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Yes. and you can tell it when to stop charging on a timer too.
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That's good that you can tell it when to stop, cant do that on the Corsa, also whats the useable battery on the leaf?
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EV Database - Nissan Leaf states estimated 39.0kWh out of a marketed 40kWh for a new vehicle. In terms of efficiency, you'll probably get to cover more distance per kWh than the Corsa, but it's a smaller capacity battery pack. The aerodynamics are a bit better on the Leaf, and the heat pump is a bit more efficient, but still nowhere near the efficiency that Tesla and the korean Kia/Hyundai group manage.
The downside of the Leaf is that it's a Chademo port, rather than CCS for rapid charging, and isn't capable of rapid charging as fast as the Corsa. The pack is also passively cooled, so for long road trips, expect the rapid charge rate to get slower and slower as the battery gets hot.
Yes, I've road-tripped Leafs, and they're nowhere near as good on road trips as the Corsa-e or Peugeot e-208, but they are a more comfortable ride.
The LEAF 39 has 37.5 Kwh available when new expect that to reduce to 35Kwh at 3 years old with battery degradation.
Expect 150 + miles range in warm conditions and 110 miles range in worst winter. conditions.
Expect 150 + miles range in warm conditions and 110 miles range in worst winter. conditions.
Rather confusing that it used to be the Leaf 40, now it's known as the Leaf 39 (which is the EV Database useable figure), if usable is 37.5! Not sure quite what's going on there.
The Leaf 39/40/37.5 will beat a Corsa in some respects and in other respects be beaten by it, so seems like a sideways move. As long as that is accepted, no problem.
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On the older Leafs, on the non-touchscreen models (Versa, or SL trim levels) , you could set the charge timers via the dashboard buttons. The screenshot was taken via a video of a US model on Youtube. The nissan uk website says it can be set via the touchscreen. No reason you couldn't set it either way.
I had an original leaf 2 zero which I had new in 2018, it was promoted by NISSAN as the leaf 40, but it’s battery capacity was 39 (now they are more honest and advertise it as the leaf 39). LeafSpy confirmed that only 37.5 KWh is available, the leaf is reasonably efficient (not super efficient) so a decent range is achievable for what is a large vehicle and by today’s standards, a relatively small capacity battery (class leading in 2018 of course, but today relatively poor).
I could never understand why NISSAN didn’t up rate the pack to 50 Kwh using the 62 battery case, it certainly would be a more attractive Proposition.
So, EV Database is definitely wrong that 39 is the useable figure?
And, if we included all the buffer (the bit that we aren't allowed to use, so as to protect the battery), would we get 39 or 40 or some other figure? (37.5 useable to 39 total gives only 1.5 kWh buffer, which seems very small for a battery of this size.)
I always set timers on mine (Leaf e+ n-Connecta) using the D-pad. There are two timers, and I set them a while back to the two times I tend to use the most, so if I have to do anything at all, it is usually simply turning one off and the other on. Takes less than 30 seconds. I'm not sure the infotainment screen would be any quicker than physical buttons: you are pressing stuff with your fingers in both cases. If anything, even when stationary, the physical buttons are more reliable for pressing.
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Yes. and you can tell it when to stop charging on a timer too.
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