your battery, after those brutal high daily temperatures in the 80's...
San Diego is a big city and the temperatures vary considerably depending on how near the coast one is. Inland, 90s or even low 100s are routine in Summer. The temperatures the LEAF will experience depend a lot on where the OP lives or works. For example: Del Mar, La Jolla, and Pacific Beach are mild. Mira Mesa is hot. El Cajon and La Mesa are even hotter.
(Yes, I lived in SD for thirteen years.)
And I've lived in hotter climates, for all but 10 years of my Life.
More to the point, my LEAF has spent two full summers at considerably higher peak daytime temperatures, with no evidence of significant capacity loss.
Looks like overnight lows never exceeded 71 F in El Cajon over the Summer of 2012.
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As I said previously, if you live
anywhere in San Diego, and still suffer from "Battery degradation anxiety", park outside overnight, to let your battery pack cool.
TomT
That there is even a topic on cooling the battery is a good indication of how badly Nissan screwed up by not providing a TMS... I'm very close to losing my second capacity bar and will not ever again consider any EV that does not provide some form of TMS!
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Cayenne Red SL-e w/ 32K miles/10 bars/230Gids...
So you presently have
11 capacity bars, correct?
What evidence do you have of your present
actual capacity loss, from recharge tests, range tests, or other means?
I expect I'll probably lose my 12th capacity bar sometime between this Spring and this Fall.
I also expect to have a very good idea of what my
actual capacity loss is at that point, from both range and recharge tests.
And I expect that experience will lead me to conclude I will probably never consider buying a BEV with a battery pack using on-board-air-conditioning-liquid-cooled ATM.