Nissan Leaf Cheap Battery Repair for Hundreds not Thousands of Dollars

[@liv2ska8]

Hello, I think since the used EV community is growing it shouldn't be as difficult to repair older EV's. They made 100,000 of thousands of LEAF's world wide. Just goes to show that EV's have a way longer life than people expected. Both of our I3's have over 75,000 miles (120700 KM's) and are still running like they were when we first bought them. Thanks for sharing this video, it was really interesting.

[@vinsonhelton7141]

That was an excellent video.

[@GreenwayElectric]

Thanks for the kind words!

[@rp9674]

Air-cooled, short life, easier to repair

[@porticojunction]

I think they can be the air cooled VW beetle of the ev world. They are getting pretty inexpensive on FB marketplace. Cheap pile of parts for conversions too.

[@xtairsoft]

Andrew makes some great EV content. I live pretty near to Herne Bay and didn't realise the EV garage was there. Your GBP to USD conversion is way off, £700 to £1400 is $940 / $1875

[@jamesevans225]

Find a shop (not Nissan) that will work on or replace the battery on the LEAF you are buying 1st. Then send the EV to them and let them do their thing and pay them. If you cannot find a shop near you that can do this sort of thing, then buy a 2020 or more recent Nissan LEAF with an active battery warranty.

[@unionse7en]

where in the USA can one buy a single GOOD module.....not a rejected one for 2nd life only?

[@FamP-o3z]

Good point, I have a VW ID.4 and they have 12 modules, seems to cost about 1000 EUR for a module plus labor. Tesla does seem to change entire battery while VW change only a module if it would go bad...

[@CarkeekW]

Tesla have the cells bonded together i think

[@trevorberridge6079]

The more people know this information the better. But I don't like people living off of other people's work. Doing commentary over someone else's video when you could just summarise and let people follow the link is lazy. This video could be 30 seconds long. Either make content or point people to other content. Don't steal other people's work. You don't need to. Your video on comparing three Nissan Leafs with different use history and different levels of degradation was excellent. We need more of that kind of original informative content. Just sitting there narrating someone elses video is a low bar.

[@JoseAldrete-pz4xk]

Who wants to buy my 2012 nissan leaf? It's in fairly good condition. It has only 8 bars and on board charger. I'll sell it cheap, $1,900. US dollars.

[@1hjehje]

I don't own an EV and now that I am retired I may never purchase one. I recently bought a new SUV which is gas powered. I live in Canada and a gas powered vehicle is both comfortable and convenient. I typically use less than a tank of fuel per month, so an EV wouldn't provide significant cost savings in my situation. I travelled to China last year and I saw, and rode around in, a number of EVs that I liked. Even though I live in Canada, it would be fun to have an inexpensive EV as a second car for running around the city. During the cold winter months, I would just keep it in my garage. Unfortunately, it looks like the Canadian government will probably put high tariffs on Chinese made EVs, so I would have to give the government a lot of money in order to have the pleasure of purchasing one for myself.

[@lorenabg7632]

Last week we took our Leaf to Nissan in Az, they wanted to charge $😮20000 for a new battery. I don’t think Nissan Leaf is a good car, it is inefficient, low range so never again any Nissan Car EV or gas

[@GreenwayElectric]

Hello, I’m sorry to hear about this. Unfortunately your experience with Nissan is consistent with other stories I’ve heard. The goal of my video was to show that third party repair shops can repair the battery for significantly less expense and there may be a suitable shop in your area that does this. Just a suggestion for you to consider. Also if there are other viewers who have suggestions please leave them here.

[@jamesphillips2285]

I think Nissan is trying to push everybody to a new Ariya, which has CCS charging and a liquid cooled battery. Only problem it is an SUV (they call it a "crossover"). Also, being a newer car: annual depreciation would be higher.

[@CarkeekW]

Nissan are the worst to consult no matter where you live, go aftermarket , it's the equivalent of asking nissan to replace your wipers or tyres you would never do that unless you wanted a crazy bill.