The Nissan Leaf is a top player in the electric vehicle (EV) industry, but one major issue that sometimes plagues these vehicles is the battery — and the Leaf’s battey seems to be taking a lot of heat.
Leaf owners in Arizona have recently complained that their EVs are losing significant capacity in the desert’s hot heat. In fact, Arizona Leaf drivers Scott Yarosh and Mason Convey have both testified to this claim.
“When I first purchased the vehicle, I could drive to and from work on a single charge, approximately 90 miles round trip,” said Yarosh. “[Now] I can drive approximately 44 miles on this without having to stop and charge.” [Note: it takes 21 hours to fully recharge the Leaf on 110 volts, and 7 hours on 240 volts.]
Both owners said they’ve lost about 30 percent of their battery capacity since purchasing their vehicles. Even when their batteries are fully charged, two to three of the 12 lights on their battery capacity gauge are out.
Nissan Leaf or Nissan 370Z.. Tought choice? NAH!
How far do you need to drive to show people you care more about the environment than they do?
If the gentleman really bought a Leaf for a 90-mile commute, he is a stone idiot.
When will people learn? Electric cars suck.
We have been building e-cars since the 1920′s and they never work. Every 20 years or so they make a comeback, they sell a few thousand cars and then the public stops buying them, and that’s it. And the battery is always the main problem, its been 100 years now and the battery is still the main problem. As it is, only about 10,000 Nissan Leafs have been sold and another 10,000 Chevy Volts have been sold. By comparison, the lowly Chevy Cruise alone has sold 250,000. When it comes to e-cars, People talk the talk but they don’t walk the walk.
People like e-cars but the don’t actually buy e-cars. Because they suck.
Electric cars – virtual transportation in answer to virtual problems.