TonyWilliams
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Nubo said:The problem is they may not have the luxury of time.... For Nissan's sake and the sake of the new EV market, I hope they are closer to a resolution than it seems.
Any big corporation would need all the "appropriate" folks to sign off on any fix, but then, we are assuming that there is a fix. Can you just throw in another one of the same battery? Sure, and it will do the same thing in AZ. That's why I don't think they'll do that. They can't retrofit any TMS for anything close to a reasonable price (remember, there were remarks made by Nissan that one of the reasons that they didn't put in a TMS was it would require a hump inside the car (like Volt). That hump doesn't exist, therefore there's not anyplace to put the equipment even if they wanted to spend $$$$$$$ for retrofits.
1. They knew the very real potential for these problems long before the car was manufactured, and even today, they continue to sell the car in Phoenix without any notice to the buyers. Just business as usual.
2. They are not going to retrofit future advanced batteries or add on TMS. Just far too expensive and physically not possible.
3. The GM concept of turning in the Volt for another car seems like something the Nissan legal guys would sign off on... or at least they did at GM.
4. Or, automatic exchange for a future LEAF (although, I seriously doubt these 2013 cars will be any different, battery wise, than the current car... contrary to the press releases)
5. Or, go the "corporate speak" angle; deny any real problem, degradation is normal, our batteries were tested, we tested some owner cars in AZ and found them to be exposed to excess heat contrary to Nissan's owner's manual, or they were DC charged too much, we'll put out a (cheap) software upgrade to "fix" any perceived problems, blah, blah, blah. I honestly think this will ultimately kill the car.
Honestly, what CAN they do? Not what would make YOU feel warm and fuzzy, 'cuz that isn't likely to happen.