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Featured Nissan To Offer Refab Batteries for Leaf

Discussion in 'Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News' started by El Dobro, Mar 26, 2018.

  1. El Dobro

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    #1 El Dobro, Mar 26, 2018
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  2. markabele

    markabele owner of PiP, then Leaf, then Model 3

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    Interested to hear @hill 's take. :)
     
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    same "no range warranty" warranty as before? LOL - yep. I just wonder if these used batteries would even be good enough to build a DIY grid tied battery backup for our solar. Nissan traction pack fun fact;
    Unlike rev1 Tesla roadster - which is offered a NEW upgrade pack w/ even greater range (from 250ish miles to 400 miles) Nissan will NOT ever offer bigger upgrades for older Leaf's. Probably for the best.
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    bwilson4web BMW i3 and Model 3

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    If I didn't live in an English speaking country, I could get a bigger traction battery in my 2014 BMW i3-REx. Good thing I can't find evidence of battery capacity loss.

    Bob Wilson
     
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    That's the beauty of a phev - there's an ice to take up the slack upon capacity degradation.
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    if nissan believes in these batteries, they should stand behind them, and take the hits instead of the consumer.
     
    #6 bisco, Mar 27, 2018
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