Nissan Leaf battery upgrade

sh81722

The red car looks like the facelift from UK but it still has the old battery chemistry pack. So suffered from mad degradation.

unkel

Don't tell me there is no way of finding out what battery a Nissan Leaf 24kWh has? Either old or lizard?

...Ghost...

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120341144#Comment_120341144

The other way is to look in the boot of a 2013 car. If it has a big hump right up against the rear seats, it's an older battery car.

edit:

I recall something about the base spec Visia not having this same hump. Suffice to say that if you want a shopping trolley, go for the cheapest Leaf out there. If you want to be able to run to the bingo hall too, you better get a 2014+ 🤣

kanuseeme

Nissan leaf, ✔️ poor range ✔️ get rid of car ✔️ have your pride and joy drive it ❌

Sometimes I forget which thread I am in.

...Ghost...

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120341433#Comment_120341433

This isn't one about PHEVs.

The title of each thread is at the top of the page and in the browser window.

kanuseeme

Touchy.

kanuseeme

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120341465#Comment_120341465

If you cannot see the similarities between what I checked and the other thread all hope is lost, a car is fine as long as it barely does 40 km on battery, complete useless if it does just as much on electric and also has an internal combustion engine, here is one for you, look up, it says " Electric Vehicles & Hybrids" .

funny.

unkel

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120341534#Comment_120341534

You on about that stuff again? I'd rather a pure EV even if that means I can not go (ever) beyond the range of the car. And I like zero or negative depreciation cars. And I'd rather not pay all the extra maintenance, extra fuel, extra insurance, extra toll and extra tax that comes with having to drag a non-necessary piece of 19th century tech with me wherever I'm going (not far) 😂

kanuseeme

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120341780#Comment_120341780

I just commented on how the same car, slightly different circumstances is either buy or sell and some how I touched a nerve, maybe I fail to see the subtle difference between a guy who slowly used his car down to at best a 40km car in ideal weather to sell it, and recommending a car for a young woman who knows next to nothing, now that I typed it, still cannot see the difference,

That is your choice, I fail to see how 40 km is good but 41 km is bad because it used an 19th century technology to do 1 km , its splitting hairs I have done nearly 200 km this week, last night coming home from tesco, the engine switched on, few kms that all, I switch units on the car from km per litre, to litres per 100 km, to know how much I used.

0.02 l/100 km, in old speak 14,124 mpg imperial.

The problem is people do go far, I have no need for 2 cars, I have no wish to be stuck charging when I do not want to be, I have used my brain and whats available, practical, and safe, at no great purchase price or inconvenience.

...Ghost...

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120341534#Comment_120341534

We get it. You love your PHEV which for you is the best of both worlds. Good for you. You're picking out an obviously tongue-in-cheek comment I made and trying to make out that it validates your view point as superior to everyone who holds the view that a PHEV is a halfway, on the fence, inferior mode of transport. I looked into both and made the right choice when I bought a Nissan Leaf. I would choose a 2011 Leaf with 50km of range over a PHEV unless I needed more range for commuting. To be honest, I would quicker choose a full petrol than the likes of a prius.

Thankfully, the Leaf is now our "other EV" and we have an EV with significantly more range for my now extended commute.

kanuseeme

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120342237#Comment_120342237

Tongue in cheek that speaks volumes, and for a serious matter like a young woman driving it its perfectly ok. validate or not validate, I do not care, I will continue to push for a balance view, not drinking the EV kool aid .

I did not draw any conclusion or make any, I just pointed out the difference in threads, you seemed to have gotten your frilly underwear in a knot,

You can drive anything you want, its your choice.

Its a crap car that guy should sell, maybe get a wheelchair user to buy it, as per thread standard.

The end.

...Ghost...

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120342322#Comment_120342322

If the car no longer suits the user, then either the car needs a battery upgrade, or better still....sell to someone who only needs that range and then get a car with more range. That doesn't mean he needs an inferior PHEV with all the higher costs and lower performance involved. Not everyone is a terrified little girl when they don't have an engine as a backup 😉

kanuseeme

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120343183#Comment_120343183

Performance is fantastic when you reach 40.01 km,

unkel

The worst degraded Leaf in Ireland from 2011 will in 2031 still have plenty of range to bring an old pensioner to mass or to the shop even though it can only do 10km 😂

Not joking, I wouldn't be surprised if there are several thousand cars still on the road in this country that only do 20km or less per week (1k km per year)

zg3409

Range therapy are not swapping individual cells as in fixing batteries, nor repairing any faults in leafs but there are some EV specialist garages that might have a go but at inflated garage rates. The other issue is having your car off the road for a number of weeks depending on turnaround time. It's good new that battery upgrades are not needed/not viable, it shows that there is good value longer range options and that the old batteries are continuing to drive around and not be scrapped in any high numbers.

pmrecording

Hi there, have Leaf 2011 and I'm interested in your option, are you still doing these main battery upgrade with LG Chem cells?

zg3409

I see on the nissan leaf Ireland Facebook group an Irish driver got his leaf upgraded to 40kWh battery by range therapy for 7k all in and notified his insurer. It might not make economic sense now it has a used 40kWh battery but great to have the option. CCS conversions are possible too but still in testing phase. (CCS charger for Leaf [upto 125kw/hr] – Cost €2319 [€2852 VAT incl] [still testing])

Main issue is shortage of crashed leafs with donor batteries.