2024 Nissan LEAF SV Plus Walk-Around and First Impressions

[@michaeltucker7026]

having just purchased Tekna first EV as a retired mechanic what a great car just can't go wrong

[@ariejanbak7521]

I have 2018 version. Perfect car, driving 95 km , can drive about 270 km. Nearly the same as this 2024 version.

[@salibaba]

Nissan dealer really?? Nothing changed on the 2024 Leaf. The only thing which changed recently was new alloys in 2022, the usb c port, a small change to the packs and the black gloss grille. Every other feature has been the same on leaf’s for years. The “shield” on the wheel; you mean pro pilot assist, that’s the semi autonomous driving system. Since 2018 they had rear car and ped warnings, forward collision alert & avoidance for both cars and peds, blind spot warning, lane keep, e pedal and the option for the 360camera & heated steering. The heater controls have been the same since 2011!! So how exactly is this all “refreshing stuff” ZERO transferred to the leaf FROM the Ariya.

[@nomadichippie]

It’s exactly the. Same as my 2021. Chadmo should have been gone in 2024 and battery cooling should have been put in..when my 2021 is paid off I’m done with Nissan

[@sniperjify]

I thought the same thing

[@pol1250]

Super reliable car! But in 2023 a car with Chademo port and only 6.6kW onboard charging I can't really recommend it.

[@TylerSellsCarz]

You know, that is a valid point. I think there is alot of innovation yet to be had. I have full faith in Nissan to do the right thing as they were first to market with a successful EV and have been exploring the science since the mid-1900's. When I was in the Service Center, I was always impressed how peoples brakes never needed to be replaced. Such a money saver!

[@erik5820]

This was just weird. The only thing a don't recognise from my 2019 Leaf is the usb-c. The 'new Leaf' came in 2018 so this vid is 5 yrs late....

[@TylerSellsCarz]

Ah, yes. But perhaps I'm 5 years late to the game. Happy to be in ti now! I'm hearing rumors through the grape vine that the next iteration of LEAF is going to be very different. Can't wait to see what's next!

[@kelalamusic9258]

Nissan has done nothing regarding changes to the Leaf. I own a 2022, and the 2024 is no different other than minor cosmetic changes. Personally, I don’t like those wheels, which is one of the few things they’ve changed. Where it matters most, they done nothing. I’m sure if you ask Leaf owners they would say, why haven’t they incorporated thermal management to the battery? If anything , that should have addressed. Don’t get me wrong, the Leaf is a fine car , but addressing thermal management would gone a long way to increase sales.

[@yvs6663]

given the fact that plenty of places aren't installing chademo and the European version comes with a single phase onboard charger(which means 3.7kW on an 11kW charger aka most public chargers out there), its basically incompatible with public charging infrastructure. add the lack of active cooling and this car can bearly scrape by as a persons only car. but ok, provided i can get where i am going, i would rather drive this than most ICE economy boxes.

[@salibaba]

I’ll give you the correction there, the leafs after 2018 ALL have 6.6 kW onboard chargers. That’s 29A single phase 240V. They don’t do 3 phase, never have. 11kW isn’t something the do anywhere. As for not being able to use one, it may depend on which market your in, but I get on fine with mine doing 10-12k per year. I’ve clocked 36000mls in 3 years with plenty of long trips.

[@yvs6663]

@@salibaba how the hell are you correcting me saying it has a single phase charger by saying it has a single phase charger? i specifically pointed out that the European version(also) has a single phase charger since most public chargers in Europe are 3 phase, 11kW(16A per phase) and most European EVs can draw power from at least 2 phases.

[@salibaba]

@@yvs6663 my apologies, I did misread your post “3.7kW on an 11kW” as 3.7kW OR 11kW, I understand your frustration now. That said, the 11kW onboard on many euro cars though it is available, isn’t always base factory spec, it’s often an extra option, so you could still have that problem with quite a few models.

[@yvs6663]

@@salibaba my bad, only VW group cars seem to be able to draw power from 2 phases(not all 3) when their specs sheet says that the onboard charger is 7ish kW. i assumed more European brands(ex. Stellantis cars, BMW) worked that way.

[@salibaba]

@@yvs6663 yes some of them do it a rather clever way, they put in 3x 3.7kW units, pair them up to use 2 on one phase if it’s at 32A or just connect 1 per phase for 3x16A. I know the corsa has 7.4 as standard, and 11kW as an option. AI assume the rest of the range is the same given the shared platform of stellantis. The Megane tickles my fancy, 22kW as standard, as does the upcoming EX30.

[@Fraiyia]

I have a 2018 and I just gotta say how much I really hate my car . 145 -150 miles on the bullsht -o-meter yea don’t run the heat or ac and you might get 120 miles . If I had a micro-fusion generator then I guess this car would be good but I really fked up buying this car .

[@erik5820]

I drive my 2019 40kwh 250km (approx 155 miles) in summer. You can squize out another 10 miles or so if you dare to drive bellow 0%. In mild winter (around 0C) it goes approx 200km. Driving it on a highway - though - thats another matter. Easily loose at least another 20-25% there... The bullshit-o-meter is just bs. All Leaf owner very fast learn to use %-battery and gets a lot of math-practice.

[@Fraiyia]

@@erik5820 I know you probably mean well but I don’t believe it . I have leaf spy , my car barely has 35 k miles battery shows it’s good everything is perfect but I am lucky just driving around town if I get 80 miles out of this thing .

[@erik5820]

@@Fraiyia If it is winter and there are smaller trips with repeated heating of the car involved I quess 80 miles could be the range. Not quite shure what you mean by "mean well", though, as I have have driven it 250km in one strech with no charging a few times. It all depends on driving conditions, temperature, speed, tyre type, tyre pressure and driving style. NAF (the Norwegian AAA equivalent) drove this car 306km (190 miles) in their summer range test (year 2020) until it reached turtle and stopped (ideal temp 20-25C & dry roads). The winter test resulted in 209 km (-6 to +3 degrees, rain and sleet). Note that this is until physical stop - not just down to "0% - battery" showed. 16" wheels both summer & winter

[@Fraiyia]

@@erik5820 I’m glad you’re having such good luck with this vehicle I’m not. I live in Texas. It gets hot as hell here during the summer - The summer lasts from July to sometimes October.. and if you need to go somewhere, you better turn on the air conditioner because you will overheat . Cold I don’t even need to turn the heat on . 30 degree in the car? maybe … The car barely has 35,000 miles on it. The battery shows it’s in perfect condition but dude, I do not get any kind of range on this car at all. I checked the vehicle for odometer fraud. I checked the battery I have leaf spy I’m an electronic engineer. So I understand the math here and components . I have reset the computer so I can get an accurate read on the miles per kilowatt. Calculations that I run however show that I’m getting about 1.05% per mile . so it’s simple math or just move the decimal point 2X to the left and you get 105 miles. Now generally I don’t take chances, I won’t bear out the battery to zero or to 10% before I charge it . If it is at 30% , it’s getting plugged in. So I’ve never put a 100 mile test on the vehicle before. But I’m sure my math is correct - about 1.05% loss per mile driven and that’s an Eco mode and watching how I drive and being very careful not speeding not racing not doing anything to draw it down much . Here in Texas everyone wants to drive these big $70,000 trucks and they think that if you drive these electric vehicles these Teslas these anything that’s not like what they drive then you’re just wrong or whatever their problem is . They have a practice they do here- they do this thing called rolling coal and they basically have a mechanism that douses you with a cloud of unburned diesel fuel. It’s unsafe practice if not childish as well. But it proves my theory that we’re never going to really have a society of most electric vehicles because of all the really stupid people and unfortunately, I hate to say it about my own country, but most the idiots seem to be from the United States of America . Honestly dude this car might have some kind of an issue. I don’t know maybe there’s some kind of software failure or something going on with the car but 1.05% for a 2018 car seems a bit much . I would hope for something like 1.75% per mile.