LEAF Aero Style Concept

[freebeard]

Good manners?

https://www.google.com/search?q=license+plate+lookup

[Cd]

Originally Posted by Vman455

Now, we drive around with our license plates on full view to the public (which, depending on how far you travel, could be thousands of views per day), which is also kind of the point of having plates. I'm asking legitimately, is there a reason to be more concerned about a picture of one's license plate appearing on a forum such as this?

Plus one on that ! I don't get it. Unless I have someone trying to hunt me down to kill me, or I'm running from the law / running from an ex-wife, I don't see the issue.

[NeilBlanchard]

Request to teknomage2012 - can you keep going on your energy log, please? And post pictures when you get additional mods, as well.

[freebeard]

Cd -- Seriously? The socially anxious and agoraphobic Cd?

I have even more respect. We are getting off-topic—maybe you could tag onto the 'military theme' thread and explain how you did the streamlines up the hood and under the rear-view mirror.

[NeilBlanchard]

Looks great to me! Please keep us posted on the efficiency changes.





You drilled into the spokes, and used self-tapping screws to hold them in place? Wow, you are going full monty!

Nissan needs to tighten up the wheel openings - this could lower the Cd another 0.01+.

[teknomage2012]

Trailered 1 tone of hay home for the horses yesterday with our nissan leaf. Pulled it better than a toyota truck! Surprized at how little it dropped the range on the 30 mile haul! I was expecting more like a 50% drop, it was closer to 20....

[teknomage2012]

Aeromodded Nissan Leaf pulling a 3 point tractor scraper box on a utility trailer. Getting 3.6 mi/kwh 122 mpg @60 mph over a 100 mile average.

Leaf pulling a empty utility trailer. Getting 4.1 mi/kwh 138 mpge @60 mph over a 100 mile average.

Aeromoded nissan leaf gets 162 mpg with improved aerodynamics increased range.

[dhanson865]

Originally Posted by teknomage2012

the Nissan leaf is warrantied to go 10 years or 100,000 miles on its battery and at the end of that warrantied period still retain 70% of its original range.

If only that were true. Nissan did say things to that effect before selling the car but warrant terms don't match the hype.

Note the warranty on the battery has different time frames:

8 years, 100,000 miles covers the battery from catastrophic defects. If the car won't work at all due to total battery failure this is covered.

the capacity warranty is only 60 months (5 years) or 60,000 miles and is dependent on not a percentage but number of bars displayed by the dash after all software updates are done (must have P3227 update).

4 bars lost out of 12 takes you to 66.25% capacity not 70% even though the marketing team claimed 70% remaining in 10 years, the warranty is for 66.25% remaining in 5 years.

capacity bars
100% to 85% = 12 bars (15%)
85% to 78.75% = 11 bars (6.25%)
78.75% to 72.5% = 10 bars (6.25%)
72.5% to 66.25% = 9 bars (6.25%)
66.25% to 60% = 8 bars (6.25%)
60% to 53.75% = 7 bars (6.25%)
53.75% to 47.5% = 6 bars (6.25%)
47.5% to 41.25% = 5 bars (6.25%)
41.25% to 35% = 4 bars (6.25%)
35% to 28.75% = 3 bars (6.25%)
28.75% to 22.5% = 2 bars (6.25%)
22.5% to 16.25% = 1 bar (6.25%)

but we do expect to be able to buy cheaper battery upgrades someday down the road so I wouldn't bank on the $5000 number either.

[freebeard]

My sources say battery life is exceeding the warranty period. So a used Leaf is less of a gamble.

But the EOM EVs are going into a new generation, which lowers the perceived value of the used vehicle. Which makes the depreciation on the new vehicle higher and suppresses their sales. Which makes leasing the way to go on a new vehicle, and used Leafs a good deal.

What sort of prices are Ecomodders seeing?

but we do expect to be able to buy cheaper battery upgrades someday down the road so I wouldn't bank on the $5000 number either.

24m and Samsung have announced pretty sold advances in electrolytes and electrodes, respectively.

[dremd]

Originally Posted by freebeard

My sources say battery life is exceeding the warranty period. So a used Leaf is less of a gamble.

Some are and some are not.

The main determining factor appears to be average temperature that the vehicle is stored at.
Those in Phoenix get batteries under warranty for sure, norther cars usually last through warranty.
The new "lizard" pack supposedly reduces this issue, however we don't have enough data to know yet.

Yeah, I want one to aero mod heavily.