tcherniaev
Well-known member
I've been a very long time supporter of Nissan LEAF. In short, I owned two 2011, 2013, 2015, and currently own two 2018 LEAFs. I recently went in to see if the dealer can solve the problem with a very slow charging on CHAdeMO on one of my LEAFs. Basically, it never goes over 24 kW no matter the temperature or the SOC.
After a couple of rounds of discussions with the dealer reps, where they would lie, tell me all kinds of nonsense, and so on, I was getting really frustrated. Just to give you an example of one of the things they told me: "After charging up to about 30%, the battery gets really hot, so the car stops charging and waits for the battery to cool down before it can charge any more", and I have several similar statements form them. So after they told me that the charger I am using is probably limited to whatever max rate I am getting and I responded that my Tesla gets full 47 kW from that same charger (I have a CHAdeMO adapter for my Tesla), they told me that I should go and buy a Tesla. No kidding.
So I called Nissan's 800 number, but got nowhere. So I guess they are correct in that I should buy another Tesla. At least their staff knows the difference between kW and kWh. It is really sad for me though. I do love my Tesla, but I also have a long history with LEAFs, and I loved my LEAFs. But I just don't see any future for Nissan, and that truly makes me sad.
After a couple of rounds of discussions with the dealer reps, where they would lie, tell me all kinds of nonsense, and so on, I was getting really frustrated. Just to give you an example of one of the things they told me: "After charging up to about 30%, the battery gets really hot, so the car stops charging and waits for the battery to cool down before it can charge any more", and I have several similar statements form them. So after they told me that the charger I am using is probably limited to whatever max rate I am getting and I responded that my Tesla gets full 47 kW from that same charger (I have a CHAdeMO adapter for my Tesla), they told me that I should go and buy a Tesla. No kidding.
So I called Nissan's 800 number, but got nowhere. So I guess they are correct in that I should buy another Tesla. At least their staff knows the difference between kW and kWh. It is really sad for me though. I do love my Tesla, but I also have a long history with LEAFs, and I loved my LEAFs. But I just don't see any future for Nissan, and that truly makes me sad.