alozzy
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LOL, best of luck with that
powersurge said:I see the appeal of having a subscription model for batteries, however the stated price of $200/ month service contract for a Leaf battery would be out of the question for me.... That is what I used to spend on gas with my ICE. I could also lease a brand new Leaf for $300 or so..
Hasn't a comparable court test come up for conventional car warranties? Something like an OEM refusing to honor a warranty for a busted rear differential on the grounds that the owner installed a third-party cassette tape deck?joeriv said:4. Nissan Service: You bring your Leaf to a Nissan dealer for a non-battery repair. They take one look at the non-OEM battery and tell you “No way we are going to touch this car.” You have to hope that independent repair shops will provide a dealer alternative..
powersurge said:I see the appeal of having a subscription model for batteries, however the stated price of $200/ month service contract for a Leaf battery would be out of the question for me.... That is what I used to spend on gas with my ICE. I could also lease a brand new Leaf for $300 or so..
joeriv said:Fenix has to offer products and services that Nissan does not, such as a 40 kwhr battery for any Leaf that wants it. Merely offering what Nissan offers with a different pricing model and arguably better technology may not make for a viable business.
JohnBysinger said:Golfcart: Thanks for your deposit! And I completely agree that the cost from Nissan especially for 24kWh just simply doesn't make sense. You may have seen me state that currently we're only committing to like for like replacement for 24 and 30kWh. What's important to note here is both of these variants will be nearly identical, one will simply have more modules installed. Meaning once we get the car/dash to play nice, it's just a matter of installing additional modules. I believe we'll be able to stuff more modules into the pack's space, but the module size, shape, and pack 'adapter' (case and guts) is still being revised as well.
I would love to say we can stuff 40kWh or more in the same space, but it's likely going above 30kWh will require installation outside of the stock pack location. All of this is a very large reason why we're still keeping the hardware under wraps, we're planning some very cool tech and design here, with flexibility and expandability inherent out of the gates. We're building for the LEAF, but the design is intended to be as universal as possible for other applications. Including fixed-storage/home-storage, a very natural product expansion for us, and frankly a much lower engineering challenge than the LEAF.
powersurge said:OK, 1) Why do we need to donate $150 deposit? 2) Has anyone actually gotten delivery of the product?
If the product will be available soon, then They don't need $$$ up front. If it will be a while, then you are potentially donating to a venture (you may never see your $$$) without any benefit?
I don't understand...
DaveinOlyWA said:You might want to read up on the Tesla deposit process. The mechanism is the exact same.
WetEV said:DaveinOlyWA said:You might want to read up on the Tesla deposit process. The mechanism is the exact same.
My concerns are the same. Only more so.
virtualchoi said:I am also trying but keep getting errors trying to pay the deposit. I was wondering why after all this time there's still less than 100 people who put down the $150 deposit. Maybe this is why.
When I click to add to cart, I get an error about an empty cart. But when I return to the https://fenix.systems/product/nissan-leaf-battery-pack-replacement page, I see the cart on the right. When I click the "View Basket" or "checkout" I get the empty basket error. When I click "Paypal" I go through the Paypal process okay, but the transaction doesn't get completed.
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