LeftieBiker said:
And while battery degradation may have been a major issue in cars built between 2010 and 2013, it has pretty much been mitigated in later model years except in severe edge cases geographies. For 2018 and later cars, there is no credible data that suggests that it is still an issue even in the edge cases geographies. Moving forward in 2020, Nissan will move to a new battery architecture with a new BEV platform that will build on the current improvements.
The "credible data" will appear in about 2 more years, this being only early 2019. My own data so far, along with most other data posted here, suggests that the 40kwh pack degrades roughly 7-10% in the first year,
regardless of climate.
I'm confused, in another thread I had posted about Leafs in Mexico, or where I am near there, you had said "....The 2016+ Leaf has not shown any particular resistance to hotter weather...".
Ok, so I'm sure there's an explanation, but I will say
- we could probably use some increased, recent, robust and properly-applied data on some of these discussions.
- is 7-10% first year, good, bad or indifferent compared to other EVs from other manufacturers?