Everything you might want to know about the '18 LEAF engineering
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Marty
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[bI don't think that Nissan could just put a cooling plate on the bottom of the existing batteries. Some batteries are stacked on top of each other and wouldn't be touching the cooling plate. A different battery layout may be needed for proper battery temp maintance. This Nissan wasn't ready to do that. They pumped out more of the basicly the same type of battery layout and made a business desision to take a chance. [/b]
DaveinOlyWA
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Marty said:
Do you have a drawing showing double stacked modules? When did this start?
The double modules started with the infamous 30kwh packs. They probably made the internal layout even more dense for the 40kwh packs.
I didn't want to start a whole topic on this. Under accessories Nissan lists 'Nissan WiFi and Apps' for $450. Is this a WiFi hotspot option? Hopefully you don't have to get this to have full remote access to the car, right...?
OrientExpress
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kmartyn said:
Yes, SirusXM is not the data provider for US and Canada
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For all 2018 Leaf owners or possible future owners who are planning for long trips and want definitive information about what happens with heat and charge throttling, check out this new article on Cleantechnica:
https://cleantechnica.com/2018/07/16/2018-leaf-vs-long-journeys-can-it-take-the-heat/
Jump in the comments there with your own experience and questions!
https://cleantechnica.com/2018/07/16/2018-leaf-vs-long-journeys-can-it-take-the-heat/
Jump in the comments there with your own experience and questions!
OrientExpress
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For all 2018 Leaf owners or possible future owners who are planning for long trips and want definitive information about what happens with heat and charge throttling, from an actual owner, I would suggest this article.
Does the Gen 2 Leaf have a way to actively cool the batteries? I think I read a common complaint about the Gen 1 Leaf was that there was no cooling. I was perusing the owner's manual for my 2019 Leaf and read something that made me think that the Gen 2 had a way to actively cool the batteries. I would post the section from the manual but I can't find it now. 
HRTKD said:Does the Gen 2 Leaf have a way to actively cool the batteries? I think I read a common complaint about the Gen 1 Leaf was that there was no cooling. I was perusing the owner's manual for my 2019 Leaf and read something that made me think that the Gen 2 had a way to actively cool the batteries. I would post the section from the manual but I can't find it now.
No active cooling (aka TMS).
I have that optional cooled garage and it doesn't seem to make much difference.
DaveinOlyWA
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LeftieBiker said:
Yep. changing ambient temps hardly qualifies as active cooling. You will get a little benefit but it will be small.
DaveinOlyWA said:
With my minimal driving it actually did make a difference to pack temp: no 8 bar temps at all during heat waves, and I'm not even sure it ever saw 7 bars. The benefit would indeed be less for someone for someone doing a lot of driving in the heat.