I get why people who do not have LeafSpy look at capacity bars, or look at bars when warranty questions arise; but along the way SOH (or my favorite, drop in Ahr) is really all a LEAF owner should care about.
So 15% drop in capacity in ~ 4 years.
That is really piss poor since it translates into a LEAF getting relegated to errand status in about 8 years from new for the lion's share of car owners. I've always been sensitive to this issue due to car value, but now that I finally convinced my wife that we should be a one car family I think about it even more since we cannot amortize a rapidly degrading EV as part of a 1.5 cars household.
I'm too busy these days to spend anywhere near as much time on car forums as in the past, but the Tesla, Bolt and this LEAF forums are such remarkable microscopes into each car's fault lines:
Tesla: price and autopilot
Bolt: GM, car size, and DC charging
LEAF: Battery degradation and DC charging
So 15% drop in capacity in ~ 4 years.
That is really piss poor since it translates into a LEAF getting relegated to errand status in about 8 years from new for the lion's share of car owners. I've always been sensitive to this issue due to car value, but now that I finally convinced my wife that we should be a one car family I think about it even more since we cannot amortize a rapidly degrading EV as part of a 1.5 cars household.
I'm too busy these days to spend anywhere near as much time on car forums as in the past, but the Tesla, Bolt and this LEAF forums are such remarkable microscopes into each car's fault lines:
Tesla: price and autopilot
Bolt: GM, car size, and DC charging
LEAF: Battery degradation and DC charging