dhanson865 said:
More likely they wait until Leaf 2 is out and 60 kWh packs are common and then offer 30 kWh upgrades on the old cars. And we'll have to yell and scream at Nissan every chance we get just to get that.
That will be perfect for me. Once the 60 kWh batteries are more prevalent (exist at all other than at Tesla), it would be really nice to see a low cost upgrade of the degraded 24 kWh battery to a new 30 kWh version. And yes, I mean low cost. Putting a new $5500 battery into a 10-yr old Leaf worth less than $5000 won't attract many. The costs need to get down to $2000-$3000. Even then, it won't attract many unless the price of gas gets back over $3-$4/gal. Personally, I'll drive mine down to a capacity around 8-10 kWh, maybe even 5 kWh. Ultimately, the annual EV tax will probably force me to scrap it. Right now my gasser is essentially unused, 20+ yr old, and has minimal cost to register or insure. I only keep it around because it is so cheap and I might need to run to the dump or something.