I bought the cheapest EV (a used Nissan Leaf)

Re:I bought the cheapest EV (a used Nissan Leaf) by fifilura on Friday September 05, 2025 @05:36AM (#45136703)

My understanding is that 2 & 3 are problems with the original (20kWh) Leaf model. Which possibly led to a rumour about the 40kWh models, that the OP has.

My Leaf from 2019 has 100% battery health and I always charge it to 100%. I almost never use fast charging though since it is a commute kind of car.

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Re:I bought the cheapest EV (a used Nissan Leaf) by geerlingguy on Friday September 05, 2025 @07:03AM (#45137219)

Is that the health reported by the car dashboard, or by LeafSpy? The dash has some wiggle room in its 1-10 display an IIRC it will display 100% until the SoH is below like 90%...

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Re:I bought the cheapest EV (a used Nissan Leaf) by floxy on Friday September 05, 2025 @04:49PM (#45143423)

Obviously they are reporting the dashboard number. The first bar drops at 85%. For a 2019, it is probably getting close to dropping its first dashboard bar.

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Re:I bought the cheapest EV (a used Nissan Leaf) by fifilura on Saturday September 06, 2025 @08:51AM (#45148847)

After 25 years in the industry I should know that there is always someone that have read more forums and researched more :)

Either way, the car is 6 years old. At this rate the battery will still be pretty fine when it is 15 years old and ready for retirement.

Never charging it above 80% is not worth the hassle. It is like never using your left hand for the fear of hurting your left hand. You are crippling your car by overthinking.

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