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@@FamilyMorcChannel I think a lot of people say that's their 'bite point' too. I'm not sure it will ever be less than 500

It is the price early adopters have to pay... A bit like the VHS / Betamax war... I luckily choose the right horse and went with a mini... Best decision in the last 5 years.

@@alexdubois6585 Were the 'early adopters' warned of this, or were they mis-sold?

Not that complex really. You only need a bit of common sense to work it out. Anyway, most EVs won't have this issue as CCS2 is now the industry standard in Europe by law.

@@YaImLethal 105,000 and 11 bars? That's almost new? 😆

£590 to members of my FB group I find the chargers take so long to get going, sometimes the adaptor times out and shuts down before the charge gets into it's stride.

There's another one that is £570 ish. These things have CE approval, I'm not sure what further assurance you'd need. I've tested this one and continue to test another brand. No safety issues so far. I tested one in London in biblical rainstorm recently. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a little worried, but I'm here talking about it :)

@@NissanEVOwnersUK £570? where? Do you have details? Have you/could you run a video test on that? And a CE approval would be fine, but I am just wary of aliexpress after being stung with a fake phone charger a few years ago.

And I'm guessing they're fine with a ZE1 leaf?

@@TheGramophoneGirl yes. No difference.

@@TheGramophoneGirl It's £590, I couldn't remember the exact figure. It's on my Facebook group, link below facebook.com/groups/634508453321920/permalink/8231916443581045/

I had it made by an Etsy shop. I have a hoodie too.

@@NissanEVOwnersUK Would you mind if I had a t shirt made with the same design?

@@andytunnicliffe7223 no, of course I don't mind. You go ahead, you probably won't want the EV owners group logo on the left, just the ascent of man image. Do you want me to send you the image and/or link to the Etsy seller I used?

@@kennymac6376 sounds ok. Which trim level is it and how many battery health bars?

@@NissanEVOwnersUK Hi sorry for late reply. It has 11 bars and the model is a NISSAN LEAF HATCHBACK 80kW Acenta 24kWh 5dr Auto. What do you think?

@@NissanEVOwnersUK the car is a 2016 model with 47000 mile

@kennymac6376 that's not bad at all. It'll have a range of about 80 miles in the summer, bit less in the winter.

Seems like a fair buy Kenny. But as the Leaf uses a different charge plug to most other EV's, you'd be well advised to get the ZapMap app on your phone, as this will inform you which chargers have the Chademo charge connector you require... The nearest I've seen to the Leaf you mentioned was a 2016 Renault Zoe with 35k miles, for £4400....

Thank you. Very kind of you to say so.

John Foxx isn't returning my calls 😋

Yes, given the success and cost of the trials, it's a shame it hasn't been adopted widely.

@@NissanEVOwnersUK I’d still love to get my hands on one if those ex-trial INDRA V2H units to install. I’ll be keeping my e+ for at least another couple of years yet, and it would be perfect! 🚙⚡️🔌🏠

I was lucky enough to get in on the sciurus trial and still use the charger daily, since added solar and upgraded to a 62kWh Leaf. Amazing tech!

@@DavidHuwKing well done! V2G is the coolest thing most people haven't heard of

@@christiankaiser6562 thanks mate! I check the API access manually each time the Nissan EV app updates.

@@decimal1815 oh very much. Every qualified battery chemist and materials scientist says so. There's always Barry in-the-pub who claims he's been charging to 101% for the last thirty years and has a SoH of 102%, but you can ignore Barry.

Keeping the car, as Paul states, in the range of 20..80% SoC is the best suggestion you can give for the chemistry of the Leaf batteries. If you change to 100%, don't let the car sit with that for an extended period (days or weeks). For an optimum, charge it the previous day as it will not stay at 100% for long, but the battery can cool off during the night until you start driving (important when you start a long distance drive)

As a side note, this is battery chemistry dependent (just want to stress it for other readers here). The LFP cells of my Tesla Model 3 should be charged every week or so to 100% (to allow the BMS to improve the estimation of the SoC as the cell voltage does not indicate the SoC state good enough, the V/SoC curve is too horizontal) and when I enter a destination in Teslas planning system, it happens that the car tells me I will arrive at planned 3% at a charger (what I definitely will not do - although the forecast of the Tesla is often really precise - for security, and DC charging at 3%... well.. gives me goose bumps)

@@NissanEVOwnersUK yes I know about the electro chemistry good practice with these batteries but just wondered if anyone had evidence from practical experience that the charge limiting has a measurable impact on degradation in the LEAF 40. Battery balancing is also important in this case, presumably, as with the LEAF 24.

@@decimal1815 we've got the science answer, that should be good enough. There haven't been long term comparative studies examining 80% charged cars Vs 100% charged cars, but don't let the absence of such studies disprove or weaken the advice. Reference balancing; there's a lot of misinformation here. A Nissan battery ( and likely most others) is balancing most of the time. The only times balancing is stopped is when the pack is in a very high or very low state of charge. If you're avoiding those, you don't need to worry about balancing - it's happening without your needing to do anything.

Thank you. Sorry for the bad microphone of the tablet, I did not notice.

With this particular one, we tried a BP charger that was broken before we got there, and a Sainsbury Smart Charge Kempower unit that worked perfectly.

Won't be for long

Yes, but you've got twice the battery capacity of mine. You don't need to charge as often.

I'm grateful to your team for doing this. There's a genuine passion amongst you guys that was uplifting to see. I want to see the vehicles again. Would love to drive one.

They are testing on Tesla in the coming days. It failed to work on an ancient Polar BP Pulse machine but I think that was dead anyway. I asked BPP to reboot it and it never came back so we went somewhere else.

@@NissanEVOwnersUK thanks for your reply, I'll keep an eye out for updates. I'm keen to see how it goes, although I don't public charge often this would be a great thing to have if it worked on the majority of chargers for peace of mind on those longer journeys.

Ionity works fine ,we have testing video. We don't Applegreen station photos. Applegreen should be a running company, we don't whether we have tested the manufacture stations. And Tesla charger in Finland we tested. So should be working in UK.

One manufacturer, might have been Lada experimented with an oil system that could be changed at home. The filter had a port on the outside that fitted to a domestic drill pumped all the oil out of another port, presumably to go into the sewer. The new oil came in a large can and replacement filter and the oil was piped into the engine in the same way the old was extracted. Can't imagine why it didn't catch on.

@@NissanEVOwnersUK Easier than going under the car and removing the sump plug. EV oil doesn't get as dirty anyway and there are fewer bits of metal to end up in it.

Precisely. For me, LEAF is a second car. As long as it can do my 40 mile commute, it's good enough.

He's incredibly charismatic. With him on our side, we are guaranteed a win.

amtepower.com/ Nothing to report from them, I'm afraid. I nearly said during the interview something akin to 'Perhaps the best thing that could conceivably happen to Amte Power is that they get snapped up by a conglomerate', but Euan seemed emotionally invested so saying that might have come across as trite and would have likely been cut in the edit. I'll ask him on Xwitter if there's any news.

great thanks @@NissanEVOwnersUK i saw his response . would be a fine thing .. importing batteries from NZ sounded promising .. but frankly also a bit nuts!

Tom, the second interview references EV Enhanced too. I talk with Brian about his 40kWh upgrade in Western Australia

I didn't know they'd started fitting them, will have a look. just to clarify it was the idea of shipping this far rather than the concept itself . a new battery w/new tech would extend the leaf indefinitely @@NissanEVOwnersUK

Just to clarify Ev Enhanced modified the BMS and other stuff, but the actual swap was done by the car's owner

Thank you for your appreciation. I am quite pleased with it.

That lord was right, of course. I've had to add a notation to the video where I talk about the 2030 ban because the video was recorded the week before Rishi changed it :)

It's now November 2023, and this bill has been passed, and it states all new E.V public chargers must have a contact less payment pad on chargers

Yes, the Green Blade pack!