Comment on World EV Sales Now Equal 18% Of World Auto Sales

• 18107@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The main problem with the new leaf is the lack of battery cooling. After 3 (sometimes 2) rapid charges in a day the battery is at max temperature and the charge rate drastically reduces.

  Unless you already have a CHAdeMO V2G charger, I recommend choosing an EV with battery cooling (almost all of them). You can probably find one with more features and longer range for a lower price than a new Leaf.

  If you aren’t planning on using the car enough to worry about battery overheating, and you enjoy the test drive, it’s not actually a bad car. Just a little overpriced.

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  • flatpandisk@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Wait wait….I thought the new leafs had active cooling and heating? Now got to research this.

    I loved the old leafs but lack of active heat and cooling killed the batteries in a few years.

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    • skyspydude1@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      They’ve always had a heating pad in them, unless it only came with some cold weather packages. The “active cooling” is just a fan that blows across the battery, and does basically nothing if you’re charging and it’s already warm outside.

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      • flatpandisk@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I am dumbfounded. After the class action lawsuit from Arizona and the lizard battery chemistry from early Leafs why would Nissan not move to active cooling in a huge refresh.

        You def saved my bacon, thanks for the info!

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