Re:How automakers can drive electrified vehicle sales and pr...
by ebbv on Friday February 03, 2017 @07:21AM
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I haven't downloaded the telemetry but we drive it every day and the range we get is extremely consistent. I'm sure there must be some degredation but my point is we haven't really lost any range. The weather and our driving behavior is the main cause of range variation.
If his claims about losing 50% capacity after 500 cycles were remotely true that would be the main cause of lost range ina 2.5 year old LEAF.
Re:How automakers can drive electrified vehicle sales and pr...
by thephilsproject on Friday February 03, 2017 @05:40AM
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From my understanding, the LEAF has a primitive battery management system compared to other EVs, including passive air cooling of the battery. Lithium batteries are fussy about temperature (they have similar temperature preferences to humans) and outside of this the degradation can be faster. Other EVs have liquid heating and active cooling of the battery.
Are you relying only on the 12 bar indicator or on the more detailed data download from the car's telemetry? My car still shows 12 bars, but has obviously lost some capacity (max range at 100% charge is down to about 95 from 102/103), just like my phone that still charges to "100%" but obviously has way less capacity after 3 years.
From my perspective, losing "no range whatsoever" after 2.5 years is the extraordinary claim.