that's the joke that is Nissan hehe

most Nissan leaf's, env200 on the road are still in reasonable condition. I only wish a aftermarket alternative to nissan cells where available, so we could just recondition the packs.

@@nicholaskeenan898 problem is your right to repair will be stifled as progress in automotive electric traction moves along. Lack of engineers manuals, software lockouts etc etc. Apple are bastards for that with their phones and macbooks. Can you imagine their cars?

yeah i drive a 2019 leaf 40 kwh battery pack

@@raven4k998 only people who charged with tesla taps and dc fast charging have degraded their batteries. I'm looking at leafs for sale with 100-150 range for 2010 models

Thanks. That pretty much sums up our point of view too.

@@EVsEnhanced There needs to be some taxes or other consequences for companies like Nissan to try and get them to be more "open source" if you like. We are meant to save the planet but we are still living in a throw away society. That can't continue. We are looking to get a e-NV200 but battery/distance is an issue for us as we need to do a long distance round trip which the current NZ available models fall short on achieving.

@@PetrikNZ Yes it is a shame that we can't source the 40kWh e-NV200 battery in higher volumes currently this upgrade really transforms these vans. Solutions are coming though, just not as fast as we would like.

Thank. Yes, it has been a big project, but an enjoyable one and it's great to now have the uncompromised end result we set out to achieve.

Thanks Mr D :)

Thanks.

No problem. Good to hear that you enjoyed it and we've told Barry that we've received feedback that he is awesome :)

No problem. We just finished it in time to sneak it in for 2020 :) Glad you liked it and have a happy new year too.

We're happy to hear that you found this useful.

Hi. Thanks. Yes there is a lot of more detailed content that we wanted to include, but even with the quick mention of each pack we're at 12 minutes which is longer than we were targeting. As a result, lots of things got chopped from the script. That leaves plenty of content for future videos of course.

@@EVsEnhanced Big fan of you guys work. May very well be a customer in the future. I know making these videos is a huge time sink, but you guys should try and post atleast once every 2 months or so. It's good free advertising.

@@InnovativeSustainableSolutions We totally agree with everything you said. Targeting a new video every 2 months is probably a pretty realistic goal. We've certainly got more than enough content.

Thanks

Yes. There are quite a few companies working on this and we are assisting some of them. However, we don't want to endorse anything that we haven't fully evaluated and gained confidence in ourselves, so for now we'll just say there are both good and bad options coming and it will be a very interesting space to watch.

No problem. Glad you liked it.

Thanks for your comments. We just referred someone in Ireland to you :)

@@EVsEnhanced Great to make contact with innovative, creative and active members of the EV community in NZ. In our Vectrix battery upgrade work we partner with Matt Lacey in Perth, Australia. Small world indeed - a small blue dot! Thanks for the referral. Eamon and Barry

Thanks very much.

Will do. Thanks.

Thanks. We feel the same way.

Consumer Reports recently said that other than the batteries the Leaf has fewer problems than Teslas

The Spark EV was never sold in our market so we've never even seen one in the flesh. Is there nobody anywhere in the world putting a solid effort into playing with these?

@@EVsEnhanced thanks for the quick reply. Nope I don't think anyone is putting the time into low volume compliance cars like the Spark EV. I'm not really suffering with it's 82 mile range but you gotta plan your usage, however, with 327 lb ft of torque it's a lot of fun. Good to see companies putting in upgrades for older EVs like you guys maybe we'll see a similar effort from some companies here in the US.

No problem. Glad you enjoyed it.

Thank you.

No problem. Glad you liked it.

Thanks. Sorry we don't offer anything for the e-Golf at this stage as it is such a rare car in our country and we have no experience with it.

​@@EVsEnhanced no worries. Thanks for what you do! I need to find places around me selling these leaf batteries for a decent price.

No problem. Good to hear it.

There are aftermarket battery packs already being made. Just none that we're happy to endorse yet. Some are downright scary while others are much more promising and worth further evaluation.

@@EVsEnhanced I have not been able to find any in the USA. I am in Texas if you know of any. I would like to install myself with your kits. I would drive up to 500 miles to pick up a battery. Thanks for the work you do. Looks like nice products!

@@NissanNut74 If you can source a good battery locally then we recommend you contact these guys who stock many of our products www.precisionautoservice.com/ev/

Hi. We've also thought that the original Leaf has a lot of similarities with the original VW Beetle and could develop the same sort of following. We agree that most of the car is very well engineered in terms of reliability - battery capacity loss being the exception. We don't have a US representative yet, but these guys in Canada should be able to help you www.precisionautoservice.com/ev/

@Rickie j Perfect.

No problem. Yes, we are aware of a CCS kit for the Leaf that is in development.

Thanks Scott. Also, thanks for your efforts in helping to bring these products to the North American market.

@@EVsEnhanced It is a great partnership. For customers in North America visit our EV page: www.precisionautoservice.com/ev/

Thanks.

Hi. We supply our tools to the UK. Our solutions make it possible for any competent mechanic to complete Leaf battery upgrades with only a small amount of upskilling required.

Thanks very much. We're just part of a aftermarket EV community that is coming along nicely. There are lots of interesting new things appearing for many different EV models around the world on a routine basis now.

Thanks. We have plenty of new and interesting developments to come.

I agree hehe (hi mum) ☺️😋

Also look at my comment 😋

Hi. We sell our battery translator kits to Australia already. The main issue in Aus is such low availability of good used battery packs. However, we are working on solutions to address this.

@@EVsEnhanced great to hear. australia has been slow on the uptake for EVs but I’m sure this will change and so there will be loads of older ones in due course..

Hi. Fair comment. Yes of course we know that the cooling system design between the e-NV200 and Ariya is quite different. There were a lot of technical details that we kept out of this video in the interest of trying to prevent it getting too long. The main point is that all Leaf battery packs really have no cooling system - even calling it passively cooled is a stretch. In contrast with the e-NV200, Nissan at least made an effort to implement an active cooling system. It may not be the greatest solution, but it is better than nothing.

@@EVsEnhanced thank you for your reply, very informative. Do you think that it would be possible to add an air cooling system to the existing Leaf pack without compromising safety? I guess the easiest solution is to drive within its limits.

@@badchefi Possible, but not very effective. The design of the modules in the pack are the biggest problem in our opinion. Aftermarket modules designed for cooling from the outset would allow for a far better result.

No worries. Yes there are several firmware updates available for the 40kWh Leaf battery. The earlier 'Rapidgate' update is pretty well known about, but there are other updates that have been released more recently. We are quite interested in these but haven't had a chance to do much investigation and learn what has changed.

Hi. Yes. We have a good relationship with several Australian companies, but we haven't sold many of our translators there due to a supply problem sourcing good used battery packs there currently.

@@EVsEnhanced Thanks for that. I will keep my eyes open. This could be a long term plan as well.

Another 2011 LEAF owner here in Australia - keeping a keen eye out for battery replacement options. Great innovation shown in your kits, looking forward to rejuvenating the LEAF when batteries can be found.

@@EVsEnhanced I just got a 2016 24kWh Leaf! The SoH bars look pretty poor but it was a great price, and the fact that I know from your videos that there is a professionally done upgrade path that gave me the confidence to go ahead and purchase it. Looking forward to when you have a partner in Sydney that I can bring my newly purchased Leaf to get the upgrade done.

@@edvoon Hi Edwin. We hope you enjoy your new Leaf. When the time eventually comes, fortunately the 2016 cars actually have native dual compatibility with the 24kWh and 30kWh battery. So you could upgrade straight to a 30kWh without even needing one of our translators. Only battery pairing would be required which can be done with our battery pairing tool. You could go to a 40 or 62 using one of our translators though.

Thanks. Not to mention that new ICE powertrains are getting worse and worse in terms of reliability in an effort to increase efficiency on something that is inherently inefficient. Fuel pressures keep getting pushed higher adding more stress, more speeds are crammed into already overly complex automatic transmissions or worse they go to a CVT. Continuously variable camshafts, exhaust gas recirculation, DPF or catalytic converters for exhaust treatment. It goes on and on. That's a big part of what triggered us to go all in on EVs several years ago when their dominant future was less obvious to most.

@@EVsEnhanced I design and manufacture test equipment for the electrical systems of new ICE engines in the manufactures I see the complexity and to be honest its provided a very good living for 38 years. On the flip side Im also involved in the test of electrical drive trains and as an electrical engineer its striking the reduction in complexity which I always knew, been into electric vehicles for 25 years. Obviously bought a Tesla and the shares in 2015 to hedge my bets....good idea! And now added a Zero SRF electric motorbike to my collection of ICE bikes...same thing here they are going to win out, thing thing is a missile!

@@slartybartfarst9737 Yes, buying Tesla shares in 2015 will have worked out very well for you :) Your Zero SRF looks like lots of fun - we haven't seen any of those down here yet.

@Rickie j That's quite a concern. To be fair, EVs aren't immune to design or manufacturing defects either though.

@Rickie j Yeah, we agree. The general reliability of the Leaf is impressive.

Thanks.

California fucking sucks

We have actually got exactly that on our website, although it needs to be updated as we've got a few more models available now. evsenhanced.com/products/battery-translator/

@Rickie j Your Lizard battery equates to the last of the last revision of the 24kWh in MY2014-MY2016. Definitely the best of the 24kWh versions.

No problem. Glad you liked it.

Thanks.

Hi. They are. For example, check out leosons.com/nissan-leaf-battery-service/

Adding active thermal management to existing Leaf battery packs is certainly something that we have considered. However, our conclusion is the the original module design really doesn't allow for a very effective cooling system. The system used in the e-NV200 takes up space not really available in the Leaf pack and while being better than nothing, certainly isn't a great design. It is very possible to do something more interesting with aftermarket modules designed from the outset with cooling in mind though. Yes battery overheating on long journeys is certainly far less of an issue with the 62kWh compared to the 40kWh. Yes the 62 can still be overheated if you're really trying, but with most Chademo chargers still only able to deliver 50kW the situation is pretty reasonable.

@@EVsEnhanced agreed. As much as there is noise about the passive cooling, its rarely an issue with Plus drivers (except those doing aggressive cross country journeys). Here in the states we have many new 200 amp Chademos appearing, so guessing even the Plus units will be getting a little toastier.

Yes, 200A Chademo may change the situation. We do have a solution for ZE1 Leaf owners to limit charge power at will though.

There are only about 100. Despite Nissan claiming to market the Leaf in SA, they have only brought in a tiny number, and no new models. I own one and in 4 years have never charged it anywhere but in my garage from a 3 pin plug. Eskom power outages are not an issue at all. The car is first generation tech (2013) and now has a range of only 100km. Hence it is our town car, but since 95% of our journeys are less than 100km, it is really our most used car. In 4 years it has never broken down once, it has saved us R50,000 in fuel costs and the only service work done has been to change the pollen filter on the aircon.

Sounds good. We're happy to help when you're ready.

All good with me, your awesome

Sure. Not all 2017 30kWh cars received the revised type battery. Do you know if your battery is the revised type with LBC firmware version 4NN6A or 4NR6A?

@@EVsEnhanced Not sure no. Will look into it... Thanks for reply!

I'm not sure if your 2013 Smart ED is the same as the 2014, but these have a design problem where the BMS discharges all the cells until dead and unrecoverable if the car is sitting for too long. It is very unfortunate and pretty unacceptable in our view that the manufacturer hasn't done more to help owners in the cases we've seen. Unfortunately particularly in our country these cars are too rare for us to invest the required time to come up with a solution. However, we heard a rumor that there is a company in Europe who was working on an aftermarket option for these, but that's about all we know.

@@EVsEnhanced Thank you for your prompt response and Happy Christmas and New Year to you. I am a retired Electrical Engineer and very familiar with Lithium Battery packs; I've engineered and fabricated a number of packs for marine use and solar storage, using individual LFP cells and a smart BMS. My ED battery is 'third generation' and to date, I am unaware of the 'design problem' that you describe. But this ED battery pack design (93S2P), a single bad cell 'bricks' the entire pack. Knowing the lack of support (and Daimler horror stories from other Smart ED owners) I have researched the ED pack design and am capable (and prepared) to remove and disassemble the pack, open and diagnose faulty cells and replace them as necessary - provided I can find a 'donor' battery pack to harvest them. My ED's battery is in good condition at present and I use and maintain it properly so I am not concerned about over-discharge. The Catch-22 in making DIY repairs on a Smart ED is being able to 'reset' the fault condition in the BMS, which is required for a repaired battery to be re-installed. The BMS is matched to the serial number of the car. I have found an excellent Smart ED technical resource: www.eqpadssion.de - this may be the one you've heard of. Moritz provides a 'BMS reset' service, similar to yours for the various LEAF battery pack versions. I hope that I do not have need for this service, but I'll be motivated ($17,000+) to repair my own pack when it 'bricks'. Thanks again for the valuable services you provide to LEAF owners.

@@MrStevealvey Ok. It's good to hear that your Smart ED isn't having a problem and it sounds like you're up to fixing it if an issue should occur.

The 62kWh battery can go into any LEAF that had a 24, 30 or 40 battery, but due to the different mounting brackets it requires a custom mounting kit in addition to one of our translator kits. It also adds a lot of weight which needs to be considered

It probably depends on where you are in the world, but it sounds like you're doing a little better than most. Also, as shown in the video, your 2014 has better cells than a 2010-2013 car. There are plenty of 2013 Leaf around where the cars themselves are in great condition and they battery has not faired well at all. It actually looks like the 2013 (AZE0-0) battery may be worse than the 2011-2012. also a much better b

Yes, Im in Ireland. Mild weather generally all year round. 2014 Leaf with full bars and 68,000 miles. Awesome car for the money on used market.

@@ElmaOrkestra , I am in western Norway so same kind of climate I'd imagine. Mine has only gone 64000 km so I cant say it has been driven for much (although use it almost every day) and only do fast charging around 10-15 times a year. Also only been charging up to 80% most of the time. No doubt the careful handling of the battery has stretched it further than some. But I can imagine heat being the killer as I see US import Leafs from the same year not faring so well.

I'm finding the general condition of my Leaf is still amazing after 7 years. I put that down partly to the lack of coolants, lubricants, fuel, exhaust gasses, etc. Well done for doing so well with your battery. I think your Leaf could go on for 15 to 20 years. Certainly the cooler climate helps.

@@64jcl I am jealous we have the same year Leaf however we have lost 2 bars or 78% health although it has not fallen any further for about a year now, also has done 88,000 km. I probably abused it a lot with lots of race the sports cars at the lights as well as always charging to 100%

Hi. Good spotting. Yes it is indeed a rare ZE0 Nismo Leaf we imported from Japan.

Great to hear it. Thanks for your support.

The cabin disconnect is simple and wouldn't hurt.

They want you to buy a new car.

Cheers.

Have a 2017 same firmware. About 80%SOH. It really seems like that factory version is dodgy too. 5-7 percent per year is ridiculous. The old 2011 I have only lost about 2-3 doing the same job..

A few months ago, we developed and released an LBC firmware update to fix cars with 4NN6A. With so much going on, we just haven't had a chance to explain and advertise it. We've upgraded a lot of car already though.

@@EVsEnhanced Is that the update for fast charging temp increase issues or a different update? Can you provide any more info or advise when the new vid will be uploaded? Many thanks

@@neilthurlow9158 It is a different update specially for cars with cars with the LBC firmware versions 4NR6A or 4NN6A. It's only available in our Christchurch-based service center and a couple of places at the moment so we need to work on making is available everywhere before advertising it.

Glad you liked it.

Thank you.

Saving costs of course, now that batteries are cheaper to manufacture than a decade ago Nissan will include active cooling starting this year for new EV models.

That would be Renaults influence I recon.

@@chrishunt2636 Not really, it's because starting this year Nissan has finalized its new CMF-EV platform that allows easily to put active cooling on the Ariya and future electric vehicles.

It's planned obsolescence so you will want to buy a new one

@@johnfitbyfaithnet It likely will backfire as anyone that has a bad battery out of warranty will likely not buy another Nissan. It does seem like there are ways to mitigate the degradation to the battery, but it would have been much better to have the liquid cooling.

Hi. It has. Check out www.precisionautoservice.com/ev/

@@EVsEnhanced Canada is not part of the USA, but at least it is closer.

You're welcome. Good to hear you enjoyed this.

Unless we're mistaken, the UK plant never made 30kWh modules. The original UK built 30kWh packs used modules from the US which was also the case in Japan. Later on when Japan started making the revised 30kWh modules in late 2016, some of these found their way into UK packs as well. So European 30kWh cars either have US or Japanese made cells/modules, but the packs themselves were still assembled in Sunderland UK.

@@EVsEnhanced thanks for the info. I am asking because I have a faulty cell in my 30kwh Japanese leaf and I can’t find a replacement module. Also if it is wurthed to keep the 30kwh leaf or to sell it?? I am very in doubt right now about it, since they have some issue with the battery.

@@glenfarrugia1721 Where in the world are you? Finding a replacement module shouldn't be too difficult. We might be able to put you in touch with someone that can help.

@@EVsEnhanced I live in Malta.. and a new replacement module from Nissan is a bit expensive, I will leave that as a last resort.

@@glenfarrugia1721 What sort of price have you been quoted for a new module from Nissan? I would have guessed around 1000 Euro based on what we pay when we need a new one of these. We do have some good contacts in Europe if your local Nissan dealer isn't being very helpful.

Good to hear it. Yes, it is a shame that Nissan doesn't want to be part of the solution.

EVs Enhanced Compliance car.

Hi. We recommend you contact these guys www.precisionautoservice.com/ev/

Thank you very much.

No problem. Glad you enjoyed it.

Hi. Check out ukposts.info/have/v-deo/nYSogHempH5oyWQ.html. We sell this product as a kit here evsenhanced.com/product/nissan-e-nv200-hv-battery-translator-40-2-me0e/

Yes.

Thanks. It's always a challenge to find time for videos with everything else we've got going on, but given that we had one of every JDM Nissan EV battery pack sitting in one place at one time it was too good of an opportunity to not make one. We've got some other interesting videos in the pipeline to make as soon as we get a chance.