stjohnh
Well-known member
My wife and I each have a 2013 Leaf. Both built May 2013, both purchased in the summer of 2013, approximately 2 weeks apart. Both are parked outside, under trees, about 10 feet apart. We both get 4.0-4.2 mi/kwh so we probably have similar, moderately conservative driving habits. She now has 51k miles and I have 37k miles, so she drives somewhat more than I do. Charging has always been to 100%, almost all L2 at home. She has had about 10 L3 charges, total, I have had none. She has never driven to turtle, I have 5 times (once unintended, the others for testing).
I figure these are about as close to comparable as anyone can get, other than perhaps fleet purchases. What I find most interesting is the graph below. She still has 12 bars, I lost my first bar at about 36K miles. Looks like her battery is deteriorating significantly less quickly than mine. I wonder if this is mostly due to the turtles I've had? Maybe just bad luck for me? (or good luck for her). Each time I have turtled the car, it has been hooked up to an L2 charger within 15min of turtle. Her car has had a max temp of 7 bars once for about 12 hours. Occasional 6 bar temps. But both cars are almost always at 5 bars, rarely 4 bars in winter.
Graph shows SOH vs Date. You will have to click on the rotate icon to view properly, then the zoom icon.
https://app.box.com/s/bbymzwhtn24b114clh093z954deizlw0
Sorry, I couldn't figure out how to post the image, click on the link and you should see it. (Yes, I read the FAQ).
I figure these are about as close to comparable as anyone can get, other than perhaps fleet purchases. What I find most interesting is the graph below. She still has 12 bars, I lost my first bar at about 36K miles. Looks like her battery is deteriorating significantly less quickly than mine. I wonder if this is mostly due to the turtles I've had? Maybe just bad luck for me? (or good luck for her). Each time I have turtled the car, it has been hooked up to an L2 charger within 15min of turtle. Her car has had a max temp of 7 bars once for about 12 hours. Occasional 6 bar temps. But both cars are almost always at 5 bars, rarely 4 bars in winter.
Graph shows SOH vs Date. You will have to click on the rotate icon to view properly, then the zoom icon.
https://app.box.com/s/bbymzwhtn24b114clh093z954deizlw0
Sorry, I couldn't figure out how to post the image, click on the link and you should see it. (Yes, I read the FAQ).