On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 05:28:13PM -0500, EVDL Administrator wrote: > On 26 Jan 2013 at 14:16, Ben Jarrett wrote: > > > I've been considering a leaf... > > The Leaf is a nice car. However, I wonder if a good quality LiFePO4 battery > would outlast the (LiCo, I think) battery in the Leaf. When experience has > really built up 5 or 10 years from now, it will be interesting to compare > the cost per mile (or km) for battery amortization.
LiMn, I believe. I couldn't recommend a Leaf, especially in Texas. My LFP pack has nearly 40k miles in about 4 years. Capacity is down 10-15%, still at or above advertised capacity. In well under 2 years and 22k miles, the Leaf is down from over 90 miles range to less than 70 miles. I've had it towed with a flat battery twice in the past two months, once with 62 miles, once with 67 miles. -- Willie, ONWARD! Through the fog! http://counter.li.org Linux registered user #228836 since 1995 Debian3.1/GNU/Linux system uptime 193 days 8 hours 03 minutes _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
