| I will mention that the leaf suffers from another problem that sets it apart from more recent ev's like the tesla. I don't really think it's as much temperature management or some defect. I think it's the size of the battery - it's small. You can figure out the lifetime with simple math. A tesla with 250 miles range with 1000 cyles would have gone 250,000 miles. A leaf with 75 miles range * 1000 cycles will have gone 75k miles. And telsa recommends keeping the battery between 20 and 80% and I believe the slider says "daily" is 60% and "trip" is 90% (for occasional use) A 2012 leaf will default to 100%. There is a way to change this to a lower value, but it's well hidden in the system settings and I believe you have to agree to telemetry to set it. And if you DO set it on the leaf, you will limit your range to about 45 miles (of ideal driving) Anyway, the idea is that newer cars have bigger batteries, a much higher lifetime mileage, and no need to cycle the battery charge so high, so low, or as frequently. (a tesla driven 200 miles a week might cycle the battery once while a leaf would cycle every day) |