Tesla Faces Accelerating Rate of Model 3 Refunds

Re:Tesla Faces Accelerating Rate of Model 3 Refunds by nerdwaller on Monday June 04, 2018 @08:24PM (#17233934)

Just be careful if you’re in a cold climate. A buddy owned one and had to charge his leaf at Nissan dealerships in the cold to make it home after work - and if I recall right, his commute wasn’t more than 15mi/way.

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Re:Tesla Faces Accelerating Rate of Model 3 Refunds by r00fus on Monday June 04, 2018 @09:19PM (#17234198)

This makes sense - for whatever inane reason (I'm not going to outright say it's malfeasance), Nissan chose to not include active thermal management for their Leaf line of cars. Even the one they sell today only has less effective cooling.

This means that older Leafs have a greatly reduced range. Even my budget Ford Focus EV 2017 ($16k negotiated cap cost) has active thermal management for the battery pack so I might keep it off-lease.

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Re:Tesla Faces Accelerating Rate of Model 3 Refunds by madengr on Tuesday June 05, 2018 @07:11AM (#17236579)

Keep in mind, the Leaf came out 1-2 years before the Model S, and and less that 1/2 the price. It uses totally different style of batteries. Probably all cost cutting. But yeah, cooling would be nice. They did some redesign for 2015, but it is still air cooled.

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Re:Tesla Faces Accelerating Rate of Model 3 Refunds by r00fus on Tuesday June 05, 2018 @04:48PM (#17241891)

Sure, but why does the 2018 Leaf not have active thermal management for their battery pack?

If my compliance-car Ford POS has it, surely the top-selling EV in history should have it by it's 2nd version model.

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Re:Tesla Faces Accelerating Rate of Model 3 Refunds by outworlder on Monday June 04, 2018 @08:57PM (#17234100)

That doesn't sound right. That's only 30 miles, total. This should be easily doable even with the cabin heater + battery heater at high highway speeds. Was this Leaf's battery healthy?

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Re:Tesla Faces Accelerating Rate of Model 3 Refunds by NegativeLatency on Monday June 04, 2018 @09:28PM (#17234239)

https://www.fleetcarma.com/nissan-leaf-chevrolet-volt-cold-w...

Seems like if it gets cold enough it might be a problem.

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Re:Tesla Faces Accelerating Rate of Model 3 Refunds by madengr on Monday June 04, 2018 @11:06PM (#17234668)

Those graphs show a 50 mile range on the Leaf. That’s still enough sub 0F to get me to work and back, twice.

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Re:Tesla Faces Accelerating Rate of Model 3 Refunds by thelastidiot on Tuesday June 05, 2018 @01:43AM (#17235238)

Leaf is my daily commuter. I inflated the tires to 42-44psi and got the extra mileage out of that. The recommended tire of 35psi is way too low too.

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Re:Tesla Faces Accelerating Rate of Model 3 Refunds by madengr on Monday June 04, 2018 @11:03PM (#17234651)

I live in Kansas, and have driven it sub 0F with no issues.

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