cwerdna
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They did, but many people didn't RTFM like the 6 bar '13 driver at https://mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=31297&p=587653#p587652 or read the disclosures (if they received the forms at purchase/lease time).DougWantsALeaf said:I agree that Nissan should have done more to educate the early buyer to prolong battery life. Tesla did a bit better.
Oddly, some of the cautions went away once Nissan removed the 80% limiter ("long-life mode") starting w/model year '14: https://insideevs.com/news/320736/2014-nissan-leaf-mostly-unchanged-as-range-technically-moves-up-to-84-miles/.
See pages:
EV-23 of https://owners.nissanusa.com/content/techpub/ManualsAndGuides/LEAF/2011/2011-LEAF-owner-manual.pdf.
EV-24 of https://owners.nissanusa.com/content/techpub/ManualsAndGuides/LEAF/2013/2013-LEAF-owner-manual.pdf
EV-24 of https://owners.nissanusa.com/content/techpub/ManualsAndGuides/LEAF/2014/2014-LEAF-owner-manual.pdf
And, some people leased with no intention to buy at the end, so they probably didn't care.
But, I agree, Nissan could've done more to strongly encourage like in the car's UI, app, etc. and instead of taking away the 80% limiter, added a more flexible one that Tesla's had for ages or maybe even day 1 of Model S. GM also added a more flexible one with Bolt starting w/model year '19 (40 to 100% limiter instead of hilltop reserve on/off).
Side note: Two Bolt drivers on my street leave their Bolts unplugged outside/on the street when it hits past 90 or 100 F so the battery thermal management may never engage while parked w/car off (or it engages at some really high unknown temp): https://www.chevybolt.org/threads/battery-conditioning.33279/#post-512173 (27 C = 80.6 F). GM hasn't ever published these thresholds AFAIK.
I haven't talked to them about this and am not sure if they're leasing. They both had gen 1 Leafs before, but they leased them and returned them at end of lease.