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by thephilsproject 3421 days ago
From my understanding, the LEAF has a primitive battery management system compared to other EVs, including passive air cooling of the battery. Lithium batteries are fussy about temperature (they have similar temperature preferences to humans) and outside of this the degradation can be faster. Other EVs have liquid heating and active cooling of the battery.
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The LEAF does have a battery heater I'm pretty sure.