Stanton
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dgpcolorado said:Last year I had a chance to talk with the tech who handles my car and to read his training manual. The 2011/2012 LEAF battery modules have to be assembled and held in place by straps to be fitted back into the car. The 2013 modules were redesigned to lock together better and are a lot easier to assemble and load back into the car. That's one reason, I think, that replacements of battery packs in 2011/2012 LEAFs can't just use the newer packs, so they have to specially made from cells put the old-style cans.
That just doesn't make sense: why would they create a different "module" that would NOT maintain form/fit with ALL Leafs? That means they have to stock a different part/SKU depending on what year the Leaf was manufactured! Doesn't make an "upgrade" look very easy (if there ever is one)...