Capacity Interchangeability

Still interesting, since cheap 30 kWh battery VCMs will be available from junk yards.
We just have to hope that that a future 30 kWh battery develops into a quality worth buying.

Perhaps once the Leaf 2 is being sold and re-batteried Leaf 1/1.5 are no longer direct competition, the 30Kwh upgrade will be more palitable. It sure would help the resale value of all those coming off lease cars. Not sure about the 2011-2012, but the 2013-2015 with a fresh 30Kwh battery and VCM would be good for another 5 years.

Except that the 30kwh packs appear to be Crap, and will likely degrade to less than 24kwh in 5 years.

Anyone try pricing this "VCM?"

I tried and there is no such part. What does VCM mean?

what other name could it go under?


Here is one possible option and if so, this is getting back to plausible but not sure this is what is needed.



ELECTRIC VEHICLE DRIVE SYSTEM - CONTROL MODULE ASSY-POWER TRAIN
Part Code: 23740N
Part Number: 237404NP0B
Year range 11/2016 to Present
Quantity per vehicle: 1
*MSRP: $476.66
Fits vehicle filters:
( BODY = 'HB' and GRADE = 'S' )

LeftieBiker said:

Except that the 30kwh packs appear to be Crap, and will likely degrade to less than 24kwh in 5 years.

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Maybe it isn't that great but supposing:

year 1: 24
year 2: 22
Year 3: 20
Year 4: 19
Year 5: 18
Year 6: 30 (instead of 17)
Year 7: 28 (instead of 16)
Year 8: 26 (instead of 15)
Year 9: 25 (instead of 14)
Year 10: 24 (instead of 13)

You're as good as new at 10 years..... for....$7K (bat+VCM) plus labor? Sign me up.

Yogi62 said:

LeftieBiker said:

Except that the 30kwh packs appear to be Crap, and will likely degrade to less than 24kwh in 5 years.

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Maybe it isn't that great but supposing:

year 1: 24
year 2: 22
Year 3: 20
Year 4: 19
Year 5: 18
Year 6: 30 (instead of 17)
Year 7: 28 (instead of 16)
Year 8: 26 (instead of 15)
Year 9: 25 (instead of 14)
Year 10: 24 (instead of 13)

You're as good as new at 10 years..... for....$7K (bat+VCM) plus labor? Sign me up.

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Year one is a bit much... (for some)

but also

3-5 is as well. 1kwh loss is about 3% which is "my" rate of degradation (most people here seem to think I have "no" degradation...)

Almost 2 dozen I know of are on pace to get TWO replacements.

DaveinOlyWA said:

Yogi62 said:

LeftieBiker said:

Except that the 30kwh packs appear to be Crap, and will likely degrade to less than 24kwh in 5 years.

Click to expand...

Maybe it isn't that great but supposing:

year 1: 24
year 2: 22
Year 3: 20
Year 4: 19
Year 5: 18
Year 6: 30 (instead of 17)
Year 7: 28 (instead of 16)
Year 8: 26 (instead of 15)
Year 9: 25 (instead of 14)
Year 10: 24 (instead of 13)

You're as good as new at 10 years..... for....$7K (bat+VCM) plus labor? Sign me up.

Click to expand...

Year one is a bit much... (for some)

but also

3-5 is as well. 1kwh loss is about 3% which is "my" rate of degradation (most people here seem to think I have "no" degradation...)

Almost 2 dozen I know of are on pace to get TWO replacements.

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Certainly location and milage are part of the equation. I am lucky to be in a battery friendly climate (New England) and at 40,000 miles and 4.5 years still have 12 bars and 257 GID/19.9 Kwh on a full charge. In another 1.5 years if I had the option of a battery upgrade, I would probably take it.