TimLee
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Always good to remember the horse is DOA :shock:DaveinOlyWA said:... wow, that horse's funeral was last year...
Always good to remember the horse is DOA :shock:DaveinOlyWA said:... wow, that horse's funeral was last year...
DaveinOlyWA said:TimLee said:^^^ And the capacity warranty is still only repair to nine bars or more.
No guarantee of a like new battery.
wow, that horse's funeral was last year...
dhanson865 said:DaveinOlyWA said:TimLee said:^^^ And the capacity warranty is still only repair to nine bars or more.
No guarantee of a like new battery.
wow, that horse's funeral was last year...
the 24 kwh horse has been beaten hard.
the 30 kwh horse is fresh and ready to be beaten still.
When we have Leafspy data for the 30 kwh battery we'll be able to start beating it. It'll take years before someone loses enough bars and provides enough data for us to call it beaten to death.
DaveinOlyWA said:dhanson865 said:DaveinOlyWA said:wow, that horse's funeral was last year...
the 24 kwh horse has been beaten hard.
the 30 kwh horse is fresh and ready to be beaten still.
When we have Leafspy data for the 30 kwh battery we'll be able to start beating it. It'll take years before someone loses enough bars and provides enough data for us to call it beaten to death.
the "horse" I am referring to is the possibility of someone getting anything less than a new pack on a capacity warranty claim
In general, buying or leasing an EV is not a good idea unless you can charge overnight where you live. Sometimes you can do ok charging during the day at work even if you can't charge overnight. But you need to be certain that charging at work is guaranteed to be available. In your case, you can't count on either one, so you should not buy or lease an EV. The 2016 increase in range doesn't change that.idiotprogrammer said:... increase in range is a big deal for me... I currently live in an apartment and don't have a car. I plan to buy a Leaf once I sign a new teacher's contract (probably within a week or two). But my potential new employer is a good 25 miles away!
I won't be able to install a battery recharger until I move to a new place next year.
If the 2014/2015 model years are any indicator, we will not have any here in Houston until December.idiotprogrammer said:This is very frustrating.
I live in Houston, Texas, and the increase in range is a big deal for me.
I currently live in an apartment and don't have a car. I plan to buy a Leaf once I sign a new teacher's contract (probably within a week or two). But my potential new employer is a good 25 miles away!
I won't be able to install a battery recharger until I move to a new place next year.
My Nissan dealership said in July that the 2016 models would be here in August or September.
Now it's the middle of November, and none of the Houston dealerships have the 2016 models in stock.
I would much rather buy than lease an older model, but I feel that I am being left with no choice. Or maybe I might go with a Chevy Volt.
How can you get an honest estimate about when these models will be arriving? I will probably pay to rent a car for a month or two while I'm waiting -- that's how much I'm willing to wait for a Nissan. But the cost of renting a car -- even for a long term rental -- is about 2-3 times what a monthly payment would be for a Nissan Leaf lease or a car note.
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