Nissan Leaf

[sendler]

Interesting to see how many will put their money where their mouth is and buy a new Bolt next year. People have been whining about range and battery life forever and now these two objections are gone.

[rmay635703]

Originally Posted by sendler

Interesting to see how many will put their money where their mouth is and buy a new Bolt next year. People have been whining about range and battery life forever and now these two objections are gone.

Nah
They will keep covering their irrational bias
Basing decisions on Evs available 10,20 or 30 years ago.

As data comes out that they are more reliable than gas counterparts and parts are the same cost as gassers

They will use the fact that a full set of parts to do a brake job on a focus hybrid is $2500 to justify the ev battery replacement cost of $2300 as being too expensive.

[sendler]

Interesting motor sims of the Leaf show efficiency rising up to 100nm. So maybe you can be too light on the accel pedal.
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Electromagnetic & Thermal Performance Of Nissan LEAF Motor Modeled
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But not below 300 rpm where efficieny is near zero. Support legislation to legalize rolling stops.
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This motor features a nice three element interior permanent magnet motor showing very clean flux lines with minimal wasted heat in eddy currents.
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[sendler]

The Leaf motor and power electronics underwent a major upgrade in 2013.
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2013 Nissan Leaf integrated e-powertrain a smaller, lighter package - SAE International
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[Erasmo]

Originally Posted by rmay635703

Ev production will likely be cut 70% next year

The values will be in a wash

Do you have a source for that number?

[NeilBlanchard]

Maybe this is the new LEAF?

https://cleantechnica.com/2016/11/23...esign-battery/





Hopefully we find out soon - possibly January 5th at CES?

[MetroMPG]

Cutline for those photos, from the cleantecnica site, FYI:

Potential 2017 Nissan LEAF design. Or just someone’s idea.

[ME_Andy]

Here are my nitpicks of the 2015 Leaf after a week or so. We're at 4.0 miles/kWh, which is about average, I guess. I just started using Eco mode today.

You have to hold the key right next to the power button to start it. The trouble is, where do you put the key afterwards? It can't go back in your pocket because you're sitting down.

It seems like you have to slam the doors fairly hard.

It doesn't have a display for all tire pressures like my Cruze does (even though it retails for $19k more). That is a nice feature.


Other than these nitpicks, my wife is loving it. I think I like the Cruze a bit more.

[gumby79]

Originally Posted by ME_Andy

You have to hold the key right next to the power button to start it. The trouble is, where do you put the key afterwards? It can't go back in your pocket because you're sitting down..

The battery in your key fob is dieing . Ot should know youare present with the fob before you sit down . My experience has been the owner was in the back seat and it worked flawlessly.

[NeilBlanchard]

Our 2015 Leaf keys needed new batteries a couple of months ago; and we got a warning on the dash when they were running low. It always worked, no matter where it was located, as long as it was in the car.