I was surprised to see the CR article recommending a Leaf since in one of their recent magazines, they said that they could no longer recommend them based on recent crash test results. I guess they changed their mind.
Got a new (to me) 2015 SV (no QC) a few weeks ago and am just getting around to posting stats from the battery:
Date: 6/20/2015
Mileage: 12,477
0 QC & 473 L1/L2s
GIDs 292
kWh: 22.6
SOC: 97.1
Volts: 396.11
SOH: 100
Hx: 96.69
Ahr: 62.66
Manufacture date: ?/14
Original lease date: 8/2014...
