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Replacing the batteries on a leaf is now possible, even the earliest ones. People can buy an aftermarket battery and install it. Far from being disposable, the
by spiderxxxx 3y ago
Replacing the batteries on a leaf is now possible, even the earliest ones. People can buy an aftermarket battery and install it. Far from being disposable, the components of the batteries after replacement are reused, sometimes the battery itself lost some large percentage of its capacity, but it is useful enough. The issue with the replacement batteries is that the computer in those old leafs doesn't account for larger batteries, so the range calculations are all wrong.
- asow92 3y agoI think what I'm suggesting is more along the lines of regulatory bodies working with OEMs to determine a set of physical battery and software standards that are shared across all vehicles in the market. The goal of these standards being batteries of common sizes that would fit in any other vehicle of a particular class.