Brand new here, just couldn't find a thread so I am starting this one.
I bought a 2022 Leaf with the smaller battery a few weeks ago. I know low temperatures affect battery performance. The salesman and service manager told me to expect 145 miles on a full charge, and, in their words "maybe 10% or 15% fewer miles in the cold."
My experience in single-digit temperatures (F): 50% fewer miles. Barely 71 miles on a full charge brings me below 10 miles remaining, around 6% on the battery meter.
I can find no data or predictions from Nissan about cold-weather performance, other than that it will be "reduced." In classic fashion, the dealership questions my heater use and driving habits. They have so far declined to test the battery, claiming that "it wouldn't tell us anything" if there wasn't already a warning lit up on the dashboard. No straight answers to my questions about other users' experience--even the salesman, who drives a Leaf with the same configuration, is evasive about his cold-weather experience.
Given the sorry state of charging infrastructure in Vermont, and the scarcity of CHAdeMO chargers here, I can't make it from one fast charger to the next in much of the area, in temperatures below 10ºF. In Vermont we typically have 50 or 55 days below 10ºF, and 20 to 25 days below 0ºF. My new car is not very useful; my dealership is not responsive. I'm bumming.
Any advice, forum?
Thanks
I bought a 2022 Leaf with the smaller battery a few weeks ago. I know low temperatures affect battery performance. The salesman and service manager told me to expect 145 miles on a full charge, and, in their words "maybe 10% or 15% fewer miles in the cold."
My experience in single-digit temperatures (F): 50% fewer miles. Barely 71 miles on a full charge brings me below 10 miles remaining, around 6% on the battery meter.
I can find no data or predictions from Nissan about cold-weather performance, other than that it will be "reduced." In classic fashion, the dealership questions my heater use and driving habits. They have so far declined to test the battery, claiming that "it wouldn't tell us anything" if there wasn't already a warning lit up on the dashboard. No straight answers to my questions about other users' experience--even the salesman, who drives a Leaf with the same configuration, is evasive about his cold-weather experience.
Given the sorry state of charging infrastructure in Vermont, and the scarcity of CHAdeMO chargers here, I can't make it from one fast charger to the next in much of the area, in temperatures below 10ºF. In Vermont we typically have 50 or 55 days below 10ºF, and 20 to 25 days below 0ºF. My new car is not very useful; my dealership is not responsive. I'm bumming.
Any advice, forum?
Thanks