Recent content by awolfe63

116,000 miles on my first Prius and I still have 70+% on the original front brake pads. With regeneration and good driving the brakes are really only used in panic stops. Leaf seems to be the same way. On the other hand - I am now teaching my 15-yr old to drive and I can feel the brakes...

Update: Nissan tested my car - but I have received little feedback. The dealer indicated that a Nissan engineer would call me but despite 2 reminders, it has not happened. The communications through the dealer were unhelpful. They said that the problem was that I had the timer set to 80% and...

I've done it as well. No problem.

Boy, there seems to be a strange attitude on this thread... I never even hinted that I thought I had proved anything, "beyond a shadow of a doubt," I said that I had some more data then I explained how it was similar to my previous data. All along I have indicated that I was suspicious and...

Some more data. Ran my car well past 1 bar Saturday. Remaining range was reported at 7 mi. (but low charge light had just gone on and no turtle mode) Charging to 80% required 4:00 even. That means that I added at most 13.2KWh to the pack to get back to 80% charge. If I had 10% or usable...

That's my point. I am recharging at 30 min/bar. That is too fast if the battery is 24WH. In any case, I'm not trying to prove anything about my battery. I'm trying to figure out how I can get Nissan to test my battery and tell me whether it is in spec or out of spec.

The in-car reported miles/KWh over a long test period is 3.8 miles/kwh. Average distance over a wide variety of trips over the same period, I seem to be averaging 5.5-6 miles/bar. This works out to ~1.5KWh/bar. Charging times roughly correspond to this number. About 30 min/bar each night...

Has anyone taken this up with a dealer? There must be a battery capacity diagnostic that they can run. My best estimate is that I am only getting 18-19KWH usable. I'm trying to get Nissan to verify this.

I'm paying PG&E under $.04/KWh for my additional usage. The E9a and E9b rates are available. E9b requires a second meter.

I would want to know more about the testing. I'd be afraid that they would abuse the battery. (6 L3 charges a day :( )

Got my check yesterday. First time the govt. has sent me money instead of the other way around.

Starting SOC : 80% Range (till battery low) : 54 (16 left) Range (till turtle) : Driving : describe 95% hwy at 65 Climate : 50F - no heat on - radio and lights on. Starting SOC : 80% Range (till battery low) : 75 (16 left) Range (till turtle) : Driving : describe city streets and bumper-to...

I had the same thing happen. 1-2-3- light sequence. Did not charge and would not charge on manual. I had to disconnect and reconnect the the J1772. Now I wait for a loud click that my EVSE makes. That seems to indicate that all is well.

Got the following email today. Ordered my T-shirt about 6-8 weeks ago. I guess these guys aren't any better at delivering T-shirts than cars. ;) ------------------------------------------------------------- Hello ..., Your Nissan LEAF t-shirt is on it's way! Below is your confirmation...

Same experience as above. My commute is 10 miles each way mostly freeway - but since I don't have carpool stickers yet - that can be 40 minutes in traffic so I have taken an alternate 13-14 mile city street route as well. On all city streets, I get about 9 miles per bar or better. 85-95 miles...