Recent content by Araknai

You are 100% right. EVs are not inherently heavier, and generally only 10% heavier than their gas counterpart; non-Teslas that is. Teslas are straight up the same weight. The (weight per axle) x miles is the metric that matters for road wear, and freight is the vast majority of that.

I haven't decided if I'm going to sell it yet. I have a local connection that wants to hire me to do battery swaps for him and he'd probably buy this pack..but I'm not sure I want that. Considering keeping the cells to make my own solar storage system, also considering selling the cell modules...

Aye, I've been watching the salvage auctions for 4 years and the prices have dropped through the floor in the last 9 months. I thank you ^_^

Aye, I've been watching the salvage auctions for 4 years and the prices have dropped through the floor in the last 9 months Part of why I got such a deal though, is that there wasn't a picture indicating battery health. So I took a small gamble on that. Ended up being 90% soh

I've heard that too but not sure just how prevalent. I always check that the seller is an insurance agency for that reason. I got my latest wreck 5 or so weeks ago. Won the auction for $2500, then there was about $1000 in various fees, then after taxes and shipping from Omaha to Minneapolis...

Oops, meant to do my previous post as a reply so you'd get the notification, so here that is.

I've sourced 2 packs via insurance salvage auction - salvagebid.com Just did a 40kwh upgrade on my 2015 2 weekends ago, went great. That does mean buying an entire wrecked car, but it really has been the best way to source packs in my experience.

Welcome^^ I'm located in Minneapolis and have a decent bit of experience with aftermarket improvements on the Leaf. (Battery swaps, battery health evals, battery pack heaters, aero mods, remote monitoring and control alternative to Nissan Connect) So feel free to contact me direct with any...

This guy's walks through how to tell if you've got the firmware update. Letter C at the end of the battery PN reported in Leafspy. As for the dealer, Idk if you even can go direct. But I've heard of people locally advising to go to a dealer on the opposite end of town vs the other. So...

I imagine this battery would work quite well for 9 months of the year for quite some time yet and give you trouble the other 3.

Yep, pretty sure it is now eligible. Might have a fight on your hands over it but recently I've been hearing more success stories on the warranty front. People talk about the dealer holding the car for months on end while they wait for evaluation of the case from headquarters, only to be...

Did the turtle indicator show up suddenly before the battery was really low? Or did it just run down faster than expected? I assume this happened in February? In the cold the weaker cells in the pack will be unable to give adequate power under load and trip the turtle. In this scenario it will...

This one should be just about to lose its 9th bar and become an 8 bar.

@RoystonP https://github.com/dalathegreat/Nissan-LEAF-Battery-Upgrade 2. Mmmm not really, the CAN signal wires in the car need to be cut and connected to the CAN bridge's CAN signal wires. It isn't that bad, there's pretty clear instruction out there (and in the link above) 3. You do not need...

@gozer I'm working on my 2nd Leaf battery upgrade right now. Big fan of the Leaf for it's accessibility and affordability these days, but if I were in your position I'd be looking for a high mileage 2020/2021 Tesla Model 3.. their batteries are just sooooo much more reliable. They do have a...