Stoaty said:
It appears that the new "Hot Battery" will meet the claims Nissan made about the longevity of the battery when the Leaf first came out. I would like to see those of us who took their statements at face value get a reduced price on a new battery that we could buy outright. Nissan could give us a one time purchase of a new heat resistant battery at a good price, without revealing what a new battery actually costs. The program could start after they put the new batteries in all the new Leafs being produced. It would only apply to those with the old sub-par chemistry. The new battery wouldn't be free, so Nissan and the owner would share the pain. If 80% of the Leaf "purchases" are leases, Nissan would only have to pony up for those who purchased, perhaps 5,000 Leafs....
Of course, we can expect Nissan to do something very much like this.
Look what Nissan has already committed to in LEAF buybacks and the battery capacity warranty,
above and beyond the disclaimer we all signed when we bought our LEAFs.Nissan is probably considering details of plans to do something for other buyers as well,
when the need arises, as the ~90k mile LEAF owner from the PNW (TaylorSF?) already has suggested.
As a
warm climate LEAF owner myself, I'm not too worried.
I believe Nissan can make a lot of Money with BEV's, and they are not dumb enough to blow it by leaving any LEAFER with
legitimate and reasonable complaints unhappy
="Stoaty"
...While the battery in my Leaf is doing fairly well, that is probably mainly because I baby it, and don't drive it to areas where the battery temperature can climb much above 86 degrees. This means that for about 2 months a year I can't use my Leaf to drive to work, or on longer trips on the weekend. I have to take the old ICE vehicle.
Now this does worry me...
From the sound of it, our gen 1 LEAF batteries probably will have superior replacements (at least for those in warmer climates) in ~ a year.
I expect that LEAF batteries improved beyond that level will probably be available by the time I need one, anytime in the ~3 more year to ~7 more year range, within which I expect to need one.
I think it's highly doubtful that the cost/benefits of parking your LEAF ~2 months a year will benefit you financially, or benefit the environment, when compared to the ICEV alternative.
I am damn-near-ecstatic that about 95% of my driving and passenger miles over the last 27 months have been in my LEAF.
I
would feel deprived and dissatisfied, if I felt I had to drive an ICEV for ~2 months a year.