https://www.fleetnews.co.uk/news/environment/2017/05/19/no-return-to-diesel-for-all-ev-taxi-firm-with-dozen-leafs-on-its-books
On Sat, 11 Jan 2020 at 19:18, Bob Bath via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > Loved your post, but there are only 12 bars on a LEAF, not 13. đ > I lost my first, and so far, only bar on my 2013 the first year. That was > charging to 80%, except for an occasional equalizing 100% each month. 40k > miles now. > > Sincerely, > Bob Bath > > Note: any misspellings of the contents of this message are due to 54 y.o. > vision, hyperactive spell check changing what I typed, or fat fingeringâ > not cluelessness. > > > > On Jan 11, 2020, at 8:29 AM, Lawrence Rhodes via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> > wrote: > > > > After three Leafs I have some experience. Our first Leaf was a 2012 > Lease. By 39k miles and end of lease It could barely do 50 miles. We did > not buy that can. > > > > We did however find a 2013 with 2,400 miles on the odometer for $14k. > Nissan allowed us to pay off the car with a no interest loan. We are still > driving that car. The guessometer is actually very accurate in predicting > actual range. Back in 2015 we would see as much as 131 miles of range. Now > in winter we are seeing mid 80's. Still getting 13 bars. The car has 55k on > the clock. It has been from San Francisco to San Diego three times. First > time it took 20 hours to LA. Lots of fast charger mistakes. No problems yet > other than reduced range. We drive using the two ball method. During warm > months we still see one mile of range per percent of charge. But it is hard > to keep it up when driving into the wind. > > > > Our third Leaf was a 2016 30 kw. Total expenditure $13,550. It is so > much more useful that my wife Bogart's it and has run up the odometer to > over 50 k miles even though that car was bought new a year later. It will > make the 90 mile journey to Sacramento, Stockton, Modesto, Santa Rosa and a > little more to Salinas sometimes. This car still shows 114 to 130 miles of > range on a full charge. It will make it to LA in 11 hours. Stops of > Salinas, Camp Roberts, San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara. So the bigger the > battery the better. This car still has the original tires. If you drive > normally you will not see these numbers on any Leaf. However I am certain > the 40 and 60 kw Leafs will have much better range and battery life. I > would not buy a 2011 or 2012 Leaf unless the battery was replaced or I got > it nearly free. Looking forward I see my first broken part being the axel > boots. Anybody think Armourall will extend their life? Lawrence Rhodes > > -------------- next part -------------- > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > URL: < > http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20200111/f2c3092c/attachment.html > > > > _______________________________________________ > > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html > > INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA ( > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html > INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA ( > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > -- Paul Compton www.morini-mania.co.uk www.paulcompton.co.uk (YouTube channel) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20200111/ca7643f2/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
