LEAFfan wrote:The 2013 SoC % is going to show the actual % for the fuel bars
LEAFfan wrote:The 2013 SoC % is going to show the actual % for the fuel bars
MrIanB wrote:Question, since our dash displays are digital, can any type of software update from Nissan change the GOM and bars to read something like what they may be having in the 2013 models?
I got my Leaf last Friday and realize everything is good except for range figure jumping all over the place. I am OK with it, just not my wife. That really scares her! She just doesn't have the mood to understand my explanation of kWh and bars ...MrIanB wrote:Question, since our dash displays are digital, can any type of software update from Nissan change the GOM and bars to read something like what they may be having in the 2013 models?
Just a thought or are we stuck with what we have forever.
Ian B
As I understood MY2013 will have absolutely same display - nothing new from HW point of view. Percentage will be displayed in common menu (where everything can be displayed if it is programmed). So only firmware will be different. Meaning we just need to update firmware to 2013's years version. The question is will it be supported officially?DoxyLover wrote:IMHO, there's no way in hell that Nissan's SOC display will reveal anything about battery degradation. The battery capacity bars don't show anything until 15% loss and even that's giving them grief.
the SOC display will be adjusted so that an 80% change will show 80% and a 100% charge will show 100% regardless of the capacity loss. They already have this on the EV CAN bus, the 55B message. All they need to do is adjust the numbers between 80 and 95 so that 95 will read out as 100%.
There were rumors that Nissan is using a different microprocessor in the display in the MY'13, maybe as a cost-cutting measure. If so, the MY13 firmware may not work on an earlier model.Den wrote:As I understood MY2013 will have absolutely same display - nothing new from HW point of view. Percentage will be displayed in common menu (where everything can be displayed if it is programmed). So only firmware will be different. Meaning we just need to update firmware to 2013's years version. The question is will it be supported officially?DoxyLover wrote:IMHO, there's no way in hell that Nissan's SOC display will reveal anything about battery degradation. The battery capacity bars don't show anything until 15% loss and even that's giving them grief.
the SOC display will be adjusted so that an 80% change will show 80% and a 100% charge will show 100% regardless of the capacity loss. They already have this on the EV CAN bus, the 55B message. All they need to do is adjust the numbers between 80 and 95 so that 95 will read out as 100%.
The SOC% does NOT tell you how many available kWh's are available to you. It merely tells you what percentage of full the battery is.KJD wrote:I have a GID meter in my 2012 and I find the SOC display to be the most useful of all the features. You may want to purchase one for your own car.