Mastodawn

fedi, should I upgrade my 2013 Nissan Leaf AZE0 to 69kWh?

it'll cost a whole boatload of money (13k) but it's a load cheaper than any comparable new option that gets you ~70kwh worth of fresh battery

and I also really like the ZE0 for being a down to earth physical button loving car that just works and still does most of its stuff mechanically..

I could also get the 40kwh pack for basically half that, but that's also almost half the power, it'd still make driving longer distances kinda tense🫠

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Anthropy Mar 24

so as far as i can tell there's no other way to get 69kwh on wheels for that price

second hand if you look for something similar you get 70kwh models for about 20k sure, but those have 80% SOH so you're actually talking about 56kwh, for more money.

And if it's those crossover style bigger machines, they also have a higher drag coefficient than my current smol Leaf, and the AZE0 I have has heatpump heating too actually, so it doesn't miss much in terms of efficiency.

Still so very tempting 😭

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Calyo Lucere-Delphi

@anthropy I'd say go for it. If you can afford to make it work, it'll breathe fresh life into your car and get you a range boost to go along with it. :)