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oil pan 4 · 12-08-2018, 03:45 AM

Alright my leaf has always had the cold weather package. It has the 5kw heater option. Standard is 3kw.

Looks like nissan made the new 40kwh battery found in the new 2018 leafs to be exactly the same as the 2011-2017 aside from it holds about 2/3 more power more than double the power if replacing a worn battery.
Not just the same size, same electrical connectors and all too.
http://www.insideevs.com/lvideo-insi...0-battery/amp/
This may be why the price of a new leaf battery jumped by about $3000 this year.

If that is the case then this is the one mod to rule them all.

12-08-2018, 03:45 AM	#124 (permalink)
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