There's a good chance that if somebody mentions the Nissan LEAF, and you're an EV enthusiast, the next words out of someone's mouth will have something to do with battery health.
There’s a good chance that if somebody mentions the Nissan LEAF, and you’re an EV enthusiast, the next words out of someone’s mouth will have something to do with battery health. The first LEAFs sold in 2010-2013 had what were possibly the worst batteries to ever be slung under an EV, with many owners losing crazy amounts of range in short periods of time. The situation improved with the “Lizard” battery chemistry, but degradation was still significant.
The downside to that is that people sometimes don’t have any idea what they’re getting into. A degraded first generation LEAF can have some fairly optimistic readings on its “guess-o-meter,” leading people to believe that they can achieve more range than they really can. Plus, a new EV owner sometimes learns that a car with 40 miles of theoretical range might only go 20 miles on the freeway, so it’s less useful than they thought.
The big benefit to this is that people with lower incomes will be able to get into EVs and people reselling old LEAFs will be able to provide a better used car to their customers.One really sad thing is that companies have tried to offer replacement batteries and haven’t always been able to get as far as production. There are too many to name here, but if you’re a LEAF owner who has faced the degradation issue, you’ve probably seen at least one company that didn’t deliver.
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