Recently did a budget upgrade on my company car, and snapped some footage from the upgrade. Might be of interest for this forum
https://youtu.be/1Dwsk9lnr6I
https://youtu.be/1Dwsk9lnr6I
kebin said:Thank you very much for sharing this dala, it's very interesting, as are your other videos as well, it's nice to see that concrete options exist to keep those cars on the road!
On newer AZE0 models, do you need to drill the battery support brackets?
I have been thinking of doing this kind of upgrade for quite some time, but it's impossible to find a used battery where I live (France). Or at least I don't know how to search. I contacted some scrapyards, but they don't have Leafs.
How did you find your used battery?
Oilpan4 said:How much is your 22 to 32 adaptor cable and can bridge plus shipping to the United States?
alozzy said:Great video, very well explained and, other than figuring out how I would lower and raise the battery pack, seems easier than I thought it would be. Fantastic that you were able to keep this old LEAF on the road for your customer, there's finally hope for a reasonably priced upgrade!
The hard part, where I live, would be sourcing a reasonably priced 40 kWh pack. Not even sure where to begin with that hunt, but hopefully that will be easier in a few more years, when my 2013 no longer has adequate range...
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Dala - if I changed the 24 kWh Lizard pack in my 2012 leaf to a 40 kWh pack , would the required changes result in the bidirectional CHAdeMO protocols to be available?
knightmb said:alozzy said:Great video, very well explained and, other than figuring out how I would lower and raise the battery pack, seems easier than I thought it would be. Fantastic that you were able to keep this old LEAF on the road for your customer, there's finally hope for a reasonably priced upgrade!
The hard part, where I live, would be sourcing a reasonably priced 40 kWh pack. Not even sure where to begin with that hunt, but hopefully that will be easier in a few more years, when my 2013 no longer has adequate range...
It's odd because where I am, the opposite is true where my area is awash with leak packs, 40 and 62 kwh from salvage vehicles. Maybe I should start a shipping business :mrgreen:
DougWantsALeaf said:I am seen a couple hints that the 2021 range might be incrementally higher. Do we think battery capacity is going up, or just efficiency (or neither).
The first UDDS tests for the Leaf Plus had a slightly bigger battery than the final production (maybe 2 kWh more) version. While that wouldn't give you too much (7-8 miles), it would at least make you feel like the car was advancing.
I've read (but not verified) that Nissan has played over the years with the voltage range represented by "0" and "100" percent SoC. That is not progress, it is a mixture of marketing and trade-offs between usable battery range and degradation.DougWantsALeaf said:I am seen a couple hints that the 2021 range might be incrementally higher. Do we think battery capacity is going up, or just efficiency (or neither).
The first UDDS tests for the Leaf Plus had a slightly bigger battery than the final production (maybe 2 kWh more) version. While that wouldn't give you too much (7-8 miles), it would at least make you feel like the car was advancing.
True if chemistry is static. Different chemistries have slightly different operating ranges.SageBrush said:I've read (but not verified) that Nissan has played over the years with the voltage range represented by "0" and "100" percent SoC. That is not progress, it is a mixture of marketing and trade-offs between usable battery range and degradation.DougWantsALeaf said:I am seen a couple hints that the 2021 range might be incrementally higher. Do we think battery capacity is going up, or just efficiency (or neither).
The first UDDS tests for the Leaf Plus had a slightly bigger battery than the final production (maybe 2 kWh more) version. While that wouldn't give you too much (7-8 miles), it would at least make you feel like the car was advancing.
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