Thermal battery management is not an issue in Ireland unless its a taxi being rapid charged over and over. The climate here is perfect for an EV. I have a 2019 leaf and a 2020 Zoe and wouldn't go back to ICE power. Ive saved around €8000 in fuel costs in 3 years and that was before the recent €2 per litre hike. . The Leaf battery SOH is at 95% after 75000 kms. Great car to drive and own.

I have a 2019 Nissan Leaf SL Plus with 28,500 miles on it. As of this date 02/25/2023 my in-vehicle battery capacity indicator shows zero battery degradation. Leaf Spy shows 91.3 battery capacity. Only maintenance I have ever done is tire rotation and balancing. Vehicle has been garaged and normally charged at home via 240-volt L2 Nissan charge cable. This vehicle is fantastic as an urban vehicle and in my opinion highly under rated. I am in my mid 70's and expect this vehicle to outlive me.

Haha, you're catching up with me Blake. My 7 year old 24kwh leaf's done 160,000kms. I still get 110kms range(used to get 140kms when new), so guessing mine has around 75-85% battery left.

For all those people saying "Petrol prices are high, but EVs are too expensive". Well here is a super reliable EV that is cheaper than many ICE vehicles on the second hand market. Make FUD work in your favour because that's why the prices are so low. Yes it struggles to get out of town, but with the money you save you can rent another vehicle for those out of town trips and still come out on top. For day to day driving you've got enough range and don't even need to charge every day if your commute is short.

Was nice to meet you yesterday at Raheen Woods (I was in the black Model Y with the 2 collies). First time subscribing to a UKposts channel and really enjoying your videos!

Great video about the used EVs. Looking forward to seeing more of this kind of video.

i slow charged, level 1, my 2011 nissan leaf JDM to 80% in the summer when ambient temperature outside above 90 F. level 2 charging when temp below 90F and only charge up to 100% when temp is below 70F. so far after 11yrs and 120K+miles i still have 70% capacity left. still perfect for my daily commute and errands

I have a 82km leaf that came with less than 63% SOC, now around 54% SOC. Sad part is it has the 24 kwh, so not much value when we drive 30km+ every day.

Thermal battery management seems to be of varying importance depending on where you live. My 2016 30kWh Leaf ZE0 "lives" in the warmest region of Germany and although it only has around 35000km on the odometer the battery has already degraded to 77%SoH leaving me with about 23kWh capacity or up to 160km range, depending on my way of driving. Since I almost never have to use it for longer distances, it's still a perfectly capable daily driver. Last weekend it has to carry the family and some luggage 265km to visit relatives and traveling on the Autobahn at max 100km/h took it's toll. we had to rapid charge 3 times each way and by then the battery thermometer was in the red zone with 12°C outside temperature and light rain. according to the users manual ("don't charge if the battery temperature is in the red zone"), we could not have made the trip. On the other hand that's not what we bought the Leaf for, though. We'll have an MG5 for road trips soon.

Hello from France and thanks for an interesting review of the 100 K Km Leaf. We’ve been running a Kia e-Niro since March 2019, now on 73,000 km, so far so good..a great drive and no problems. The ‘dead in 5 years in a landfill’ merchants look more and more stupid with every year that goes by and every EV that is racking up big distances. Great video!

16 plate 24kw 125000 used as a taxi still got 11 bars

2016 30kWh, 163k km here 💪

Just watched the video now and would agree the L30 degradation is far worse than L24. My 2016 L30 has 180k km and only 62% soh and as low as 60km range in bad winter weather but rarely exceeds 80km so degradation seriously impacts on range

Hey Blake Derek really enjoyed the format again .Leaf is the best car I’ve had it’s a no brainer for people now looking to do local journeys slash 100km I’d highly recommend.My leaf is a 24kw (88000).only thing I had to maintain is tyre’s &filters

If anyone wants to know more about Aviloo and how to take care of your battery, we interviewed Nikolaus Mayerhofer recently: ukposts.info/have/v-deo/fWKrZYmPhWmUwok.html. In an upcoming video we will be comparing two Teslas of similar age with 39,000 and 200,000 mileage.

My Nissan leaf 2018 and 100,000 km. And battery is still in the 100% 250km range in summer. Amazing. Just replace led lamp will costs over 3000cad. All others thing is perfect for 5 years. Only replaced two rear brake rod and tires. Two front brakes are still 5mm.

Just hit 123000 miles in me leaf. Never rapid charged for years. I’ve always tried to plan ahead.

Interesting colour on your LEAF, I have a red LEAF too but my colour is more of a darker Maroon red, while yours looks more like a brighter crimson red. I didn't know they come in that shade from the factory. Was it an aftermarket paint job?

341,717 kilometers/212,333 USA miles now as of September 3, 2022; on my 2017 Nissan 🍃 Leaf SL, * 🔋 Original 30 kwh battery. Bought new 3/11/2017. #DANDANTHEDRIVINGMAN

2017 (30kw) please tell me. How many km do one full charge 72000 km done

Have a 2018 130000 km still have full capacity. Never been fast charged. That's the trick, don't over heat the battery

Great video. We just purchased a used 2017 Leaf SV....drove it home 378 km from Toronto to Kingsville, Ontario in freezing, windy conditions...I can confirm it is not a road trip car! 😂😂😂😂 That being said...it is an impressive little car, comfy (well as comfy as no heat on can be when ekeing out the most km's possible😂), very efficient and cute as heck! It has 114,000km, still has HV battery warranty until May of 2025 but only has 8 bars...so shows 120km when 100% charged. Not unhappy with that at all, I have an appointment with local Nissan dealer to possibly start the warranty process. They say it could be 6 - 8 months before a replacement happens - and we are good with that. We bought the car to replace the last ICE car in our driveway - 2016 Toyota Rav4, our main car is a 2022 Ioniq5 - which we use for road trips. Just completed a 43 day 14,648 km road trip through the south western US and Canada...car was flawless! Keep up the great videos! Cheers Mike 🇨🇦

Living in Sundsvall in northen Sweden, 2014 24kWh Leaf, about 102.000 km, about 90% SOH, 112 QuickCharges and about 6100 L1 charges mostly on granny charger at 10A 2.4kW, usually charge at home to 80%. Nice channel, you got a new sub 😊

2016 30kwh Leaf with 110k km on the clock and 72% SOH here.

Do you often charge to 100%? It would be interesting to know more about your driving and charging habits either here or in a separate video.

We bought a Leaf from Simon. Definitely a great way to go. Stands over what they sell.

Any recommendations on tyres for the leaf guys? Have a 30 kWh 2017 leaf too just passed the 100k recently, 11/12 bars, tyres have to be done soon!

My mate has got a 10 year old leaf with 80 k on clock , battery is still 80 percent People go on about range anxiety, yet the average miles a car in the uk does is 20 miles per day I like most people do about this , so charging once a week is more than enough

I believe Gen1 Leafs do not have option to automatically stop changing before 100%. Is high degradation partly from leaving car at 100% charge. For one or more days.

I wonder who has the Leaf with the most mileage in Irelkand or the UK?

Would Nissan not replace the battery sub 150,000km ? or does it need to have 8 bars or less as well as sub 150K?

My 2014 Tekna, so a 24kWh pack, with over 220.000km still has 73% SOh, and 9 bars.

Nissan 2016 30kwh 58000km . It shows 161 km range when its charge 100% (winter)

My 2016 Leaf lost 4 bars at 93,000 miles. Nissan replaced the battery no questions asked with a new one.

10 years, 353,000km, and counting - sure you're only getting warmed up yet. ;)

I have a 2016 Nissan Leaf Teckna 6.6 charger in arctic white. I have had it for nearly 7 years from new, made in Sunderland and bought in Gateshead. My leaf has done just 30 k miles and has lost 3 battery bars out of 12 and has 25 % range and battery degradation loss. The batteries are suspect, contrary to what people want to tell you. My battery has been looked after and hasn't been rapid charged regularly and has had all the recalls on the battery management system. Beware !

In theory, the 24kWh battery (from 2013) might have better longevity than the 30kWh, as I think the latter is more densely packed and therefore more likely to overheat and degrade. I suppose that problem was even worse on the 40kWh batteries. What do you all think? Is there any evidence to support or refute that theory?

There's way too much rubbish on YT rubbishing the Nissan Leaf battery. I have a 2016 24 kWh Leaf that has done nearly 60,000 km and still showing 12 bars SOH and I regularly get 130 - 140 km on a full charge.

Nissan Leaf is the worst car for battery degradation as it has no thermal management for the battery. I have a 2016 30kwh leaf, it has 69,000 miles on the clock and the battery health is 75%. By comparison cars with active thermal management such as Tesla will lose around 10% in 100,000 miles. The leaf is a cheap car though. You pay your money and make your choice.

How many bars had you lost?

EV's will have far fewer issues and much lower cost-to-own over their lifetime. Just look under the hood. Electric motors have essentially one moving part. None of the hundreds of points of wear-n-tear or points of failure that Gas vehicles have. No serpentine belts or associated pumps, pulleys, bushings or bearings. No alternator, mechanical water pump or high temperature, high pressure engine cooling system. No starter motor needed. No spark plugs, coil packs, or ignition control modules. No fuel injectors, fuel pressure regulators, fuel pumps, or fuel injection control modules. No timing chains or timing gears to replace. No transmission or power steering pump so no hydraulic fluids, and no oil or filters to change. Regen allows EV brakes to last three to four times as long so no expensive brake jobs every 40k miles. No O2 sensors, no PCV valves and none of the extreme heat and vibration that prematurely degrades nearly everything under the hood (hoses, belts, wiring, sensors, gaskets, seals). No exhaust pipes, mufflers, or catalytic converters. Improved EV batteries now last over 1500 charge cycles. EV's with 300 miles of range lasting 1500 full charge cycles will outlive most ICE vehicles and with FAR less maintenance, repair and fuel costs. An ICE vehicle that gets 30 mpg will need 12,000 gallons of gas to reach the same lifetime in miles as an EV (at $3.25/gallon here in the states that's nearly $40,000 for fuel alone not to mention oil changes, more frequent brake jobs and other routine maintenance).