edatoakrun
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Stoaty said:...Judging by the range test in Arizona, from 22% to 64% of the lost range by percent Gids (average 42%) is due to instrument error. The other 58% (average) is due to battery degradation.
The problem is individual LEAFs vary so much from that average, neither gids nor capacity bars displays are very useful in determining the capacity of any individual LEAF.
So we are really all arguing the question of how rapid loss the loss of battery capacity is, with very little accurate data, on what is actually happening.
That is why the "gauge problem", the apparent accuracy of the LEAF kWh data used to calculate dash and nav screen m/kWh, as well as all Carwings energy use, is a very serious problem for all LEAF owners, largely ignored in this and other discussions on this forum.
I've been trying to use range tests to track my capacity, and all I can say with near-certainty is that I believe my available capacity has declined between ~0 and ~11%, though I now think (based on the "TickTock" graph) whatever amount I've lost, most probably occurred before the time I began tracking my range, ~6 months from manufacture date and with ~3,300 miles on the odometer. So total loss near 0%, would now appear just as unlikely as near 11%.
That is the most likely explanation I have for my no noticeable loss of range over the last year, and that my LEAF probably still has the capacity necessary to either come close to or exceed, all the specific range estimates I had from Nissan before I leased/bought my LEAF.
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