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In the video, the Leaf still had something like 38% charge, even after sitting out in the cold for 1 or 2 nights, so there was power enough to run the battery heater.

The 'Out of Spec Reviews' YouTube channel posted a video on 31.Dec.2022 testing the charging performance of a new Nissan Leaf SV Plus in extreme cold (-27 C / -18 F): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mvUF4dJJcE The new Leaf started up immediately, no problem, even after being left out...

EVs Enhanced To Offer 16 Blade LFP Battery Packs For Nissan Leaf: https://cleantechnica.com/2022/12/26/evs-enhanced-to-offer-16-blade-lfp-battery-packs-for-nissan-leaf/ "EVs Enhanced, a company in Christchurch, New Zealand, will introduce its 16 Blade battery, a complete replacement platform...

It's been one year since I bought my 2022 model Leaf and started this thread. What is my one-year review? Overall, happy! I made the right decision to get the Leaf, it's been great. Surprise positives that I didn't think I would care so much about, but I do: * Fast and smooth acceleration...

Imagine some years from now when 50% of cars are electric and you are standing at a street intersection, downtown in a large city like New York. The light turns green and there is a huge, echoing howling sound, reverberating off all the buildings, an electronic roar of noise pollution. The...

When an EV is inspected, does the garage examine the speakers? Or listen to the volume?

If anyone is thinking of doing the same, I successfully removed the sticker badges from the back of my 2022 Leaf. I used dental floss to saw off each sticker, used my fingers to pull up 99% of the foam glue, applied a small amount of De-Solv-It spray for 20 seconds, wiped clean with a...

Is there documentation on the improved battery cooling design in 2018 and later models with 62 kWh batteries? In particular, I'm interested in how the battery is thermally bonded to the exterior or bottom of the car. (By analogy, the silicon inside a CPU is hermetically sealed inside the chip...

When de-badging the sticker from the black plastic of the hatchback (at least on a 2018-2022 Leaf), did you use a rubber eraser wheel, a chemical like De-Solve-It, or both? Did either leave a mark on the black plastic that couldn't be easily removed without a trace? Did you have to use a...

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The 1mm hole at the top is probably not the problem, it's the seal around the edge. And if water from the windshield does for some reason get routed to dump directly on top of the cover, like from driving winds or poor drainage design, then a 1mm hole is big enough to be a problem. A small...

If the cover is not perfectly airtight, won't the cover just slow down evaporation and make the problem worse? Let's say a Leaf must sit out or be driven for hours in heavy rain, the strut pockets slowly fill up with water, but because of the covers, the water does not evaporate away for many...

Fingers crossed, but I hope the battery shell can be opened and the cells replaced with electrically equivalent ones that have a better chemistry, but with the same voltage and amperage. If energy density continues to increase, the new cells could be smaller to get the same 62 kWh, similar to...

Just posted, thanks.

After a week of research, I bought a new 2022 Leaf instead of a Tesla Model 3. Tesla Model 3 is a beautiful car, and I'm sure I would have been happy to get it, but here are the reasons why I chose to get a Leaf instead in December of 2021. If you found this forum because you are pondering the...

Reliability Tesla Model 3 is a beautiful car, and I'm sure I would have been happy to get it, but overall reliability was one of the main reasons I chose to get a Leaf instead. Here are the Consumer Reports and JD Powers articles that influenced my decision: "Consumer Reports Still Ranks Tesla...

After a week of research, I bought a new 2022 Leaf instead of a Tesla Model 3. If you found this forum because you are pondering the same choice, here are my reasons. I hope this will be useful as you decide which is better for you, if only as list of things to consider. Apologies in advance...