natkra90 said:
I'm sorry. I don't follow the spreadsheet thing. Your estimates of battery degradation seem generous to me. I used Sloaty's Battery Capacity Estimation Worksheet to see what to expect along
Stoaty developed his battery capacity loss model during the '11 and '12 battery capacity loss fiasco. I'm unaware of any changes to it to account for what appear to be significantly better batteries beginning w/build months 4/2013 (possibly 5/2013). '13 Leafs built before 4/2013 seem to no better than '11s and '12s. We have no idea when the switch actually happened. For all we know, it happened in late 3/2013, 4/1/2013, 4/15/2013, etc.
If no changes were made, Stoaty's model is invalid for 4/2013+ built Leafs.
natkra90 said:
Never heard of that page until now. I don't read that guy's blogs, but Mark Larsen's name rings a bell. Do a search for him. Below are some posts referencing him back in 2012. My memory is foggy now, but I think I have now recall having reasons to not bother reading his posts, PDFs, etc.
Also, since the date of the PDF is July 2013, there was NO WAY we knew that 4/2013+ build month Leafs were holding up better in terms of heat related degradation and calendar losses. It was only discovered probably 2 years after that. Nissan never announced any sort of battery loss improvements/more heat resistance in customer cars until the lizard battery announcement (became available w/model year 2015: http://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=17168). I don't recall either having any idea or being convinced 4/2013+ Leafs being better when I was in the market in July 2015. Prior to my purchase, I was quite active here on MNL, just as am now.
http://mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=8802&p=235015&hilit=larsen#p235015
http://mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=8802&p=235025&hilit=larsen#p235025
http://mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=8802&p=235033&hilit=larsen#p235033