Nissan rep's comment on "60 kWh" pack range, for those of you interested:
Bertel Schmitt
@BertelSchmitt
Grinning Schillaci says that bigger battery Leaf "will have more than 225 mile range."
https://twitter.com/BertelSchmitt/status/905679797337985024
Of course if the "60Kwh" really has
~50% more EPA range than the "40 kWh" pack, it suggests either a very significant increase in energy density, or that the LBC allows a higher percentage of the larger pack's total capacity to be accesed by the driver.
If
either of those possibilities occur, and the EPA range is more than 225 miles, it's more likely my earlier $6,000 guess for the cost for the option may turn out to have been too low...
Off-topic reply:
SageBrush said:
edatoakrun said:
More Nissan's point actually, that battery longevity correlates most strongly with average annual ambient temperature.
I don't recall any Nissan Rep ever saying anything that stupid.
Another case where you just made it up?
Of course, there seem to be a few forum members living in the San Diego area, who have convinced themselves their own LEAF packs lost battery capacity at almost the same rate as a LEAF from Fresno would...
http://www.usclimatedata.com/climate/san-diego/california/united-states/usca0982
http://www.usclimatedata.com/climate/fresno/california/united-states/usca2234