Comments on: New Nissan Leaf Offers Faster Charger

By: VT

VT — Mon, 02 Sep 2013 04:59:00 +0000

http://www.metricmind.com/leaf/main.htm

My Leaf now recharges at hole in about 100 min without any EVSEs.

That turn out to be VERY Handy.

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33 Top Electric Vehicle Stories Of 2013 (So Far) | CleanTechnica — Wed, 29 May 2013 22:44:26 +0000

[…] on a 90% charge (according to the US EPA). And the car is filled with improvements, including a faster charging time. Additionally, it has seen a massive price drop, from $35,200 (before tax credits) last year to […]

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By: Michael Hopkins

Michael Hopkins — Mon, 20 May 2013 11:34:00 +0000

Well, my LEAF came with the 480VDC charger, which isn’t great on the batteries, but does go from 0-80% in ~30min. However, there isn’t a single charger for that around here (UT), so it’s much like a rifle with no ammo…useless. Anyway, CA, WA, OR, AZ all have a bunch of these suckers, so we can only hope they’ll get here eventually.

By: Michael Hopkins

Michael Hopkins — Mon, 20 May 2013 11:32:00 +0000

Nope. This was supposed to be an option initially, but the guts change-out proved to be cost prohibitive (according to Nissan…they could have let us decide) so they nixed any upgrade options, sans aftermarket, of course.

By: Bob_Wallace

Bob_Wallace — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 05:38:00 +0000

Why do you think you should be getting battery upgrades when there are no better batteries available for the LEAF?

Has Nissan told owners that they won’t be allowed to upgrade in future years when better batteries become available?

By: BobR

BobR — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 05:27:00 +0000

The issue isn’t charging speed – it’s range. The best you can get now is 100 miles per charge – if you don’t use the heater, AC, do much stop and go and keep the speed under 50 mph. I knew that when I bought the car, but I believed the statements about Nissan offering upgrade paths for the onboard charge and battery upgrades – which were false. Now, like every other Leaf owner, I feel stranded and ignored.

By: Bob_Wallace

Bob_Wallace — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 00:46:00 +0000

Nissan has been building cars under the name Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. since June 1, 1934.

I suspect your link to Nissan Computers doesn’t tell us about a computer company that was in operation before 1934 and, therefore, owns the name.
Companies protect their names. If you think not, try operating Mickey Mouse Burgers.

By: Robert Barnard

Robert Barnard — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 21:33:00 +0000

i just tried to look up nissan.com and found a nasty story about Nissan Corp trying to put a little guy (Mr. Nissan) out of business who happens to own a business named Nissan. He claims the business dates back to when Nissan cars were called “Datsun”.

I still personally like the name Datsun.

By: Christopher H Lynt

Christopher H Lynt — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 18:04:00 +0000

I’ll have to look into retrofitting my 2012 Leaf with the 6.6kW charger – they say the faster charger is an option on the 2013 Leaf and the 3.3kW is standard, so perhaps retrofitting is possible?

By: Roger

Roger — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 07:04:00 +0000

Wow! That’s a major improvement. Still not fast enough though. With 4 hours to charge around 120-180km you get around .5-.75 km per minute charging speed.
I’ll bet that at least 4 km per minute charging speed is needed to push ICE cars back into the freezer, while the range is probably already good enough.

By: Ronald Brak

Ronald Brak — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 03:48:00 +0000

I wonder if this means the new Leaf can accept standard European/Australian electricity?