What is the current status of "repair/rebuilding" of old Leaf battery packs?
- Do essentially all cells degrade at the same rate, resulting in minimal opportunity to simply replace the minimal number of bad cells and regain much energy capacity? This would indicate Nissan has done a good job on cell quality control and battery management?
- Are new Leaf cells readily available? Have the cells changed over the years of manufacture so that you cannot mix old/new anyway? Would the BMS handle a mix of old/new?
- Anyone know of a (successful) business that is actually refurbishing the Leaf battery?
Having owned a used 2012 Leaf and was lucky enough to get a new HV battery under warranty, it seems obvious that essentially all components of this car will by far outlast the original battery - what a shame if there is no way to economically keep them on the road!
- Do essentially all cells degrade at the same rate, resulting in minimal opportunity to simply replace the minimal number of bad cells and regain much energy capacity? This would indicate Nissan has done a good job on cell quality control and battery management?
- Are new Leaf cells readily available? Have the cells changed over the years of manufacture so that you cannot mix old/new anyway? Would the BMS handle a mix of old/new?
- Anyone know of a (successful) business that is actually refurbishing the Leaf battery?
Having owned a used 2012 Leaf and was lucky enough to get a new HV battery under warranty, it seems obvious that essentially all components of this car will by far outlast the original battery - what a shame if there is no way to economically keep them on the road!