XeonPony
Well-known member
An observation I have made in canada is all our L2 evse's on the high way are 240v at 70amp or higher, now even with the current 24KwH battery with a 12Kw charger you'd be recharged in 3h or less on average, which makes for much more reasonable commutes as an option.A 12Kw charger on board would greatly improve the functionality of the leaf for those who have more then the average city dwellers commute!
using the s versions liquid cooled 6.6 Kw charge option paralleled to the SV trims built in 6.6 would be a cheap efficient match, and would allow it to be an option, further logic to add to the benefits of doing this for Nissan would be that with a larger battery just means longer charge times with the current system. But by starting to equip vehicles now with a 12Kw charger it will make the leaf far more versatile and at the same time prime them for the event that Nissan decides to offer up a battery upgrade!
So for Nissan it is a win win in every way, faster charges and more practical to the average person, for my 62Km commute that would allow me to be fully charged in 1.5H at 12kw, that is the time it would take to get some thing to eat and do some shopping! and more people are used to "filling up" contently during their trips so even with current range it wouldn't be an issue for most to stop charge up then keep going!
using the s versions liquid cooled 6.6 Kw charge option paralleled to the SV trims built in 6.6 would be a cheap efficient match, and would allow it to be an option, further logic to add to the benefits of doing this for Nissan would be that with a larger battery just means longer charge times with the current system. But by starting to equip vehicles now with a 12Kw charger it will make the leaf far more versatile and at the same time prime them for the event that Nissan decides to offer up a battery upgrade!
So for Nissan it is a win win in every way, faster charges and more practical to the average person, for my 62Km commute that would allow me to be fully charged in 1.5H at 12kw, that is the time it would take to get some thing to eat and do some shopping! and more people are used to "filling up" contently during their trips so even with current range it wouldn't be an issue for most to stop charge up then keep going!