I own a '15 Leaf--my first EV. Love, love, love. It is beautiful and has only 52k miles. I bought it w/ 50K. I just had it worked on for a small knocking sound when I start moving and stopping. They greased the bearings and now no sound.
Here in the US, after Covid and many more people now remaining home to work going forward, I suspect there is a coming crash in the commercial real estate market. I know my office closed and that building is mostly empty. Adding some chargers could be a way for remaining office management companies to help retain the tenants they have. If I ever have to start commuting to an office again I know charging at work will be one of my check boxes in the decision.
A few years ago Bellevue Square Mall in Washington State doubled their 240-Volt stalls. Some of the Seattle greater area Safeway stores added two free 240-Volt chargers while Fred Meyers dropped their lease (2011 installations) in 2021 - however Bellevue - Overlake Fred Meyers installed a competing charging company in 2022 at another location to their vast parking lot.
2017 Nissan 30kwh with 32 thousands miles battery on 91.5% state of health still original tyres overall will recommend especially as 2nd car in household
I think those battery degradation figures are pretty good for a LEAF, but pretty bad compared to the EV competition. Nissan should have thermally managed their battery. After all Ryan lives in a cold climate and still has nearly 20% battery degradation over 5 - 6 years. Part of that is down to the small battery size and the sheer number of cycles but part of it is also have the battery operate above and below the optimal temperature.
@@mondotv4216 its a trade off the leaf battery has no coolant, no radiator, no water pump, no heater, no thermal control unit - its simple and there is no maintenance like other EVs. Also the Leaf chemistry has been proven safe - no Leaf battery fires in the possession of car owners, unlike tesla cars that have batteries spontaneous ignite for NO reason and burn the car, and sometimes the garage, to the ground In concept an electric car is very simple, but in execution they end up being nearly as complex as a gas powered vehicle... The laws of physic apply to both.
@@kenwittlief255 so basically getting a new battery for my 2013 SL , in a few years from now would be a good investment ? at what price? I appreciate the Simplicity of my car and I am content with it . It's obvious that you are an intelligent person and I would appreciate your opinion ... thank you 75000 miles 10/12 battery capacity.... New York metro area (for weather reference)
Very factual material thanks for that. I had leaf gen 1 and own gen 2 40kwh, managed to drive without any issues from Manchester to Chamonix. Driving an EV makes you a calmer driver and we don't need more range than 200 miles, just more affordable and family friendly EVs.
we have a 2020 leaf 40kw tekna. we also have 2 ice cars. the leaf is an incredible car to own. in 4 years it's cost us one wiper blade. no servicing needed. the mot is the service. cheaper than taking the bus. if you never drive more than 100 miles and have a home charger then just go buy one. i've been driving 45 years and over 4 million miles. takes a lot to impress me. the leaf is one fantastic car in everyway. so nice to drive aswell.
Thank you, I was hoping you would do this. I've been looking at 2015+ Teknas with less than 30k miles and was surprised to find a few that had already lost a bar.
Great video Ryan, you're Leaf has been a really good buy, and I thought your 75k mile review was thorough and a real revelation to any of the doubters of EV's. Looking forward to seeing more videos from you when you get the time, I'm guessing the new job, with all it's travelling, will make it more challenging to do that. Once again, really good to see a video from you.👍🏻
Great update thanks 👍 Glad you’ve stuck with the Leaf, it’s the most cost effective thing to do. We’ve stuck with our Leaf 30, now 4 years old 30k. miles and battery health at 94%. Same a you zero issues so far, hoping to make it last at least another 4yrs!
I've had my 60Kwh 2019 Leaf for 2 years. I traded my 2017 Tesla model S even up ($42,4K). My Leaf has the same range (about 240 miles). AS a retired software engineer, I think Nissan made fewer bad design decisions than Tesla. My leaf is mush more nimble and I'll probably drive it for 3 more years, at which time numerous EVs should be available and battery technology will have advanced.
Really helpful and, if I recall correctly, you said ages ago that you hadn't done any particular battery saving charging regime so it's impressive. This would now make an ideal second car for shopping, school runs, short commutes.
My Leaf was damaged in a car park. They left no details. I had a front and rear dashcam, but they stopped when I parked. I have rewired with a lesure battery protector so they will do a least an hour after parking. I would recommend this to anyone.
Good informative video always interesting to have the honest information from people that live with these cars on a every day basis. Not from a journalist taking a guess at ranges or a salesman shell we say slightly exaggerating the range.
Hi Ryan you are the reason l have a Leaf Thankyou!! Tekna 2017 30kw. Grey (1 years ownership now) I really like the detailed day to day ownership information you always give. So happy we did get one, and l cannot keep the wife out of it! saved hard for it and brought it from UK to Rep of Ireland. Not many here really. Lightbulb moment when you talked about the drivers window 😳🙏🙏 So so true, l shall Silicone it a second time! Regards and best wishes, always Paul
I was happy to see your Tekna in another video 🙂 My Leaf is now 7 years old, 100K kms, and the SoH is 81.2%. I mostly only charge it to 80% and hardly every CHAdeMO it. I guess age degradation is the most dominant and not the way the batteries are charged as in the early years of my car it was rapid charged every day and it didn’t seem to make any difference to the battery health. The hunt is on now to replace our ICE car and it’ll most likely be traded in for an e-Niro 😀 it’ll be interesting to have no ICE car anymore 😀
With the uneven tyre wear, my Nissan Leaf Acenta used to do the same. I spoke to the garage & they said the wear on the outsides was caused by underinflafion, although I was keeping to Nissan's recommended tyre pressures. On their advice, I increased the tyre pressure to 45 psi, my tyres now wear evenly and last allot longer, enabling me to stick to a more efficient & higher quality tyre.
This was a great update video. For a battery that's nearly 7 years old with over 76,000 miles and only 15% capacity loss that's very good. What most people don't understand is that SIZE MATTERS when it comes to EV Li-ion battery life. Larger battery packs can last much longer than small packs largely because they only need to be "partially" charged each time and charged less frequently overall. Sadly, the early Leaf batteries were very small at only 24kWh. The Leaf's smaller battery typically required far more frequent charging in order to get any usefulness out of the vehicle. Some owners needed to recharge more than once each day and the charging was usually closer to a "Full" charge each time. My 2015 has 62,000 miles and it's at 84% SOH. This is likely because I have to charge it twice each day, once to get to work where I then have to charge it again in order to get home (80 miles round trip). However, I see where the newer 62kWh batteries are showing much slower capacity loss.
@@Tron-Jockey LIke everything else, if you use it more, it wears out faster... obviously your car with twice the battery capacity is also nearly twice the price for the car, because the car needs to be bigger, the motor needs to be bigger... to carry that 1500 lb battery around everywhere you go
@@Tron-Jockey Glad that you open this topic up! I purchased my 2015 Leaf-S new April 2015 with an odometer reading with 5 miles. At 131,000+ miles, my State of Health for the battery pack was 83% (24 kWh battery pack). This was from several years driving 60 miles roundtrip and many fast-charging sessions. I have come to find that winter (temps below 40F) I generally need to have it charged a little (at least 10% State of Charge more) on the commute home. I was extremely lucky that an EV shop found a healthy 62 kWh pack after a six month search. $14k cost for battery and labor swap (odometer around 131k miles / March 2022). This included testing afterwards. I found now that I can drive three days of my 60 miles roundtrip commute and it takes three nights / days to recharge @ 120-Volts (trickle charging) to full again (Summer months). Winter, of course my range decreases (varies from 9 to 50 degrees Fahrenheit). Still, I appreciate that I now can drive home directly without the need for charging in the winter months. Accessories like windshield wiper (this is another electric motor that gobbles more power), heat pump / defroster don't impact the 62 kWh battery pack like it did with the OEM 24 kWh. True too is that I need to inflate at least 40 psi with the tires to reduce uneven wear along the edges. I should try 45 psi like one commenter noted.
I should note that my commute has over 60% freeway speeds of 55 to 60 miles per hour, so my range normally falls below the manufacturer's estimated 84 miles @ 25 - 30 mph with the OEM 24 kWh battery pack. The car easily in its later years drive 70 Summer / 50+ miles Winter.
Had 2 LEAF Teknas and they are great cars. I didn't own them long enough to notice any significant battery degradation and they were both low mileage cars. I now have a 28 kWh Ioniq, which I only have to charge every 2 weeks compared to every week with the LEAF. It's very efficient.
Great video Ryan. Thanks for uploading. The 13p per kWh figure is reasonable for electricity, but obviously it's possible to pay less on an off-peak cheap rate -- e.g. I pay 5p per kWh for charging with Octopus Go. So it's possible to do 75k miles for about £1000 (@ ~3.5 miles per kWh).
Great review. Roughly matches my experience. Worth mentioning you can sometimes access free electricity so I’ve saved even more. I planned to let my car go at the end of 3 years......keeping it. I can see me swapping out the battery in another hundred thousand miles as companies are starting to provide that service. I’ve only had to buy 4 tyres and a set of wiper blades! We even have an independent EV servicing and MOT garage at half the price of the main dealer. If only the heater was better and did not zap the battery......the only con. As you said, pre heat on charge while you are sleeping using the app and use the heated seats and wheel during winter driving....sorted.
Thanks for all your figures which are surprising...I will be changing my present car to a used electric Nissan Leaf, so you convinced me, Ryan thank you.
Great and honest review, thank you! I’ve been considering a Leaf as our second car and this has really reassured me I’m not going to go wrong when I buy one 👍🏻
Wow! 85% still left - splendid. Guessometer shows as high as 107 on mine, with only 19 out of 30 kWh left. But getting 5.3 miles per kW - mostly city driving.
Thanks heaps for your EV series Ryan. I've used your advice as a source of info prior to and after buying our first EV and have not regretted it. 2016 Leaf Tekna only done 34000 kms so very reassuring we have many years of trouble free motoring ahead. Any updates on your MG coming soon? Cheers regards Matt
I have a similar commute to you, charge overnight (5p/kWh) costs me £1 in fuel compared to the £8 my petrol Peugeot was costing me and that's not including maintenance! Although this is an egolf. Working from home genuinely costs more than driving into the office in electric.
@3:40 I’ve done exactly that-hit the damn thing until it works. So last summer I going over the Brooklyn Bridge and hit a *huge* pothole. I immediately heard some buzzing from the fan after the impact. I thought something *much* worse had happened. I breakout and hit the dash in frustration. I noticed the buzzing sound lessened. So then I hit it again a few more times and it reduced the buzzing even more. Finally when I could stop the car, I opened the cabin air filter and noticed some chopped up acorns in the fan blades and manually removed the rest. What a relief. It was damn hot July in NYC.
I also had in mind you had a 30kwh Leaf but it's interesting how the 30's and 24's are progressing. I have identical car to you, year, colour, spec, but it's 30kwh, however, I'm on 55,000 miles, one bar down and SOH of 82%. My range with normal/careful driving is only a few miles more than you. It does seem the 30 has a bit more deterioration and I can see soon won't have much more than the 24. Knowing that now I'd possibly have saved a bit and gone for the 24 (bought 3 years old), however, I'd agree that for the right usage case they are absolutely brilliant cars - we love ours. Also have a petrol VW Touran but Leaf is used as number one car (unless with dog or trailer) and does about 13,000 miles a year compared with about 1/10 that for the VW. Good to see another vid from you. Cheers.
Thanks very useful. I was looking to buy a 2nd hand Leaf, but in South Africa only about 150 were sold and the current owners hold onto them, for obvious reaons:-).
I have 2012 Nissan leaf the original. You have been extremely lucky I've had lots of issues with my car. I know all the junk yards all over the world. Be aware if something major doesn't work the cost of parts from Nissan are jaw dropping. Mines has done 77000 miles lost 2 bars. Will be my last year with this car with a bit of luck wont have any more problems.
I have Nissan Visia+ so base model but it does the job for me. I did over 71k myself the SOH is still between 81-85% don't think it's bad. Still capable of 70 miles even on coldish day. 80 miles in summer. Absolutely amazing value for money when buying used. Great video as always also I didn't have any of the issues you mentioned in your video. Also the rapid chargers helped my SOH stay high. I bought my Leaf with 14k miles and Soh 92% but as I mentioned before after fee months or using rapids daily I brought it back to 100%
2014 leaf now 9y7m 120.000km and almost exactly the same experience as Andrew. Thinking will I ever get a reasonably priced battery for it, and rejuvenate. Its not much use for longer journeys any more, but for a run arounder its perfect.
Great vid just bought a 2016 tekna 24 kwh 60,000 on clock still 12 bars soh 85.38% my commute is 7.2 miles a day and on full charge the range is showing 93 miles
That squeaking can start after washing the car with some car shampoos if you get it on the windows :) Nissan sales advised me once a month to charge to 100% using the granny charger so that the car will do it's cell balancing where it gets all the cells to the same state of charge and that might improve your battery stats Ryan Great video as aways John
I upgraded my leaf 30kwh to a PEUGOET e2008. Getting 200 miles at the moment. I had cameras on my old leaf and had exactly the same on PEUGOET, coz you need to cover yourself for people like you say who may hit you, even in a car park and either go without saying anything or give false details like happened to you. Always get a camera with parking mode 👍
I managed to pick up what appears to be the same car (mid trim level, with cloth white interior, premium upgrades package (Bose sound system, upgraded wheels, etcetera)) used, in 2017, with 4K miles on it, for $13,750, one previous owner. Now it has 50K miles on it, and it has been great. Maintenance expenses are minimal (tires, wiper blades, cabin air filter, 12-volt battery), but I do wish it had better crash safety ratings. Mine has 12 battery bars still. No LEAF spy information. 🤷♂️ Plus, lots of free L2 public charging.
Charging cost information is useful. I have rooftop PV, and access to free charging at all of my destinations (not originally, but now)..so charging for me have been minimal, probably less than $50 over 50K miles.
2015 Accenta (with heated backseats in Nordic version) - 76000 km (48000 miles) - All battery bars. 130 km (80 miles) in the winter (pre-warmed) and 150 km summer (95 miles). But that's keeping it below 100 km/h on the speedo. Actually I can't really feel any difference from new. But 80% of the time I only charge to 80%. It is for sale now (difficult during Covid) - got a Model 3 LR and an ID .3 now - so it is just sitting. As a second car for moderate/short commutes it is perfect.... we just don't have short commutes anymore. Having 70 and 80 miles commutes makes the winter to close for comfort.
Miss my 24kwh leaf. Same colour and spec as yours. Got a 40kwh for the last year. Still sort of prefer the old shape. Don't miss the 60-70 mile range much though. Although when I had that car I had a back up Mondeo. Now it's just the Leaf 👍. Great video as always.
My 2017 Leaf is the neatest car I've ever owned and I've been driving for about 50 years. I used to like fixing things on cars but no more give me an electric any day.
I like the digital dash on my 2015 so much that I preferred to spend the $14k for a 62kWh battery pack instead of $40k+ on a newer model that included a 62kWh battery pack. Caution: Six months went by before my EV garage found a suitable replacement pack of 90%+ State of Health. It was 97%. I had the patience or the stubbornness to see this goal through.
I had it in my mind, you owned the 30KWH Leaf and was shocked when you said you get 60 miles in the winter! I'm somewhat glad you later mentioned you had the 24KWH as I've been toying with the idea of the 30KWH for the driving style you have suggested. Great video as always and I like the drone-cam too :-)
@@stevezodiac491 Silly question - did you get the latest firmware available from certain dealerships of Nissan to update the battery management system? Also, have you used Leafspy to determine the SOH and available kWh of the battery? To perform the latter, make sure you use a rapid charger to charge up to 100% from as little % as possible (under 5% if possible).
Good and very informative video, there are other savings to be had with EV ownership, if you have dual electricity meter because of owning an EV and using time delay white goods for example my tumble dryer normal cycle costs on my tariff of 22p per kw standard and 12p EV off peak £1.10 normal or 60p on the EV tariff include a dishwasher with similar savings.
2 phones annoyance is so relatable! It is always a pain calling to my wife while she is driving - she finds it to much effort to go through all the steps and reconnect her phone. And if I do it for her I always have to swear later when I forget about it and have to reconnect mine while on the move 😂😤
I fancy one of these as a second car for school and shop run etc but it would take me years to do 70,000 miles. That is a big saving but over say 5 years I’m not sure it sounds that appealing. I just want one because I’m intrigued by electric power and don’t want to wait until everyone’s got one!
Does seem a reasonable secondhand buy. 85% is very good for that usage. It has not been on my radar, as I am more of a Zoe fan. Still EV in my life yet!
Thanks mate for the review, I too reckon a 2015 leafs a great second hand buy and agree I’ve found mine to be a well built reliable machine. Just out of interest EVs enhanced a New Zealand company doing battery replacement equipment for older leafs is looking to release a 16 blade lithium ion phosphate battery with thermal management this year. It will apparently offer over 300 km of range and won’t mind rapid charging and will be a plug and play replacement for 24 to 40 KW leafs. Cool hey, I bought my vehicle understanding the limitations of the older battery tech with the hope that a feasible after market battery system might become available before I needed to replace mine. looks like this will happen sooner than later my old battery will be repurposed as domestic solar power storage as the old cells are more than adequate in that role. Hopefully I’ll be able to continue to keep the leaf going for many more years 😁👍
Oooh I saw that company on RUclips today it is really cool what they are offering and doing three different types of battery that fit in Nissan Leaf offering incredible improvement. May have to make sure that car can take 6.6kw charging before any upgrade else very slow charges home/ with a wallbox
Replacement of what battery? Nowhere near that much anymore the company in NZ doing the after market batteries mentioned are aiming for a cost of 1/3 of a new Leaf for a 40kwh battery so 8000-9000 with active thermal management and a chemistry that is much more resistant to degradation and comfortable with rapid charging on a regular basis.
@@Ligre667 Interesting. The othe NZ company working on these quoted 15k minium. Ihave a 2014 leaf with only 14,000 on the clock and would gladly pay 8k for an extended range battery in 4-5 years but by then however the 2019 leafs will be much cheaper by then. I just hope more competition pops up by then. Suprised there's no Chinese battery upgrade
@@davo01BKK Only going by what I read that the aim is for the battery to cost a third of the price of a new Nissan Leaf which should equate to roughly 8000 for new better battery, which has liquid cooling added too. I agree would be lovely if there were more companies eg if the Chinese did aftermarket battery upgrades for better financial cost than most replacements currently available.
Have a 2016 Leaf SV - agree that changing the cabin filter is a challenege. Bought mine used in 2019 - shiny black plastic was all pitted. Previous owners were not nice to the car.
Great video! My 2015 Leaf still got 12/12 bars on the battery. I rarely use fast charging and actually are using the "emergency charger", which came with the car on a separate wall outlet. Also i rarely go below 20% or above 80% on the battery. Guess that have helped a lot.
What mileage is onnyour car ? Mine 2015 43k miles 12 bars but until SOH the battery is above 85% If I'm sure 12 bars on the instrument cluster. I'm just waiting for my OBD2 dongle to make it possible to read battery details with leafspy app
@@enjoy87mx I got 62k miles on mine 2015mod. I will certainly check SOH with a similar type of OBD2 and get back to this later. I bet it probably is closer to 11/12 now. But i still get to drive around 90 miles till i need to recharge it.
Great video (bought a 30kwh Tekna last week after watching your videos) - with the tyres - have you had tracking checked as that can adversely affect the wear?
Under inflated tyres will place extra wear on edges of tyres if is just one side usually wheel alignment, over inflated will wear execive in middle of tyres .( I have done 32 thousands miles on my factory fitted tyres in my leaf from new and they still go strong)
The lack of range was infuriating so I went from a 24kwh (22kwh usable?) leaf to a 64kwh (usable) eNiro. No longer any need to ever take our ice vehicle.
Just got a 2019 Leaf SV and I love it! If the previous generation Leaf held up that well, the current should as well. As someone who has been plagued with mechanical problems in the past, I hope to have a much easier time with this car.
I just got my first EV, also a 2019 Leaf SV! I got the 40kw battery, and thus far it’s done fine, even in New Hampshire winters! No way am I going back to a gas car.
The Leaf battery container is the same size for the 24kwhr, the 30 kwhr, the 40 kwhr and the 60 kwhr. With greater battery density in the same sized box comes greater heat dissipation problems. My 30 kwhr hasn't faired any where close to his 24 kwhr car and I suspect that the 40 and 60 kwhr cars will be even worse than mine in battery degradation ?
Hi everyone, last December I bought a Leaf 65 plate 24 kW. It had done only 4000 miles back then and now I have had it for 5 months and I am more than happy, chuffed to bits I would say. I have learnt how to drive it more efficiently and to use the regen breaking to boots the range and on a full charge I am comfortable with 90-95 miles. We also have a Skoda Karoq diesel in the house hold 69 plate and it turns out that we use way more the Leaf then the diesel car. I look forward to replacing the SKODA with another electric car. Very useful video, thanks a lot. If I may ask the channel, how much does Rapid charge affect the car's battery's health for example if I use rapid charge during the weekend only. Thank you in advance for your reply.
I just bought a 2014 Tekna leaf with 60k miles on the clock for £10k (second hand car prices 😭) but I had the chance to use leafspy before buying and could see the battery was at 92% health still.
Have you considered the battery extender from Muxsan? That will give on an extra 17.6kw on the battery and more than enough for your whole daily journey.
I have the same car in the same colour, but it's a 17 plate. In my car, the phones automatically change over within about a minute of the other person leaving the car. My biggest bugbear is despite having auto light and wipers, they don't talk to each other. In torrential daytime rain it won't turn the lights on. I have to turn my automatic lights to manual. I phoned Nissan customer service and was told the system is not designed to turn the lights on in daytime rain! Every other car I have had in the last 15 years turns on the lights during daytime rain after the wipers have given about 5 sweeps. Not good for safety but, other than that, I love the car..
50k !!!! wow. I am at 42k on my 2016 and already lost 2 bars. down from 120 miles to 80 miles already. Grrrr its the ONLY thing I hate about the leaf. otherwise I LOVE my leaf. 65k miles on my 2012 before it got totaled. 42k on my 2016 so far. sadly I can't go 110-120 miles any longer. that was nice. could reach all of Albuquerque then. but now I can only reach about 60-70% of ABQ unless I recharge somewhere.
I have the same year Ascenta with 56k miles and 84% left on the battery, but plan to keep it and use it as a house battery in the near future as we are switching from oil burner to air source, it will run the air source on solar energy and cheap or cheap off peak electricity.
@@EVOpinion I plan to keep the car and use a device to enable me to use the energy, it's about £2.5k so cheaper than buying a 2nd battery pack, and I get to use the use car if I want!
I was told the leaf batteries die at about 80k - by a company that used two as staff cars [up and down the m3 everyday] . Maybe they've got better. I've a diesel and expect 200k out of the engine - 10 years away. Swings and roundabouts.
Just ordered my new Leaf today. Now trying to find out what I pay for my electricity. I've no idea and my provider's website is useless. I don't even know if my electricity is cheaper overnight. Never mind. The lead time on the car is 3 - 6 months so I've got plenty of time to figure it all out.
Hi - have you done any videos ref D mode, vs B mode, vs Eco? I've had my Tekna 30kwh for about a week and am hearing differing views about this. My question relates to wringing the most miles out of the car...
Found myself here looking for alternatives to daily running costs, given the huge rise in forecourt prices recently with more to come. In addition to that the governments objective for phasing out combustion engines, and also increasing ULEZ in more towns and cities. One thing not factored in to the running costs, is the most obvious cost involved…the initial purchase. Although not a running cost specifically, it should be included in any pence per mile calculations. I do really like the Leaf, but my 2005 3 Series Tourer is on 180,000 miles and still does 60mpg
I have the same issue with the drivers window. Saw a video online mentioning the dry silicone but comments saying it didn't work for them and now they get streaks even after a long time of waiting. Can you provide more info? Thanks
A very important piece of information you left out is how you charged the car most most of its life. That is, did you charge to 100% SoC everyday and even if you did not drive the car for days, kept the pack at 100% unused, for days? What is the ambient temperature where you live? Hot temps + 100 % SoC is what really degraded cells so please tell us about this information. Thank you!
I put 145 thousand miles on mine and it still took me where I wanted to go and back with ease.
I own a '15 Leaf--my first EV. Love, love, love. It is beautiful and has only 52k miles. I bought it w/ 50K. I just had it worked on for a small knocking sound when I start moving and stopping. They greased the bearings and now no sound.
More employers need to install level 2 chargers for employees and customers in their parking areas.
Here in the US, after Covid and many more people now remaining home to work going forward, I suspect there is a coming crash in the commercial real estate market. I know my office closed and that building is mostly empty. Adding some chargers could be a way for remaining office management companies to help retain the tenants they have. If I ever have to start commuting to an office again I know charging at work will be one of my check boxes in the decision.
hell even level 1 would be ok. 8 hour shift would still add 40 miles of charge.
A few years ago Bellevue Square Mall in Washington State doubled their 240-Volt stalls. Some of the Seattle greater area Safeway stores added two free 240-Volt chargers while Fred Meyers dropped their lease (2011 installations) in 2021 - however Bellevue - Overlake Fred Meyers installed a competing charging company in 2022 at another location to their vast parking lot.
Good to see you again.
2017 Nissan 30kwh with 32 thousands miles battery on 91.5% state of health still original tyres overall will recommend especially as 2nd car in household
I think those battery degradation figures are pretty good for a LEAF, but pretty bad compared to the EV competition. Nissan should have thermally managed their battery. After all Ryan lives in a cold climate and still has nearly 20% battery degradation over 5 - 6 years. Part of that is down to the small battery size and the sheer number of cycles but part of it is also have the battery operate above and below the optimal temperature.
@@mondotv4216 They ok. Hopefully When my car reaches 10years I still will have 70 health of battery left .
@@mondotv4216 its a trade off
the leaf battery has no coolant, no radiator, no water pump, no heater, no thermal control unit - its simple and there is no maintenance like other EVs.
Also the Leaf chemistry has been proven safe - no Leaf battery fires in the possession of car owners, unlike tesla cars that have batteries spontaneous ignite for NO reason and burn the car, and sometimes the garage, to the ground
In concept an electric car is very simple, but in execution they end up being nearly as complex as a gas powered vehicle... The laws of physic apply to both.
@@kenwittlief255 so basically getting a new battery for my 2013 SL , in a few years from now would be a good investment ? at what price?
I appreciate the Simplicity of my car and I am content with it .
It's obvious that you are an intelligent person and I would appreciate your opinion ... thank you
75000 miles 10/12 battery capacity.... New York metro area (for weather reference)
Great review. Genuine and real-world as always. Nice to see you've put ~70,000 miles on it! Hopefully you'll keep it going for another 70,000 miles 😉
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Glad you are back, and please more Leaf videos!
Very factual material thanks for that. I had leaf gen 1 and own gen 2 40kwh, managed to drive without any issues from Manchester to Chamonix. Driving an EV makes you a calmer driver and we don't need more range than 200 miles, just more affordable and family friendly EVs.
we have a 2020 leaf 40kw tekna.
we also have 2 ice cars.
the leaf is an incredible car to own. in 4 years it's cost us one wiper blade. no servicing needed. the mot is the service. cheaper than taking the bus.
if you never drive more than 100 miles and have a home charger then just go buy one. i've been driving 45 years and over 4 million miles. takes a lot to impress me. the leaf is one fantastic car in everyway. so nice to drive aswell.
Thank you, I was hoping you would do this. I've been looking at 2015+ Teknas with less than 30k miles and was surprised to find a few that had already lost a bar.
Great video Ryan, you're Leaf has been a really good buy, and I thought your 75k mile review was thorough and a real revelation to any of the doubters of EV's. Looking forward to seeing more videos from you when you get the time, I'm guessing the new job, with all it's travelling, will make it more challenging to do that. Once again, really good to see a video from you.👍🏻
Great review, you answered every question I had. Thank you very much
Nice job. Great summary. The Nissan Leaf doesn't get enough credit for ushering in the EV revolution.
Very reassuring to hear! My 2018 leaf has just done 50,000 miles. Thankfully I haven't seen any issues with range yet!
A great an informative presentation. Thanks for posting .
What great honest appraisal of a car. And how it’s fitted in for you long term.
Great update thanks 👍 Glad you’ve stuck with the Leaf, it’s the most cost effective thing to do. We’ve stuck with our Leaf 30, now 4 years old 30k. miles and battery health at 94%. Same a you zero issues so far, hoping to make it last at least another 4yrs!
I've had my 60Kwh 2019 Leaf for 2 years. I traded my 2017 Tesla model S even up ($42,4K). My Leaf has the same range (about 240 miles). AS a retired software engineer, I think Nissan made fewer bad design decisions than Tesla. My leaf is mush more nimble and I'll probably drive it for 3 more years, at which time numerous EVs should be available and battery technology will have advanced.
Yes, sound is phenomenal--Bose. Nissan Leaf SV (top trim) is well done. Leather stands out--prestigious for a Leaf.
Really helpful and, if I recall correctly, you said ages ago that you hadn't done any particular battery saving charging regime so it's impressive. This would now make an ideal second car for shopping, school runs, short commutes.
My Leaf was damaged in a car park. They left no details. I had a front and rear dashcam, but they stopped when I parked. I have rewired with a lesure battery protector so they will do a least an hour after parking. I would recommend this to anyone.
Good informative video always interesting to have the honest information from people that live with these cars on a every day basis. Not from a journalist taking a guess at ranges or a salesman shell we say slightly exaggerating the range.
Must have been watching you for a few years now always good info etc.👍👍👍
Thank you 😁👍
Nice review. Our 2013 is going along strong but getting used a lot less now that we have a 2019 Plus as well.
Interesting, good video, nice to see real world examples of the cost saving possible.
Ah! Shiny plastic has a new nemises. Along with kids, fingerprints and splashes there is now the joy of hand sanitiser! Good to see you back Ryan!
Ah, yes! Hand sanitiser get everywhere!!
*Get Shares In Micro Cloths - deals with the problem in no time.*
Hi Ryan you are the reason l have a Leaf Thankyou!!
Tekna 2017 30kw.
Grey (1 years ownership now)
I really like the detailed day to day ownership information you always give.
So happy we did get one, and l cannot keep the wife out of it!
saved hard for it and brought it from UK to Rep of Ireland.
Not many here really.
Lightbulb moment when you talked about the drivers window 😳🙏🙏
So so true, l shall Silicone it a second time!
Regards and best wishes,
always
Paul
I was happy to see your Tekna in another video 🙂 My Leaf is now 7 years old, 100K kms, and the SoH is 81.2%. I mostly only charge it to 80% and hardly every CHAdeMO it. I guess age degradation is the most dominant and not the way the batteries are charged as in the early years of my car it was rapid charged every day and it didn’t seem to make any difference to the battery health. The hunt is on now to replace our ICE car and it’ll most likely be traded in for an e-Niro 😀 it’ll be interesting to have no ICE car anymore 😀
Hello There, this is a great Video and thank you for giving this really decent Review. It was great to hear your perspective. Cheers Peter :)
With the uneven tyre wear, my Nissan Leaf Acenta used to do the same.
I spoke to the garage & they said the wear on the outsides was caused by underinflafion, although I was keeping to Nissan's recommended tyre pressures.
On their advice, I increased the tyre pressure to 45 psi, my tyres now wear evenly and last allot longer, enabling me to stick to a more efficient & higher quality tyre.
Thanks Lee, will give that a try 👍
This was a great update video. For a battery that's nearly 7 years old with over 76,000 miles and only 15% capacity loss that's very good. What most people don't understand is that SIZE MATTERS when it comes to EV Li-ion battery life. Larger battery packs can last much longer than small packs largely because they only need to be "partially" charged each time and charged less frequently overall. Sadly, the early Leaf batteries were very small at only 24kWh. The Leaf's smaller battery typically required far more frequent charging in order to get any usefulness out of the vehicle. Some owners needed to recharge more than once each day and the charging was usually closer to a "Full" charge each time. My 2015 has 62,000 miles and it's at 84% SOH. This is likely because I have to charge it twice each day, once to get to work where I then have to charge it again in order to get home (80 miles round trip). However, I see where the newer 62kWh batteries are showing much slower capacity loss.
@@Tron-Jockey LIke everything else, if you use it more, it wears out faster... obviously
your car with twice the battery capacity is also nearly twice the price for the car, because the car needs to be bigger, the motor needs to be bigger... to carry that 1500 lb battery around everywhere you go
@@Tron-Jockey Glad that you open this topic up! I purchased my 2015 Leaf-S new April 2015 with an odometer reading with 5 miles. At 131,000+ miles, my State of Health for the battery pack was 83% (24 kWh battery pack). This was from several years driving 60 miles roundtrip and many fast-charging sessions. I have come to find that winter (temps below 40F) I generally need to have it charged a little (at least 10% State of Charge more) on the commute home. I was extremely lucky that an EV shop found a healthy 62 kWh pack after a six month search. $14k cost for battery and labor swap (odometer around 131k miles / March 2022). This included testing afterwards. I found now that I can drive three days of my 60 miles roundtrip commute and it takes three nights / days to recharge @ 120-Volts (trickle charging) to full again (Summer months). Winter, of course my range decreases (varies from 9 to 50 degrees Fahrenheit). Still, I appreciate that I now can drive home directly without the need for charging in the winter months. Accessories like windshield wiper (this is another electric motor that gobbles more power), heat pump / defroster don't impact the 62 kWh battery pack like it did with the OEM 24 kWh. True too is that I need to inflate at least 40 psi with the tires to reduce uneven wear along the edges. I should try 45 psi like one commenter noted.
I should note that my commute has over 60% freeway speeds of 55 to 60 miles per hour, so my range normally falls below the manufacturer's estimated 84 miles @ 25 - 30 mph with the OEM 24 kWh battery pack. The car easily in its later years drive 70 Summer / 50+ miles Winter.
Had 2 LEAF Teknas and they are great cars. I didn't own them long enough to notice any significant battery degradation and they were both low mileage cars. I now have a 28 kWh Ioniq, which I only have to charge every 2 weeks compared to every week with the LEAF. It's very efficient.
Great video Ryan. Thanks for uploading.
The 13p per kWh figure is reasonable for electricity, but obviously it's possible to pay less on an off-peak cheap rate -- e.g. I pay 5p per kWh for charging with Octopus Go.
So it's possible to do 75k miles for about £1000 (@ ~3.5 miles per kWh).
Great information,thank u sooooo much.
Excellent video and explanation thanks
I have a 30kw teckna with 19000 miles on it so I'm pleased your battery is in good shape after 76000. 😁👍Nice cars to drive as well.
Great review. Roughly matches my experience. Worth mentioning you can sometimes access free electricity so I’ve saved even more. I planned to let my car go at the end of 3 years......keeping it. I can see me swapping out the battery in another hundred thousand miles as companies are starting to provide that service. I’ve only had to buy 4 tyres and a set of wiper blades! We even have an independent EV servicing and MOT garage at half the price of the main dealer. If only the heater was better and did not zap the battery......the only con. As you said, pre heat on charge while you are sleeping using the app and use the heated seats and wheel during winter driving....sorted.
I had one for 3 years (2015-17) would completely agree with you. I've heard some horror stories about the Zoe's from the same era.
Thanks for all your figures which are surprising...I will be changing my present car to a used electric Nissan Leaf, so you convinced me, Ryan thank you.
Great review and is helpful.
Welcome back again
Great and honest review, thank you! I’ve been considering a Leaf as our second car and this has really reassured me I’m not going to go wrong when I buy one 👍🏻
Wow! 85% still left - splendid. Guessometer shows as high as 107 on mine, with only 19 out of 30 kWh left. But getting 5.3 miles per kW - mostly city driving.
Another great video
Thanks heaps for your EV series Ryan. I've used your advice as a source of info prior to and after buying our first EV and have not regretted it. 2016 Leaf Tekna only done 34000 kms so very reassuring we have many years of trouble free motoring ahead. Any updates on your MG coming soon? Cheers regards Matt
Very good video, thank you for sharing.
I have a similar commute to you, charge overnight (5p/kWh) costs me £1 in fuel compared to the £8 my petrol Peugeot was costing me and that's not including maintenance! Although this is an egolf. Working from home genuinely costs more than driving into the office in electric.
@3:40 I’ve done exactly that-hit the damn thing until it works.
So last summer I going over the Brooklyn Bridge and hit a *huge* pothole. I immediately heard some buzzing from the fan after the impact. I thought something *much* worse had happened.
I breakout and hit the dash in frustration. I noticed the buzzing sound lessened. So then I hit it again a few more times and it reduced the buzzing even more. Finally when I could stop the car, I opened the cabin air filter and noticed some chopped up acorns in the fan blades and manually removed the rest.
What a relief. It was damn hot July in NYC.
I also had in mind you had a 30kwh Leaf but it's interesting how the 30's and 24's are progressing. I have identical car to you, year, colour, spec, but it's 30kwh, however, I'm on 55,000 miles, one bar down and SOH of 82%. My range with normal/careful driving is only a few miles more than you. It does seem the 30 has a bit more deterioration and I can see soon won't have much more than the 24. Knowing that now I'd possibly have saved a bit and gone for the 24 (bought 3 years old), however, I'd agree that for the right usage case they are absolutely brilliant cars - we love ours. Also have a petrol VW Touran but Leaf is used as number one car (unless with dog or trailer) and does about 13,000 miles a year compared with about 1/10 that for the VW. Good to see another vid from you. Cheers.
Thanks very useful. I was looking to buy a 2nd hand Leaf, but in South Africa only about 150 were sold and the current owners hold onto them, for obvious reaons:-).
I have 2012 Nissan leaf the original. You have been extremely lucky I've had lots of issues with my car. I know all the junk yards all over the world. Be aware if something major doesn't work the cost of parts from Nissan are jaw dropping. Mines has done 77000 miles lost 2 bars. Will be my last year with this car with a bit of luck wont have any more problems.
Great review Ryan. Good to see you back. Where have you been? :-)
I have Nissan Visia+ so base model but it does the job for me. I did over 71k myself the SOH is still between 81-85% don't think it's bad. Still capable of 70 miles even on coldish day. 80 miles in summer. Absolutely amazing value for money when buying used. Great video as always also I didn't have any of the issues you mentioned in your video.
Also the rapid chargers helped my SOH stay high. I bought my Leaf with 14k miles and Soh 92% but as I mentioned before after fee months or using rapids daily I brought it back to 100%
Using rapid charger helps bring battery health up? How? Can you elaborate?
@@kushalraj93 it causes degradation , as I'm sure you already know
2014 leaf now 9y7m 120.000km and almost exactly the same experience as Andrew. Thinking will I ever get a reasonably priced battery for it, and rejuvenate. Its not much use for longer journeys any more, but for a run arounder its perfect.
Great vid just bought a 2016 tekna 24 kwh 60,000 on clock still 12 bars soh 85.38% my commute is 7.2 miles a day and on full charge the range is showing 93 miles
Brilliant video on long term ownership 👍👏👏
Thank you JP. That means a lot, especially coming from you 😁👍
Great, informative video - thanks. What are servicing costs and service intervals please?
That squeaking can start after washing the car with some car shampoos if you get it on the windows :)
Nissan sales advised me once a month to charge to 100% using the granny charger so that the car will do it's cell balancing where it gets all the cells to the same state of charge and that might improve your battery stats Ryan
Great video as aways
John
I upgraded my leaf 30kwh to a PEUGOET e2008. Getting 200 miles at the moment. I had cameras on my old leaf and had exactly the same on PEUGOET, coz you need to cover yourself for people like you say who may hit you, even in a car park and either go without saying anything or give false details like happened to you. Always get a camera with parking mode 👍
I managed to pick up what appears to be the same car (mid trim level, with cloth white interior, premium upgrades package (Bose sound system, upgraded wheels, etcetera)) used, in 2017, with 4K miles on it, for $13,750, one previous owner. Now it has 50K miles on it, and it has been great. Maintenance expenses are minimal (tires, wiper blades, cabin air filter, 12-volt battery), but I do wish it had better crash safety ratings. Mine has 12 battery bars still. No LEAF spy information. 🤷♂️ Plus, lots of free L2 public charging.
GOOD REVIEW & GREAT CAR.
Charging cost information is useful. I have rooftop PV, and access to free charging at all of my destinations (not originally, but now)..so charging for me have been minimal, probably less than $50 over 50K miles.
Very helpful very valuable info. What people want to know is winter range more than anything. You’ve been lucky with yours.
2015 Accenta (with heated backseats in Nordic version) - 76000 km (48000 miles) - All battery bars.
130 km (80 miles) in the winter (pre-warmed) and 150 km summer (95 miles). But that's keeping it below 100 km/h on the speedo. Actually I can't really feel any difference from new. But 80% of the time I only charge to 80%.
It is for sale now (difficult during Covid) - got a Model 3 LR and an ID .3 now - so it is just sitting.
As a second car for moderate/short commutes it is perfect.... we just don't have short commutes anymore. Having 70 and 80 miles commutes makes the winter to close for comfort.
Great update. I've tried to convince my wife to get a second hand Leaf for a year now.
You and me both
@@landrewmackinnon4888how do you know his wife?
Miss my 24kwh leaf. Same colour and spec as yours. Got a 40kwh for the last year. Still sort of prefer the old shape. Don't miss the 60-70 mile range much though. Although when I had that car I had a back up Mondeo. Now it's just the Leaf 👍. Great video as always.
My 2017 Leaf is the neatest car I've ever owned and I've been driving for about 50 years. I used to like fixing things on cars but no more give me an electric any day.
I like the digital dash on my 2015 so much that I preferred to spend the $14k for a 62kWh battery pack instead of $40k+ on a newer model that included a 62kWh battery pack. Caution: Six months went by before my EV garage found a suitable replacement pack of 90%+ State of Health. It was 97%. I had the patience or the stubbornness to see this goal through.
I had it in my mind, you owned the 30KWH Leaf and was shocked when you said you get 60 miles in the winter! I'm somewhat glad you later mentioned you had the 24KWH as I've been toying with the idea of the 30KWH for the driving style you have suggested.
Great video as always and I like the drone-cam too :-)
The 30 kwhr batteries degrade much faster than 24 kwhr batteries. Mine is 6 3/4 years old under 30k miles and has lost 3 battery bars and 25%.
@@stevezodiac491 Silly question - did you get the latest firmware available from certain dealerships of Nissan to update the battery management system? Also, have you used Leafspy to determine the SOH and available kWh of the battery? To perform the latter, make sure you use a rapid charger to charge up to 100% from as little % as possible (under 5% if possible).
Good and very informative video, there are other savings to be had with EV ownership, if you have dual electricity meter because of owning an EV and using time delay white goods for example my tumble dryer normal cycle costs on my tariff of 22p per kw standard and 12p EV off peak £1.10 normal or 60p on the EV tariff include a dishwasher with similar savings.
2 phones annoyance is so relatable!
It is always a pain calling to my wife while she is driving - she finds it to much effort to go through all the steps and reconnect her phone.
And if I do it for her I always have to swear later when I forget about it and have to reconnect mine while on the move 😂😤
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I fancy one of these as a second car for school and shop run etc but it would take me years to do 70,000 miles. That is a big saving but over say 5 years I’m not sure it sounds that appealing. I just want one because I’m intrigued by electric power and don’t want to wait until everyone’s got one!
Does seem a reasonable secondhand buy. 85% is very good for that usage.
It has not been on my radar, as I am more of a Zoe fan. Still EV in my life yet!
Thanks mate for the review, I too reckon a 2015 leafs a great second hand buy and agree I’ve found mine to be a well built reliable machine. Just out of interest EVs enhanced a New Zealand company doing battery replacement equipment for older leafs is looking to release a 16 blade lithium ion phosphate battery with thermal management this year. It will apparently offer over 300 km of range and won’t mind rapid charging and will be a plug and play replacement for 24 to 40 KW leafs. Cool hey, I bought my vehicle understanding the limitations of the older battery tech with the hope that a feasible after market battery system might become available before I needed to replace mine.
looks like this will happen sooner than later my old battery will be repurposed as domestic solar power storage as the old cells are more than adequate in that role.
Hopefully I’ll be able to continue to keep the leaf going for many more years 😁👍
Oooh I saw that company on RUclips today it is really cool what they are offering and doing three different types of battery that fit in Nissan Leaf offering incredible improvement. May have to make sure that car can take 6.6kw charging before any upgrade else very slow charges home/ with a wallbox
Your talking at least 15K for the replacement. What's the point?
Replacement of what battery? Nowhere near that much anymore the company in NZ doing the after market batteries mentioned are aiming for a cost of 1/3 of a new Leaf for a 40kwh battery so 8000-9000 with active thermal management and a chemistry that is much more resistant to degradation and comfortable with rapid charging on a regular basis.
@@Ligre667 Interesting. The othe NZ company working on these quoted 15k minium. Ihave a 2014 leaf with only 14,000 on the clock and would gladly pay 8k for an extended range battery in 4-5 years but by then however the 2019 leafs will be much cheaper by then. I just hope more competition pops up by then. Suprised there's no Chinese battery upgrade
@@davo01BKK Only going by what I read that the aim is for the battery to cost a third of the price of a new Nissan Leaf which should equate to roughly 8000 for new better battery, which has liquid cooling added too.
I agree would be lovely if there were more companies eg if the Chinese did aftermarket battery upgrades for better financial cost than most replacements currently available.
Have a 2016 Leaf SV - agree that changing the cabin filter is a challenege. Bought mine used in 2019 - shiny black plastic was all pitted. Previous owners were not nice to the car.
Just snatched up a 2018 with only 10k miles on the clock.
How is your car? Was it worth the money?
fine video
Great video!
My 2015 Leaf still got 12/12 bars on the battery. I rarely use fast charging and actually are using the "emergency charger", which came with the car on a separate wall outlet. Also i rarely go below 20% or above 80% on the battery. Guess that have helped a lot.
What mileage is onnyour car ? Mine 2015 43k miles 12 bars but until SOH the battery is above 85% If I'm sure 12 bars on the instrument cluster. I'm just waiting for my OBD2 dongle to make it possible to read battery details with leafspy app
@@enjoy87mx I got 62k miles on mine 2015mod. I will certainly check SOH with a similar type of OBD2 and get back to this later. I bet it probably is closer to 11/12 now. But i still get to drive around 90 miles till i need to recharge it.
@@anolbe mine was 88% fully charged SOH , and when was 20% charge level , was about 87% SOH
Great video (bought a 30kwh Tekna last week after watching your videos) - with the tyres - have you had tracking checked as that can adversely affect the wear?
Under inflated tyres will place extra wear on edges of tyres if is just one side usually wheel alignment, over inflated will wear execive in middle of tyres .( I have done 32 thousands miles on my factory fitted tyres in my leaf from new and they still go strong)
Nice ev
The lack of range was infuriating so I went from a 24kwh (22kwh usable?) leaf to a 64kwh (usable) eNiro. No longer any need to ever take our ice vehicle.
Just got a 2019 Leaf SV and I love it! If the previous generation Leaf held up that well, the current should as well. As someone who has been plagued with mechanical problems in the past, I hope to have a much easier time with this car.
I just got my first EV, also a 2019 Leaf SV! I got the 40kw battery, and thus far it’s done fine, even in New Hampshire winters! No way am I going back to a gas car.
The Leaf battery container is the same size for the 24kwhr, the 30 kwhr, the 40 kwhr and the 60 kwhr. With greater battery density in the same sized box comes greater heat dissipation problems. My 30 kwhr hasn't faired any where close to his 24 kwhr car and I suspect that the 40 and 60 kwhr cars will be even worse than mine in battery degradation ?
...and now we're at over £100 per tank of fuel, £189.9 per litre.
Hi everyone, last December I bought a Leaf 65 plate 24 kW. It had done only 4000 miles back then and now I have had it for 5 months and I am more than happy, chuffed to bits I would say. I have learnt how to drive it more efficiently and to use the regen breaking to boots the range and on a full charge I am comfortable with 90-95 miles. We also have a Skoda Karoq diesel in the house hold 69 plate and it turns out that we use way more the Leaf then the diesel car. I look forward to replacing the SKODA with another electric car.
Very useful video, thanks a lot.
If I may ask the channel, how much does Rapid charge affect the car's battery's health for example if I use rapid charge during the weekend only.
Thank you in advance for your reply.
Hi. I rapid charged every day for 3 years! My figures match the review. 60k and still full bars.
@@humstrumbangtwang hi and thanks for the reply, did you do this with a Leaf 1 generation.
I just bought a 2014 Tekna leaf with 60k miles on the clock for £10k (second hand car prices 😭) but I had the chance to use leafspy before buying and could see the battery was at 92% health still.
Have you thought about changing the oil in the gearbox. I would imagine you are due and that would make a good video.
Have you considered the battery extender from Muxsan? That will give on an extra 17.6kw on the battery and more than enough for your whole daily journey.
I have the same car in the same colour, but it's a 17 plate. In my car, the phones automatically change over within about a minute of the other person leaving the car. My biggest bugbear is despite having auto light and wipers, they don't talk to each other. In torrential daytime rain it won't turn the lights on. I have to turn my automatic lights to manual. I phoned Nissan customer service and was told the system is not designed to turn the lights on in daytime rain! Every other car I have had in the last 15 years turns on the lights during daytime rain after the wipers have given about 5 sweeps. Not good for safety but, other than that, I love the car..
50k !!!! wow. I am at 42k on my 2016 and already lost 2 bars. down from 120 miles to 80 miles already. Grrrr its the ONLY thing I hate about the leaf. otherwise I LOVE my leaf. 65k miles on my 2012 before it got totaled. 42k on my 2016 so far. sadly I can't go 110-120 miles any longer. that was nice. could reach all of Albuquerque then. but now I can only reach about 60-70% of ABQ unless I recharge somewhere.
I have the same year Ascenta with 56k miles and 84% left on the battery, but plan to keep it and use it as a house battery in the near future as we are switching from oil burner to air source, it will run the air source on solar energy and cheap or cheap off peak electricity.
Will you remove the battery yourself or ha e you found a company to do it?
@@EVOpinion I plan to keep the car and use a device to enable me to use the energy, it's about £2.5k so cheaper than buying a 2nd battery pack, and I get to use the use car if I want!
EVs are just better.
I was told the leaf batteries die at about 80k - by a company that used two as staff cars [up and down the m3 everyday] . Maybe they've got better. I've a diesel and expect 200k out of the engine - 10 years away. Swings and roundabouts.
Just ordered my new Leaf today. Now trying to find out what I pay for my electricity. I've no idea and my provider's website is useless. I don't even know if my electricity is cheaper overnight. Never mind. The lead time on the car is 3 - 6 months so I've got plenty of time to figure it all out.
Hi - have you done any videos ref D mode, vs B mode, vs Eco? I've had my Tekna 30kwh for about a week and am hearing differing views about this. My question relates to wringing the most miles out of the car...
Found myself here looking for alternatives to daily running costs, given the huge rise in forecourt prices recently with more to come.
In addition to that the governments objective for phasing out combustion engines, and also increasing ULEZ in more towns and cities.
One thing not factored in to the running costs, is the most obvious cost involved…the initial purchase. Although not a running cost specifically, it should be included in any pence per mile calculations.
I do really like the Leaf, but my 2005 3 Series Tourer is on 180,000 miles and still does 60mpg
You do the window side seals as well not just the bottom ones.
Hi, what is your charging routine? Max charge and minimum battery state before you charge again?
Is it still running on its original from new gearbox / final drive fluid or have you had it replaced at any time ??
I have the same issue with the drivers window. Saw a video online mentioning the dry silicone but comments saying it didn't work for them and now they get streaks even after a long time of waiting. Can you provide more info? Thanks
With a NOT Tekna you also get heated seats in the front and in the back
A very important piece of information you left out is how you charged the car most most of its life. That is, did you charge to 100% SoC everyday and even if you did not drive the car for days, kept the pack at 100% unused, for days? What is the ambient temperature where you live? Hot temps + 100 % SoC is what really degraded cells so please tell us about this information. Thank you!