Does anyone know if there has been any announcement regarding what the self discharge standby losses on the battery pack are likely to be? Alternately does anyone know what one might expect since I'm assuming the Leaf's battery pack is not going to be materially different from existing air cooled batteries of the same size and type?
I know that Telsa has miserable numbers but its not clear how much of the loss is from the batteries vs the battery management system.
There are actually two issues I'm trying to figure out. The first is the classic airport problem. If you have to park the car someplace for a couple of weeks and there isn't a charging station to maintain the battery, how much capacity do you lose each day the car sits unused?
The second is how much power the car consumes just sitting there when it is hooked to a charger but after the battery has reached full charge. Its easy to dismiss this as incidental to the overall operating cost of the vehicle but without numbers one can't be sure. And as I said apparently it was anything but true with the Telsa.
I know that Telsa has miserable numbers but its not clear how much of the loss is from the batteries vs the battery management system.
There are actually two issues I'm trying to figure out. The first is the classic airport problem. If you have to park the car someplace for a couple of weeks and there isn't a charging station to maintain the battery, how much capacity do you lose each day the car sits unused?
The second is how much power the car consumes just sitting there when it is hooked to a charger but after the battery has reached full charge. Its easy to dismiss this as incidental to the overall operating cost of the vehicle but without numbers one can't be sure. And as I said apparently it was anything but true with the Telsa.