DaveinOlyWA
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Don't believe the fast charge issue if u don't get beyond 6 temp bars. I have done over one hundred times
TonyWilliams said:The 10kW charger on the Tesla and Rav4 is not large or heavy.
If nothing else, they must have gotten rid of a few pounds of tubing and coolant! Surely it must be more efficient, from a plumbing viewpoint, to have the four components that use liquid cooling all stacked together.fotajoye said:In the 2013 Leaf model Nissan has moved the charger up front under the hood, so maybe they have downsized that unit somewhat.
I hadn't heard that, either. I think I'd rather give up the LED headlights than the LED taillights since the LEDs only cover the low beams anyway.philipscoggins said:#5. I told my friend about how they were eliminating the beautiful LEDs on the upcoming S model headlights & engineer said they were eliminating the LEDs on the back too (you guys probably knew that, but it was new to me)
There is expected to be a low-cost, low-trim model that will not include the LEDs.RegGuheert said:I hadn't heard that, either. I think I'd rather give up the LED headlights than the LED taillights since the LEDs only cover the low beams anyway.philipscoggins said:#5. I told my friend about how they were eliminating the beautiful LEDs on the upcoming S model headlights & engineer said they were eliminating the LEDs on the back too (you guys probably knew that, but it was new to me)
OrientExpress said:I have built up a good relationship the Nissan global EV team and advise them on many aspects of the EV business as seen from an unbiased customer POV.
mwalsh said:OrientExpress said:I have built up a good relationship the Nissan global EV team and advise them on many aspects of the EV business as seen from an unbiased customer POV.
The now patently obvious coziness of the relationship you have with Nissan does nothing but reinforce the long-held belief of some, myself included, that your opinions have always been far from unbiased. I personally will read all your future posts from that starting point of view.
That might be OK with a decent QC infrastructure. How about starting with QC stations at Nissan dealers? They are very often very conveniently located for suburban trips. I know that most of the Nissan dealers around San Diego and beyond are fairly well placed. Heck, one is so good someone else installed a QC across the street from a Nissan dealer!TonyWilliams said:just charge your car more.
mwalsh said:The now patently obvious coziness of the relationship you have with Nissan does nothing but reinforce the long-held belief of some, myself included, that your opinions have always been far from unbiased. I personally will read all your future posts from that starting point of view.
OrientExpress said:There are many of you that post on this forum that are tough and unforgiving critics of Nissan and their efforts. That is fine, as today's criticisms drive tomorrows solutions.
Please know, I for one make comments that attempt to suggest positive advancement of the car. I see far too much name calling and personal attacks on the various internet forums and I don't suffer this foolishness well. My daddy told me " Conversations about things and actions are always less emotional than conversations about relationships and personalities, speak to me about things."OrientExpress said:There are many of you that post on this forum that are tough and unforgiving critics of Nissan and their efforts. That is fine, as today's criticisms drive tomorrows solutions.
Since we're calling people out here - it's you and me - Grammar police alert!mwalsh said:The difference between you and I...an unwillingness to even acknowledge Nissan's missteps, much less call Nissan out on them.
Open note to Nissan:drees said:I'm sure that many have felt that Nissan was going to step up now soon for quite some time but left disappointed.
FYI, if you hadn't been following the now 500 page long battery capacity loss thread, I believe some of the hostility and skepticism towards OE is because of his repeated denials/unwillingness to see that there is a hot climate battery degradation problem.fotajoye said:Please know, I for one make comments that attempt to suggest positive advancement of the car. I see far too much name calling and personal attacks on the various internet forums and I don't suffer this foolishness well. My daddy told me " Conversations about things and actions are always less emotional than conversations about relationships and personalities, speak to me about things."
I hope you aren't holding your breath. My guess is 24 months for the first one, and ... umm ... forever for the second. My expectation is that upgrades like that simply aren't practical. If you can't live with your present battery, get rid of the car and get one with a better battery when it becomes available.fotajoye said:The main problems you have with the Leaf will evaporate with two communiques:
1.) The announcement of an upgraded battery with a higher density and charge life; and,
2.) the announcement that this battery can be retrofitted into the older cars.
OrientExpress said:There are many of you that post on this forum that are tough and unforgiving critics of Nissan and their efforts. That is fine, as today's criticisms drive tomorrows solutions.
Reddy said:Maybe I'm an optimist, but I remember replacing a lead acid battery in my old car "years" ago. When I went to buy the same CCA, the size/volume was nearly half, with more CCA. The battery was so small that I had trouble getting it installed. This was probably only 7 or 8 years after the previous battery. Now, we can't extrapolate from lead acid in the 80's to LION today, but I still think engineers can make the internal components smaller, add more to the pouch, and produce a identically-sized module that has more capacity. Sure there may be some additional BMS tweaks, but why can't this be available for the 2011 Leaf in '14 or '15?
Can, yes, but would it be practical? Why would they design a special identically-sized module just to satisfy a few thousand upgrade requests? It would be a dead-end technology with a high front-end cost.Reddy said:I still think engineers can make the internal components smaller, add more to the pouch, and produce a identically-sized module that has more capacity.
Have you ever written software programs like this? What you are talking about is a specialized version of the code that supports new interfaces to the new battery together with old interfaces to the rest of the car. Not only would there be a high development cost (to be spread over relatively few customers), but it would provide an additional environment that must be supported; one more code source or variant to apply fixes to, and one more physical configuration to be tested thoroughly before any fix could be released.Reddy said:Sure there may be some additional BMS tweaks, but why can't this be available for the 2011 Leaf in '14 or '15?
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