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 tenseðŸ«
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 ðŸ˜
the only downside I can see is Chademo charging being outdated, but there are (expensive) adapters if you really want to use CCS chargers, and personally I just don't really care enough, I've literally fast-charged once in the time I've had this car, and that was because the small battery didn't get to where I needed to be.
also iirc it could still do AC charging up to 11kw or so? but 2kw is plenty for me right now, although technically with a 70kw battery it'd take 35 hours for a full charge 😂
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