@Krazy Kanuck 1) electric cars are not 8x dirtier to produce, they are roughly the same in as an ice car in-terms of body shell. the electric motor Motor is much less dirtier than an ice engine. The lithium batteries have a mining impact but then petrol also requires mined rare earths to refine - and they are used once rather than reused many times for a battery. EV batteries also have a second life as storage units. So the 8x premise is simply false. 2) how dirty a countries electricity grid is will, of course, impact how “clean” an ev car is to refuel. Many grids are getting much cleaner very quickly, the U.K. grid for example already runs at about 35% renewable power. It’s largely down to politics and will.

@Krazy Kanuck sad but true, the current federal government hasn’t yet woken up to the shear cost benefit advantage of renewables; ignoring any environmental advantage. Fortunately the us devolved state system has other ideas. One day it’ll come around.

it was planned by nissan

​@Krazy Kanuck Youre right. The sheer Production of a 100 kwh Battery causes 20 t CO2 emission. Thats the same amount of CO2 an average petrol car emits during 120.000 km / 75.000 miles of driving. But thats just for producing the battery. Supplying the energy to charge the cars also cause big ammounts of CO2 emissions. After use (or second life) its cheaper to make new lithium cells than to recycle the old ones. So the cells are not being recycled but instead theyre burned in big ovens, which releases lots of CO2 and other hazardous emissions. And so on. Electric cars with lithium batteries are not environmental friendly at all. Sadly its meaningless to start a arguement with all those green fanatics, since theyre too convinced of their "religion" to think about and try to understand your point. As we saw above, they dont understand what you said but call you stupid instead.

@Krazy Kanuck And nuclear, and hydro, and wind and solar and pumped hydro storage...

That's the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive logo.

I might buy an older Leaf if improved batteries were available at much lower prices. Maybe in a decade that will be the case.

​@timothykeith1367 leafs will all be gone by then man, things have been grabbed like candy by the battery recyclers

Thats not saying much, considering the cost to swap the battery would cost more that the repairs of a ICE car

@@04dram04 😭😭🤣😂

Too bad they are so ugly. They should have made them look similar to the Altima.

@@ralphinator2 you should check out the Renault Fluence Z.E. Carlos Ghosn had a hand in building that and the LEAF.

Used EV batteries make great home solar storage batteries

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Thank you, and this is just the beginning :)

@@DalasEVRepair Your efforts will likely make it possible for me to get a 40kWh pack into my 2011 Leaf next year. That's a big deal to me.

Thank you! And yes, these cars are bulletproof with a good battery installed!

@@DalasEVRepair Right about bulletproof. I have a 2015 trim S 24 kwh pack @ 12 bars. Odometer reading 108,500+ miles. 60 mile roundtrip work commute that includes 60% freeway (60 mph). Live in the greater Seattle, Washington area is a mild climate contributes greatly to the battery pack's longevity. Also, I drive in ECO mode nearly 100% of the time.

You can replace the plug and inverter module on your Leaf from a salvaged unit just fine.

Thank you 😁

Yeah, fingers crossed! In these cold climates the Leaf batteries last way longer!

Thank you 😁

Yeah it is a disaster waiting to happen, one day if they encounter a salvage vehicle with welded contactors!

@@DalasEVRepair Do you have problems with the contractors in packs from crashed cars? I imagine they don’t like being opened under load.

I pop

@@compu85 They can withstand some beating for sure. And if I ever encounter a welded set, I have spares that can be installed.

Yeah I'd estimate this 30kWh pack to last 10+years now!

Good luck with the search!

Could you tell me who that other supplier is and the price for the gateway?

@@xabizar ​ ve.simonandre.ca/leaf-2/. It works fine, and good support. But I like this Suomi solution as it have the gateway in the car. And if it really were needed, I could drive 750km from my home in Norway to Vasa. and have Daniel to sort out what I might not manage my self. Canada to far away! But I have had good support thou from remote connection, so my solution works well. Going from 15kWh (In the old battery) to 36kWh net capacity made so the old 2012 became a new car. Recommended if you have the possibility.

Get in touch with Mobility Alliance Sri Lanka, they can help source!

@@DalasEVRepair Thank you

Thanks 😁

How much does that 24 to 40kwh upgrade cost in Spain? Or even the 24 to 30kwh upgrade?

I think thé price start at 5000 € . You dont need to go spain . You send thé battery and thé return to you upgraded

Do it! You know where to get a CAN-bridge ;)

Just send me a message via the site in the description! Thanks!

Good luck with the search!

Thanks for watching 😁

Thanks 😁

The supply of new, or lightly degraded batteries is going to peter out rapidly here in the next years. Leaf sales have been on a sharp decline globally for the last year, and as Nissan shifts it's focus to it's electric SUV (the Ariya), the expectation is for Nissan to discontinue the Leaf all-together. If we want to keep these 500k vehicles usable and on the road, the task will fall to us DIYers to find some other means to add power than "simply" finding another like new battery.

@@InnovativeSustainableSolutions Big fan of your Channel here, I was not expecting you to answer. Totally agree, batteries are really hard to find. Is a shame that Nissan supports this consumerist disposable car society and they are not the only ones. I love the hard work you put in your Sun-Eater, but my thinking is that the solar array/batteries/inverter/etc... will cost about the same that a new battery and I am leaning towards the battery at this point. Granted I can probably reuse the solar system, but here in Florida they make it hard for us homeowners to do solar at home, even worst with homeowners association. Other consideration is that my car only cost me 4k around 2 years ago and I use this 50% repair/replace rule below: artoftroubleshooting.com/2014/04/25/the-50-percent-rule-repair-or-replace-revisited/ With that getting a battery should only cost around 2k given the car has not incur in any depreciation, which is not realistic. But I will not give up in my green effort. My next car will also be electric. I just hope my Leaf can hold a bit longer until the pre-ordered Cybertruck arrives. Otherwise I will have to figure what to get in the interim or change the battery for the Leaf to keep using it. I am also a DIY guy that have some electronics/computers background, but age is a factor and dealing with this heavy battery replacement is something that I am thinking about. Lets see what the future brings. Best regards, facebook.com/ramoninorlando

@@InnovativeSustainableSolutions yes, and there's no reason why the leaf can't be expanded to have a bigger battery, it has 3 numbers to display the range haha. i checked the dimensions and it would be easy to fit 2 layers of teslas new battery cell inside a nissan leaf pack :D

@@osimmac I dream of getting my hands on a pallet of 4680 cells. But I really don't think Tesla is going to sell them. They are insanely protective of their parts. They literally wouldn't sell Rich plastic lugnut covers. Acquiring them from a wrecked vehicle will also be exponentially more difficult as they are incorporating them into the frame. We may never see 4680s on the aftermarket. You also need a 96s bms, and Im sure the 4680 has a different voltage-discharge curve than the Leaf cells, which the vehicles' software won't like. I'm sure it's possible to build a Leaf battery out of 4680s, but it would be a very difficult undertaking IMO.

@@InnovativeSustainableSolutions I just did a range test with my 2013 LEAF this week ukposts.info/have/v-deo/r2hoaIGvrqWJwn0.html and now that I work from home exclusively, and after your comments about how the LEAF will likely be discontinued etc... I'm thinking I might just sell it before it's resale value goes down more than it already has. I bought it for $7,800 back in February of 2018 at 60k miles and now it's at 67k and it's lost two more battery capacity bars, so it's now lost 5 of it's original 12 bars. It's still a useful vehicle around town as my test shows it can go 55 miles at least, and probably could have gone closer to 60 miles in around town driving. The problem for me is I often need to get on the freeway for part of the drive and that's what really drains the battery super fast.

Yes! Have 3x customers that did a diy 24-40kWh already!

Just let me know when you get one and need a CAN-bridge ;)

Daniel Öster - from what I hear they command a high price for the 62 :) they are hard to get :) if I do I’ll certainly buy the bridge from you :)

@@DalasEVRepair yes once the prices come down I want to swap a 60 into my 2015

Robert Llewellyn from fully charged is replacing his 2011 leaf with newish 40kWh 🔋 battery from Amsterdam. ukposts.info/have/v-deo/aqGBemdoh6OBmZ8.html

@@IDann1 He did, but that cost him something like £8,000!

Depends where you are located :) I only know sources in Scandinavia!

All batteries work. It is just the 62kWh that requires more effort in the form of spacers & beefed up suspension. See this video for mechanical diffs: ukposts.info/have/v-deo/oKCYqmObkGOil4E.html See this for lifting out: ukposts.info/have/v-deo/eZyprqKInqWntnU.html

Tackar! 😁

Thanks, I noticed this also that the music got repetitive (and too loud). Will fix to next video!

Cell replacements can bring back a few % of range, but require lots of time, skill and is considerably riskier than a complete pack upgrade

The battery already has heat-elements inside it, actually working on figuring out how to trigger these on demand...

Yes, from a scrapyard in Norway! It is better to find one inside EU though, so you avoid the 24% import tax!

Kiitos! Ja kyllä, Vaasassa tapahtuu :)

@@DalasEVRepair Nimittäin varmaan vanhemman Leafin ostan ja tapani mukaan ajan sillä niin kauan kuin mahdollista on. Niin veikkaan että tulet tutuksi tulevina vuosina 😁

For battery upgrades CAN bridges are needed for all generations!

@@DalasEVRepair Thank you

Hop on to dalasevrepair.fi for more info!

I am assuming you mean opening the pack and throwing random newer chemistries in? Yes, but there is also a lot of issues with this approach. Let me list the problems - Crash safety. The OEM pack is simulated to withstand impacts if vehicle is in a collision. By not using the OEM fasteners inside the battery as intended, you risk having the battery short out internally in the event of a crash. - Discharge curve issues. Normal lithuum cells are more linear compared to LMNO2, so the instrumentation will say that the battery is empty even though >50% of capacity is left. - If you use 18650 cells, you introduce thousands of potential failure points where each wire is bonded to the pack. Only Tesla has been able to get away with this. If one wire breaks, there others need to pick up the slack, and there is a chance you will get a cascade failure. Pouch cells are more suited for DIY builds - Isolation resistance readings. Huge risk of permanent 'Check EV' fault light on after upgrade. - OEM BMS will limit to max 24kWh charging sessions. Along with other BMS related charging issues. - More stuff I've forgotten 0/10 would not recommend. The engineering hours required is MASSIVE

Yes! That is what most of my customers do!

Although, because they're Japanese, All Leaf's have been built to be able to act as a power store for the house and then send the electricity back to the house in the event of a power cut! Robert Llewelyn has equipped his house with the tech needed for this.

@@computerbob06 The only gizmo I've found in the US for this comes from Setek Power. It creates *single-phase* 220, and needs 2013 Leaf, at minimum (though the Chademo is common to previous model years, there's some other technical hitch... also, it's not usable with *other Chademos*, like the Soul EV... evsiphon.com in San Diego CA is importing these units)

Sounds cool, got a project link? Haven't looked into this yet!

@@DalasEVRepair take a look at our Facebook page facebook.com/HeliosEcoLab/posts/2841436872576422

CAN-bridge is required for all models. After this is mounted, any battery can be installed (24/30/40/62kWh)

@@DalasEVRepair Wonderful. From memory it's used to match the new battery with vechile as Nissan codes them. (Non technical terms)

@@vampireechidna Cool! The solution I use tricks the vehicle that the original battery is still installed, no need for pairing 😁

I sell a plug'n'play cable, much better than soldering dalasevrepair.fi/can-bridges/

Спасибо!

Tweaking an openEVSE unit!

Nice work!

Your can bus bridges are junk! You cant fix your own mistakes, Rinat!

The upgrade is perfect in terms of instrumentation. It actually showed 211km fully charged, and all the data with Leafspy were working just as a "normal" 30kWh vehicle would. If you are wondering about the technical CAN-data on the bus, I recommend checking this repository out: github.com/dalathegreat/leaf_can_bus_messages

I have no clue about how the Renaults work yet, sorry!

Search the mynissanleaf.com forum, or make a new thread there!

Cell swaps to replenish capacity not worth it imo. Better to just source a bigger pack. But I know this is super hard in some locations! Good luck!

@@DalasEVRepair are you able to sell one of your can-bridges? And adapting cables? As you have used in your videos

@@JonathanBell Yes, hop on over to www.dalasevrepair.fi !

@@DalasEVRepair wonderful thank you , I just need to find someone with an Android beta to get the screenshot for you , I’m on iOS , this may take some time will definitely be in touch as soon as I have the info for you , this makes more sense to be able to do a battery swap anytime after it’s installed opens up more options for the future, thank you

Check the installer map nissanleafbatteryreplacement.com/