Here are my raw notes:
Mark Perry:
10,000 LEAFs sold in the USA by about Jan 3, 2012.
20,000 worldwide
Tennessee will have the largest battery plant in the world. Changes to the LEAF are likely to occur with the Tennesse plant becoming operational (2013 model year, 6.6kW charger, new colors, etc)
4 new EVs coming (or three more, actually, I think). Utility, sporty, something else.
1.5 million EVs produced by Renault/Nissan by 2015.
The Nissan team was here in the USA for official acceptance of a new EV at their proving grounds in Arizona.
Hidetoshi Kadota - chief engineer for LEAF and the Nissan Quick Charger.
30 years total with Nissan
10 years chassis
20 years EV development
Today is LEAF birthday.
Range: USA 100 miles LA4 cycle. 200km Japan, 175km Europe.
Car2house project, called PCS, expected March 2012.
Double fuse protection from lightning, the one currently in the car, and the one in the PCS. Showed 15kV lightening shock test video.
700mm water test video, same as petrol car.
LEAF- Car of the Year, Japan. He got aate night call for congratulations and genuinely seemed happy to have beat his competition.
16 people representing Nissan who introduced themselves,
most from Japan, then UK and USA.
Rolf Schreiber from Google gave us a talk. They now have 13 LEAFs, and numerous other EVs there and coming. The intent is to have 5% of the parking lot have EVSEs.
There are currently have 34 company car EVSEs, each with J1772 L2, NEMA 14-50R for legacy EVs, and 120v USA household plug. In addition, they have 90 employee spots.
Mark Perry: Nissan fast charger is UL listed.
Phil Sadow: GM Volt EVSE is not UL listed.
84 LEAFs in parking lot, numerous in remote lot for over 100 total.
Mark Perry: -30C, lithium batteries stop working. Cold weather package is only real change to 2012 model for cold weather state sales. They are working on a heat pump / resistant heater combo, since heat pumps are not more efficient below 32F/0C.
Chief engineer: they monitor the 96 cell pairs: DTE = SOC x km/kWh
USA Quality Assurance guy: yes, the legal mumbo jumbo you signed says only 1 quick charge per day, but that was for worst case summer in Phoenix at high speed (load).
QC will automatically protect the battery in high heat by slowing the charge rate.
ANY TIME TEMPERATURE GAUGE IS BELOW RED ZONE (NORMAL RANGE), QC IS OK. Protections are related to temp.