Recent content by MapleLeafAndrew

I'm using the term "Vancouver" very loosely - I actually live in Surrey (a very flat suburb south-east of Vancouver) and the DCQC I've been using is on my way to work at 17710 56A Ave. Surrey. Cypress road and the North Vancouver DCQC is definitely a good idea. If I haven't made much progress by...

After learning a bit more about the information presented in Leaf Spy I realized that GIDs people reported will depend on the maximum state of charge (SOC) that their car is achieving with whatever charging method they're using. There were basically three data points that gave the GIDs and a...

Actually there's a DCQC on my way to work that's completely free so I've been stopping in the mornings and trying to top up to 100% although it's definitely taking a lot longer than I expected to get close to a full charge. I'll look for some hills and start trying to run the battery down as...

Based on some numbers I ran there are probably 10-20% of vehicles (reported) that dropped the 8th bar with worse AHr and SOH numbers. That also means 80-90% of vehicles that dropped the 8th bar had better numbers so I think yours should drop any time now. Do you have GID and corresponding SOC...

Thanks for the tip on the DCQC!! I'm going to check it with Leaf Spy weekly to see if I can get a sense of any degradation through the fall and spring (Vancouver doesn't get winter). From anecdotal evidence and the Battery Capacity Loss Wiki I figure that if I can knock off that fourth bar and...

Hi everyone, I live in Vancouver, Canada and just bought a used 2012 Leaf that someone else had imported from California. It is currently displaying 9 bars and has 78,800 km (48,800 miles) on it. Since I would looooove to have the battery replaced under warranty I have become very curious...