Charge Cycle Count?

[ElectricVehicle]

That Leaf owner's use case (only quick charges) is an interesting data point. I recall here on a particular thread ( I forget ) that quoted that Nissan Japan has data on someone similar who had frequently QCed their Leaf multiple times on a single day. Not sure if anyone in the Nissan Japan Leaf forums have further info on that as well.

As EVs get adopted by more consumers, we'll start to get apartment and condo dwellers who can't charge at home, even level 1, due to HOA restrictions, cost to install or billing issues. QC is going to be great for these people! It's also very useful for supporting EVs that you rent from a traditional car rental company.

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[LEAFfan]

I really dont think battery life will be an issue in the UK, you guys have a moderate climate.. even if you used an L3 charger exclusively.

I don't really believe that our climate is going to be a problem with QCing either. As I've posted before, Nissan tested the LEAF QCing here during the hot summers (118 degrees) to simulate 8 years of charging and found that QCing up to 6X a day will not degrade the pack any more than L2 charging. I just verified that info today at ECOtality's office with the tech that was working on the two QChargers there (waiting for UL approval). He said Nissan used ECOtality's Japanese QCharger to do the tests and he actually saw them testing the LEAF with QC.
Btw, they are expecting UL approval in about a week and will post it on the Blink website when they are ready for public use. Exciting times! :mrgreen: