On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 07:04:31AM -0700, Peri Hartman wrote: > Hmm. My mistake. > > But someone said recently that Tesla is getting their pack cost down to > $100/kwh. So, even if Nissan claims a $10K cost, there might eventually be > much cheaper aftermarket packs for, say, $3K-$5K. Possible?
Exactly my reasoning. I bought a Leaf a bit more than two years ago with the intention of replacing the battery somewhere in the range of 5-10 years. At that time, I expected bigger, cheaper, and more reliable batteries to be available. However, in less than two years the car had lost about 30% of it's range and no longer met my needs. Nissan claimed that the reduction of battery capacity was less than 15%. Nissan's instrumentation is so crappy that I presume they are trying to hide battery information. I've replaced the Leaf with a Model S. I find the Tesla to be FAR superior to the Leaf in almost all ways. Incidentally, I attribute the Leaf's poor battery longevity to a poor selection of battery chemistry (LiMn) rather than inherent poor high temperature performance of lithium chemistries. -- Willie, ONWARD! Through the fog! http://counter.li.org Linux registered user #228836 since 1995 Debian3.1/GNU/Linux system uptime 45 days 15 hours 34 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)
