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Well, I couldn't take it any more :evil:. After having my 2018 Leaf SL with ProPilot for a little over a year, I traded it in on a 2019 Niro EV EX Premium with the Launch Edition package :D. My trip in the Leaf last December from Texas to Colorado back is what really drove me over the edge...

The Leaf Plus has been out a couple of months now and Autotrader actually has listings for about 50 new Leaf Plus models but I have not yet read any articles/reports on long distance trips in the Leaf Plus with multiple fast charges. I know Nissan has been saying that the Leaf Plus is not prone...

The only Leaf Plus for sale in Texas shown on AutoTrader.com is at a dealer near where I live. I went over to the dealership and tried to trade in my 2018 SL for the Leaf Plus. I wasn't very happy with the lease terms and I really don't want to wait for a year to get the tax credit. Nissan...

There isn’t a filter yet that distinguishes the Plus models from the regular models. You have to look at the VIN of the listing to see if you are looking at a Plus. VINs starting with 1N4BZ1 are a Plus, I believe the B designation is for the higher horsepower motor. A local dealer has a listing...

I keep getting this dialog box popping up for no apparent reason on the infotainment screen entitled "All information Feeds". The box has a half screen map with the other half containing Done and Replay buttons. I can't really get anything when I hit the buttons and I have to hit one of the...

One thing that I'm not real happy about with the 2018 Leaf is that the grille looks a lot more like an ICE grille than the older Leafs. Nissan offers an illuminated grilled emblem accessory for the Leaf. I thought the illuminated grilled emblem might help distinguish the 2018 Leaf as an EV and...

As I identified in the “Using air conditioning to reduce battery pack temperature” thread, the steady state battery temperature rise is 2.67 degrees F per kW: (127-87)/15. So if you are traveling at 60 mph (consuming 14 kW) and you don’t want to charge at less than 14 kW then your power flow...

I watched a video recently where Lemon Tea Leaf tested whether cabin temperature affected battery temperature. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7tKdylLMvo Lemon Tea Leaf's test results where inconclusive but I think there may be value in employing this battery temperature controlling strategy...

People that don’t have LeafSpy have a difficult time comparing the bars on the 2018 Leaf battery temperature gauge to what charging speed they can expect. I developed the table below to help people trying to figure their potential charge speed with only the battery temperature gauge...

I have read and heard of many people commenting about charging in the shade to control battery temperature and reduce slow charging issues on the 2018 Leaf. I thought to myself, charging in the shade doesn't make any sense because the battery pack is underneath the car and can't get directly...

We all know that a hot 2018 Leaf battery, caused by multiple CHAdeMO on a long trips, charges slowly. Well, instead of just jumping off the highway and hooking up to the nearest fast charger, find some place to spend some time while the battery cools down. By the time the battery gets hot...

The 2018 Leaf battery pack has a shroud under it that fits tightly to the chassis. This shroud improves aerodynamics of the car, provides some protection for the battery pack against road debris and provides some insulation to keep the battery warn during winter but it also prevents air flow to...

I performed a simulation assuming that a 2018 Leaf would DCFC for 960 miles. My simulation indicated that the trip would take 28.2 hours traveling at 45 mph with an average peak charging speed of 25 kW and that the trip would take 30.7 hours traveling at 70 mph with an average peak charging...

I recently bought a 2018 Leaf SL. I have already had a couple of instances where the battery got hot and would not DCFC very fast. I'm hoping in the future to take some long distances trips in my Leaf so I'm thinking of ways to mitigate the hot battery and slow charging issues. I made some...