OakLeaf said:
Thanks Dave for the additional info...
DaveinOlyWA said:
There is speculation by a LEAF Tech that LEAF Spy access will be blocked due to some issues that have arisen with some OBD scanners. Nothing definitive and CAN BUS will still have some info that we can view but might not be where we want it to be. Nothing definitive on that yet.
If there is any way to influence the folks at Nissan to keep the full existing ability open and available, I would strongly advocate for it.
If the new battery chemistry has indeed eliminated the premature degradation and excessive loss of capacity problem, I would see Nissan's choice to leave the tools and ability in place to prove it has been solved as a very positive action in rebuilding trust and confidence in them on this issue.
Aside from that, numbers nerds such as myself can never have enough data to play with and graph!
LOL
well, in my 10 mins with LEAF expert, I had just asked him to quantify his confidence in the new battery but he was seemingly the ONLY person there directly involved with the LEAF and was called away just as he was starting to give his answer. because EVERYTHING is going against it.
**larger capacity in same volume
**higher power level output
**higher charge density
**Larger capacity means more time at max power on chademo
None of that says "cooler" to me. So they either have a lot of confidence in their chemistry or they are ok with replacing a significant number of packs under warranty in hotter climates.
But its new chemistry and guessing they have decided to go one way or the other. I do know that 3 bars of degradation on a 40 kwh pack still gives me more range than I have now in my "yet to be degraded" 30 kwh pack.
**edit** I REALLY hesitate to mention this because it could very well mean nothing but Nissan did say the pack would have "air cooling" a term I don't recall them using before. Does this mean there is venting to the pack? Even if it was passive air flow or simply air flow caused by vehicle motion, a way in means a way to modify.