I have been looking at 2nd hand leaf’s but find the battery degradation severely limits the use of these vehicles.
Some progress appears to be on the horizon for installing additional capacity to restore and or improve range. But not commercially available yet and potential issues around insurance, liabilities etc yet to be clearly defined. In Australia this appears to make these vehicles impractical and thus valueless! I do a 55km commute daily so would like a 80% charged range of > 80km to be useful. Then there is the issue of continued battery degradation and further reduction of range into the future. So the leaf appears to me to have a very limited life and market. Pity as the cars are on the market for reasonable prices now, assuming you can accept the range limitations. On Thu, 22 Aug 2019 at 09:13, Seth Rothenberg via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > I second much of the advice shared here already, > and I would add one thing. > > On Wed, Aug 21, 2019 at 8:52 PM brucedp5 via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > > I would not waste time on ay leaf that is older than 2014. That is the > > model > > year offering onboard 6kW chargers and had worked out most of the charger > > bugs. > > > > I have a 2013 Nissan Leaf S, 24KWh battery, theoretical range 84 miles. > I bought this car 200 miles from home on a day that was 18 degrees F. > Let's just say it's good I had plenty of time and a really good friend > to take turns with. > > In the 2016 model year, two additional options became available - > Heat pump instead of resistive heat and > 30 KWh battery (Not on all models in 2016). > > It would be worth studying if these options are available > in your area, as I have been told they make a big difference in range. > > If you buy a Leaf, one or more of the groups can share > more tips, like using seat warmers to warm people > conductively instead of the high cost of physically moving > air through the heating system. > > Good luck, please let us know :-) > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20190821/4068b18c/attachment.html > > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA ( > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > -- *Regards* *Glenn Van Vlemen* Tel: +61 419 919 536 Email: *gl...@exoro.com.au <gl...@exoro.com.au>* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20190822/ce041ca9/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
