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There's a reason a used Nissan Leaf is so cheap. In EVs, once the battery is done, the car is done, as replacing the battery is expensive. The more the battery
by aprilthird2021 2y ago
There's a reason a used Nissan Leaf is so cheap. In EVs, once the battery is done, the car is done, as replacing the battery is expensive. The more the battery is used, like any battery, the less capacity it has, the faster it drains, the lower your mile range.
- rlpb 2y agoApparently most EV batteries degrade to about 80% SOH and then stay there. My 2015 Leaf is on 79% having bought it in 2020 at 86%. I've never heard of an EV battery being "done". In practice they seem to be doing better that expected. Granted, some users need more than 80% of the original range, but for them, there's a second hand market.
- PlunderBunny 2y agoThe batteries in most electric vehicles will now effectively last the lifetime of the vehicle itself [0]. Like modern solar panels, it's effectively not a consideration any more. Granted, there's a big range in the age of used Nissan Leaf's (Leaves?) [0] https://arstechnica.com/cars/2022/07/heres-one-way-we-know-that-an-evs-battery-will-last-the-cars-lifetime/#p3 https://arstechnica.com/cars/2022/07/heres-one-way-we-know-t...
- aprilthird2021 2y agoNot Nissan Leaf batteries. The article explicitly says: > The Nissan Leaf bears a lot of responsibility for the idea that EV batteries don't last. Nissan eschewed liquid cooling for the Leaf's pack, and the EV first went on sale in model year 2012, so there has been enough time for some early Leafs to lose up to 20 percent of their pack's storage capacity.
- standardUser 2y agoYeah that doesn't seem true based on what I'm reading. Sounds like mindless propaganda.
- aprilthird2021 2y agoMaybe just read the link the other reply posted. It explicitly points out that the Nissan Leaf specifically loses far more battery capacity than the competition because of some design choices