Nissan Leaf Battery Issues

What year was their Leaf? Early Leafs didn't have proper battery cooling which reduced their lifespan.

You could buy a used leaf today, it has USA safety features, is at that price point (mine cost 9.9k after fees, you can find them now for less) and has more than 100kms range. The leaf is better than this car in a hundred ways.

Since the Leaf has a smaller battery, it get's more wear and tear per trip.

I am typing this sitting in my 2015 Leaf (in a parking lot), which still has 11 out of 12 segments left in the capacity meter. When I first got it (second hand) it had 155km of range on a fresh charge. Now it claims to have around 140-something.If you go digging in the media you can certainly find examples of Leafs that haven’t faired as well as mine, but I suspect they are in the minority. Also the earlier Leafs had batteries that were not nearly as reliable, especially in hot climates.

The Nissan Leaf is a terrible EV. The 3-5 year old models you mention have very low range (~60 miles). That's why they're so cheap. People that own them are constantly mindful of their charge % and are always on the lookout for charging stations if they're deviating from their normal commutes. I've seen many of them run out of juice on the leftmost lanes during commute hours too, causing even more congestion for miles. If you were looking at new cars, you can get a 2017 Chevy

I'm quite sure I do. The Leaf is the best seller where I live and a lot of them are getting old : https://elbilstatistikk.no/People don't drive that many km everyday and an old Leaf is an okay second car to quite a lot of people. Anyway, it's just an example because the first gen Leaf is an old car with a low range and a battery with a high degradation. If you think about newer leafs and othe

I bought a used '14 Leaf in '16. It has been a great car with very little battery degradation. Sure, I'm not going to be taking it on any long trips, but for 90% of my driving it is great. I paid $11k for it. Best car purchase I've made in 30+ years of car ownership.

To expand on this a bit, Nissan Leafs (Leaves?) are the only electric cars produced in significant quantity that rely on passive cooling for their batteries. Heat is the main enemy of battery health. So you can easily find an old Leaf who's max range is literally half of what it was when brand new. It depends a lot on how hard it was used.Other EVs on the road are much better at managing battery health, such that it will never make sense to replace their main battery outside catastrophic

The Leaf's used to be pretty bad as far as electric cars went, with no active battery cooling or heating. I was pretty tempted to get a used Bolt EV. I've seen them for sub 20k with less than 30k miles on them. I've been driving around in my wife's older Subaru Crosstrek plug in hybrid, which works fine for the limited amount of driving I do to commute to work. We plan to give that car to my son once he gets his license.

Currently Nissan Leafs can be bought here in the Bay for about 7k at under 50K miles, with 80%+ capacity on them. Depreciation on those things is crazy due to the tax subsidy, and the fact that better electric cars are coming to market.I'd consider getting one of those when prices tank even further thanks to the Model 3, and upcoming Lea,f to supplement my hybrid.Incidentally, I don't think battery life concerns are completely unwarranted - my hybrid's battery failed, and if