From my warranty info. "You are required to per- form annual EV Battery Usage Reports at intervals of 12 months, 24 months, 36 months, 48 months, 60 months, 72 months, and 84 months. ". I have had one free inspection, paid for one more but was unaware of this part of the warranty agreemen...

Why would a US built Ariya qualify but a US built LEAF not ? Battery materials. How do they differ ? So far as I know, AESC is the source for both LEAF and Ariya Leaf battery materials were sourced from Japan with final assembly in the US. More to the point is that the assembly plant in Tennessee i...

Extremely helpful. I looked up Gary Gid, and found some good posts, thanks to your replies! So what I'm getting is that basically GID's are a more accurate measure of watts that will come OUT of your battery, than looking at how many watts are IN your battery? Since the GID value varies, is there a...

Leaf will be phased out in favor of the Ariya. Ariya will be built in the US and qualify for the EV incentives. If the leaf survives at all it will be as a Japanese only brand. The leaf is too expensive without the EV incentives and lacks the range to compete with newer EV's

Thank you for your thoughtful reply. I admit, I've not learned enough about GIDs. It's very difficult to find an explanation of how they are calculated (or even what GID stands for). I'm aware of the voltage drop, but that happens as watt hours are removed from the battery. Are you saying that volt...

Keep in mind that that the battery loses voltage as it discharges. You start at 403VDC but end up about about 300VDC at full discharge. So it depends what voltage you use to calculate KWH. Your best bet is to go by the GIDS value in Leafspy. If your car is like mine, there's a lot of energy left whe...

OK, I've got an oddity here. Ever since I bought the car, I've had one low cell. At full charge it's 72-74mv lower then the other cells which are within 10mv of each other. As the battery discharges the discrepancy shrinks to maybe 24mv at 15% charge. I've discharged down to 8% several times and I'v...

Is solar water heating system worth installing? I am thinking of getting solar water heating system. I have heard some negative comments on usability and ongoing maintenance. I would like to hear from anyone who has any personal experience in solar water system. If you are thinking about a new syst...

Just bought 6KW of Longi 380W panels at $.52/W. A1Solar Store. Ground mount with micro inverters. It's more than what I actually need at the moment but will insure that I can fully charge the battery bank even in the winter. The ground mount will end costing nearly as much as the panels, Microinvert...

Try turning off E-pedal and driving without it. Some people find that helps with mileage.