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I have heard here and elsewhere that if you have a choice it is better for your long-term battery life only to charge to around 80%. I know that some automatic battery management takes place anyway but is there anyway either through the standard controls or using third-party software to tell it...

It appears that charging to 100% is bad for my battery and also normally unnecessary. Is there any way to set the charge timer so that it switches off when it reaches 80% instead of 100%? Is that something I could do with leafspy perhaps? Or does the car automatically do something behind the...

I noticed when I charged my 2017 Leaf on an L3 for the first time (briefly) that it appeared to charge at 40KWh then dropped down to 20KWh (might have gone further but I was just testing it). Is that a feature of the way that the charger reports or a real thing? I just read, "When the vehicle...

My 2017 leaf says in the manual under " climate control " it will always try to get to a manufacturer specified temperature but a) what is it? And b) is there any way to alter it? (I find my car is always too cold in winter and wouldn't mind falling short a bit in charging speed if I could gain...

As far as I can see while I can see the outside temperature and the "target" inside temperature (on my standard, "no frills" 2017 model)? It must know the temperature if it is going to try to get to a certain temperature. Why not show it? Or is there a setting I have missed?

I just read in my manual something to the effect that if you are plugged in to charge, you can ventilate the car but not heat or cool it at the same time. I would like to be able to get the car to the temperature I like while I am inside it! Surely it is better to do the climate control while...

In my manual for my 2017 Leaf it says "As the temperature is set to the factory default setting, the user cannot adjust the temperature." Is there no way around this? If I install Leaf Spy or similar? For whatever reason, I find the default temperature too chilly in winter and it doesn't demist...

I have been looking at battery university and it says https://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/how_to_charge_when_to_charge_table, battery lasts longest when operating between 30 and 80 percent SoC. But I also remember reading somewhere that some vehicles don't actually use some of the...

Maybe I can't be trusted with the answer? As I recall, as your battery runs out, first you can still see % power left but no range estimate. Then you can't get a % either (maybe at < 10%?) That only happened once and I was 5kmish from home, it was summer, and I made it back fine. So how panicked...

Would I need to install Leaf Spy or something? What us the maximum amperage I can take fill advantage of? And is there such a thing as an l2 charger too powerful to use? Or does it just automatically step down to what I can handle?

I am getting a little over 5 miles/kWh at the moment in my 2017 Leaf (according to the gauge), which seems to be on the high end for any EV. What's the best you have managed? When the snow comes I will try to remember to reset so I can see how much difference that makes. Is the efficiency more...

I have thousands of contacts in my phone`s addressbook - many of them duplicates. When I downloaded it grabbed them all and I had to remove them and start again. Is there an easy way to just import a subset?

Seems like it doesn't have navigation or telematics (eg remote heating, flashing your lights in a parking lot etc) and if it did, maybe it wouldn't work anyway since it is from the US? Is any of that "fixable"/upgradable for a reasonable sum? No obvious blemishes, 12 bar battery - are there any...

I am thinking about buying a 2011 Leaf at least to "tide me over" until there is a good supply of used Model 3s to be had (or other, better cars). Since I am renting I would probably want to get a L2 charger I just plug in, so I can take it with me when I leave, and I would like to have...