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After 12 months and 10,000km in our Leaf in the tropical north here are a couple of observations. - Battery SOH has dropped from 83% to 78% with an equivalent loss of range. - Even at our high average temeratures the GOM range was less in "winter" and has picked up again now it's really warming up. ...

Amazing variations described in this thread: We have an April 2012 build Leaf, bought new in April 2014, and we purchased it from the original owner in October 2019. It has 33,000 km on the odo, and the SOH is 68% it will barely do 100km in ECO mode without the climate control on. :( :( That hurts. ...

So I bought a dongle from OBD2 Australia, a company in Perth that specializes in OBD. Cost $38, free postage, and they assured me it would work with LeafSpy. Loaded my old iPad (IOS 9.something) with LeafSpy Pro because I could not find any lite or standard versions on App Store. Plugged it in, it p...

Black!! We live in the tropical north - white is the only colour for a car.

So we bought a Leaf! 2015 model second hand Japanese import (not imported by me). Has 11 bars on the battery condition meter. Drove around Perth for a couple of days then trucked it 3000km to Kununurra where it arrived on my wife's birthday. Nice timing. :D I will order an OBD dongle and Leaf Spy to...

Many thanks to all of you for you input. Bladecar has hit the nail on (my) head - while I like the idea of engineering an electric car, the fact is I lack the time, inclination, and abilty to build such a vehicle. Thanks for the reality check. However I do have some technical skill, and there are ma...

"Garage" is a euphemism for any shady spot, though I have considered the possibilty. Since we only aircondition one room of the house it would be pretty funny airconditioning a garage. I read the iMiev uses its airconditioner to cool the battery while charging, and there is a 2010 model for sale, bu...

We live in Kununurra where summer temperatures reach 40+ and don't drop much below 30 even at night. The batteries will obviously degrade just standing in the garage, but how important will the lack of active cooling be? We have a 20km drive to town, about 80% of that at highway speed (say 80km/h) w...