Nissan Leaf Quick Charge option

quenching

Could someone explain the Quick Charge option on the Nissan Leaf? Is it just the ability to use the Rapid Chargers to charge in 30 minutes or so, or is it the 6.6kw option for faster home charging?

Also, do all UK spec Leaf's have Quick Charge as standard, I'm only interested in the Acenta model really as I'm not keen on the leather in the Tekna.

isnottheword

quenching wrote: »

Could someone explain the Quick Charge option on the Nissan Leaf? Is it just the ability to use the Rapid Chargers to charge in 30 minutes or so, or is it the 6.6kw option for faster home charging?

The Leaf has the ability to 'slow charge' via AC Slow Charge Points (or home charging) OR Chademo DC Fast Charge Points.

Chademo is multiple times faster. However, you may not always have access to a FCP. Dependent upon the way you intend to use the car, an additional option in terms of slow charging may be useful to you. As standard, you can charge the car via AC power at 3.3kW. However, there is the option on some Leafs (you can purchase from new with this option or pick up a 2nd hand with this option) to charge on AC at 6.6kW...i.e. half the time of the standard.

This could be useful if you're likely to use SCP's - on the public network or at work - and need a faster turn around time. The same with home charging.

zilog_jones

I believe "quick charge" in Nissan's terminology is the 50 kW DC fast/rapid charging. I believe this wasn't standard on earlier base model UK spec Leafs? It will be very obvious anyway as there will be no CHAdeMO port on the car.

The 6.6 kW AC charging is a separate optional extra.

Also, SCP = standard charging point, not "slow"

KCross

quenching wrote: »

Could someone explain the Quick Charge option on the Nissan Leaf? Is it just the ability to use the Rapid Chargers to charge in 30 minutes or so, or is it the 6.6kw option for faster home charging?

Also, do all UK spec Leaf's have Quick Charge as standard, I'm only interested in the Acenta model really as I'm not keen on the leather in the Tekna.

I agree with @zilog_jones
If you are referring to Nissan terminology this is what they have on their website:

Your Nissan LEAF is equipped with a Quick Charger which allows you to use the Fast Charger system. Charging your LEAF from empty to 80% full will take approximately 30 minutes.

So to answer your question it is referring to the rapid charger not the 6.6kW optional extra.

Some of the earlier Visia/XE models didn't have rapid charger capability. It was an optional extra so if you were looking at a Visia you would need to check that as no rapid charging makes it a useless car outside the school run!

If you are looking at Acenta, they should all have rapid charge capability by default.

quenching

Thanks for clearing that up, the various charging options and the lack of consistency in the terminology used is a bit frustrating at times!

zilog_jones

Yeah, "quick" charging is not really terminology I've seen used outside of Nissan.

Even the "standard" and "fast" public charging terminology used in Ireland is different to the UK, where they would say "fast" and "rapid" instead.

unkel

zilog_jones wrote: »

Also, SCP = standard charging point, not "slow"

Yes it is, ridiculously slow unless you own a Renault Zoe, then it's half-fast

stesaurus

I hate calling it standard cp, it's just not useful or descriptive enough so always go with slow cp. Much easier for others to understand

zilog_jones

I think it's easy enough to understand that "standard" is not "fast", and "standard" is what ESBN call them. It also makes sense in the way that all plug-in electric vehicles should be able to use a "standard" charger but not necessarily a fast one (e.g. early low-spec Leafs as described above, and a lot of PHEVs)

ei9go

On a related matter, I have recently charged at what I thought from the ECars map were going to be 22kw chargers but they have a very small post and only charge one car. They seem to be 7 kw units but are marked 22kw on the map. Whats this about?

n97 mini

ei9go wrote: »

On a related matter, I have recently charged at what I thought from the ECars map were going to be 22kw chargers but they have a very small post and only charge one car. They seem to be 7 kw units but are marked 22kw on the map. Whats this about?

What's your car? Only the Zoe can pull 22kw on AC.

EDIT: re-read your posts and you seem to have a Zoe. I have noticed at least one SCP marked as 22kw on ecars but it won't do more than 3.6kw. I think they move SCPs around without updating the map.

zilog_jones

Maybe report it if you are sure it's wrong? There are a number of chargers in Cork in non-public places (mainly Q-Park car parks) which are correctly marked as 3.7 kW (16A) on the map.

ei9go

zilog_jones wrote: »

Maybe report it if you are sure it's wrong? There are a number of chargers in Cork in non-public places (mainly Q-Park car parks) which are correctly marked as 3.7 kW (16A) on the map.

Pretty sure from the time to 100% shown in the car. Usually would be less than an hour at a real 22kw charger but these are showing nearly 3 hrs.

The two I have found are Civic Centre Car Park, Gorey and Kilmantin Hill, Wicklow.

They have very small posts and seem to charge only one car.

runamile

Anyone got any experience or an opinion on whether fast charging the 2018 Nissan Leaf is bad for the battery, in the sense of making its life shorter?

Gumbo

runamile wrote: »

Anyone got any experience or an opinion on whether fast charging the 2018 Nissan Leaf is bad for the battery, in the sense of making its life shorter?

Considering the car is only 6 months old at best, I don’t think there’s enough data yet to determine it.