DaveinOlyWA
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Herm said:I expect Leaf owners will experience the Tesla effect.. a leveling of battery degradation, mostly due to owners moderating their charge to 100% behavior. Assuming they find out about it.
At this rate some people will hit the 70% point sometime next year, a 3 year life for the battery will be disastrous publicity for Nissan. How will Nissan deal with it?.. will they ignore it?, was it smart for Nissan to include a battery degradation meter on the dash?
wow!! how did you extrapolate that conclusion?
the only thing i have concluded (with VERY limited information) is that its possible that heat quickens the degradation process to a degree greater than Nissan's anticipation
and the other is end user habits maybe a major factor as well. now, we do have a few reports of people who seem to have "followed all the rules" and are seeing degradation.
we have 6? or so here which means there is probably 6-15 out there that we either dont know about or they themselves have not noticed it yet.
but to say that anyone is on pace to have 30% loss by next year is simply counterproductive