dgpcolorado said:Unless one is over 60k miles, the car is still under the capacity warranty
Yeah that's a day or two old (heaven forbid! ;-)), but without cost estimates, energy-density numbers or "proof of scalability", it's unlikely we'll see this make its way into vehicles anytime soon, if at all.jlatl said:Just had this come across my desk. I am sure it is a long way off from being production feasible, but interesting article
http://www.techbriefs.com/component/content/article/20842" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I didn't want to "get into the weeds" trying to explain that exception. I suspect that there will be ways around that short of new lawsuits. It is moot for me since there is no way I am going to hit 66% in 60 months.mwalsh said:dgpcolorado said:Unless one is over 60k miles, the car is still under the capacity warranty
Unless it's flagged with the dreaded B0133! :twisted:
dgpcolorado said:I don't think there have been many (any?) replacements thus far, save for the ones under the capacity warranty. Unless one is over 60k miles, the car is still under the capacity warranty, so unless one needed the extra range of a new battery before the old one got down to 66%, there isn't much point in paying for a replacement if it is still under warranty.
Then there are the non-battery issues that I don't think will ever be resolved: Where do you get the 0.25 MegaWatt power, who would (could) host, etc...mbender said:Yeah that's a day or two old (heaven forbid! ;-)), but without cost estimates, energy-density numbers or "proof of scalability", it's unlikely we'll see this make its way into vehicles anytime soon, if at all.jlatl said:Just had this come across my desk. I am sure it is a long way off from being production feasible, but interesting article
http://www.techbriefs.com/component/content/article/20842" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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* and then no doubt a movie or two, and then later, chapter(s) in history books.
brettcgb said:Then there are the non-battery issues that I don't think will ever be resolved: Where do you get the 0.25 MegaWatt power, who would (could) host, etc...mbender said:Yeah that's a day or two old (heaven forbid! ;-)), but without cost estimates, energy-density numbers or "proof of scalability", it's unlikely we'll see this make its way into vehicles anytime soon, if at all.jlatl said:Just had this come across my desk. I am sure it is a long way off from being production feasible, but interesting article
http://www.techbriefs.com/component/content/article/20842" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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* and then no doubt a movie or two, and then later, chapter(s) in history books.
You could, if a suitable charger were developed. You would just need a sub-transmission line to do this. These kind of loads are not un-heard of. Mostly industrial and water pump load.JPWhite said:The only way to charge batteries at this rate would be to charge from a bank of storage batteries which are recharged at a slower rate.
That might be a workable solution... if you're charging 2 - 4 cars a day. BUT IF you have a line of cars waiting to use the charger, energy storage is not going to get you very far.JeremyW said:You could, if a suitable charger were developed. You would just need a sub-transmission line to do this. These kind of loads are not un-heard of. Mostly industrial and water pump load.JPWhite said:The only way to charge batteries at this rate would be to charge from a bank of storage batteries which are recharged at a slower rate.
You have lost 4 bars and you live in Arizona. What is there to decide ?brettcgb said:But we're way off topic.... I'm still waiting to hear if Nissan is going to swap out my battery.
Ask Nissan. The service adviser said that such exchanges had never been refused, but he still had to go through Nissan to get it authorized.KJD said:You have lost 4 bars and you live in Arizona. What is there to decide ?brettcgb said:But we're way off topic.... I'm still waiting to hear if Nissan is going to swap out my battery.
Hopefully waiting for heat resistant battery or the mounting kit.brettcgb said:The only info I'm getting is that a part has been ordered for my car, but there was no description what it is - that's more than I knew before. I'm assuming the swap was authorized.
I have strong evidence that suggests an identical replacement battery might also fail within the original warranty period. A short-sighted "wise" financial decision would make use of another original battery. I think they're smarter than than. I'm the other hand, I've already paid for another battery due to the high lease payments (compared to today's leases).nerys said:Sadly financially the wise decision is to give him an old chem battery to use them up since there is no warranty on a warranty replacement except what is left of your original warranty.
Hopefully they wont do that
brettcgb said:A short-sighted "wise" financial decision would make use of another original battery.
Hmm... Seems like if you don't lose your 4th capacity bar by say May or so, might be a good idea to send your car to Phoenix for a thorough summer baking.TRONZ said:Hummmm. Lost my third cap bar this morning. With less than 40K miles and over 15 months until my five years, probably time to start watching this thread.
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