The camera is great when you have tall people in the back. When reversing, the display is on the main display console - it does not replace the rear view mirror.
Rapid gate isn't a none-issue for today's buyers of a Leaf. If you buy a Leaf and live in a hotter environment a n d plan to fast charge, a n d are in a hurry, so you can't wait some minutes, t h e n you have done something stupid. The Leaf is an excellent car in Northern Europe.
Yo Bjorn, hopefully you see this, I really want to commend you for your work on this channel and the interesting content that you deliver, I also appereciate your transparency ad honesty. Keep it up
The Leaf with the 63kwh (net capacity) liquid cooled battery from the Ariya and CCS charging port could still be one of the best EVs in the market (range, price, size...) for many years to come despite the old infotainment system and other non relevant outdated stuff. Now Ariya is the one to buy from Nissan but it is not the affordable hatchback (for many families) that made Leaf a success worldwide so let's see how it goes for Nissan...
Yes your assessment is right on the money. Initially I was going for a Model 3 but I was short on cash. So I looked around in the entire BEV spectrum for next best offer. The Leaf stands out on his own for price , performance, ten years experience in world markets, and practically problem free. Not it is not perfect. But all the others including the VW ID3 and the Kona, are either overpriced, or under powered, and too new in the market with their shares of initial problems to be smoothed out in future model years. So my new Leaf Acenta with 218 hp is the perfect fit for me and probably the most sensible choice anyone could have made.
I think the leaf only needs a few minor things to be relatively up to date. i mean, fix the interior from the 1 gen leaf and change the Chademo to CCS and maybe hide away the sub for the bose sound system somewhere.
It is the same with the side «mirrors» on the mirrorless etron. The field of vision is the same regardless of how you look at the screens. With conventional side mirrors your field of view changes just by turning or moving your head. Your sense of depth is also way better with conventional mirrors
Also if the camera wasnt right at the glass and the mirror had electrochromic surface that goes reflective for a backup optical mirror. Maybe a camera stalk from the roof behind the glass so its usable even if hatch is open.
If it performs like other vehicles I've driven with digital rearview mirrors, at dusk and dawn, they are much brighter than the optical mirror (but that would depend a lot on the camera's low light sensitivity).
So Nissan issued an embargo for a dull paint colour, a shark fin antenna, a new rear camera, adjustable steering wheel (welcome to the '80s Nissan), a USB-C socket, some switch gear and the camera mirror? Good thing it wasn't anything major or exciting.... the competition might have gone into meltdown.
@@capadosio odd. It's illegal to have new cars with CSS in Europe. Even Tesla had to switch over... so USA Tesla can't charge in Europe Superchargers 🤣🤣🤣
i feel the mirror would be nice for watching the kids in the back, and then switching fast over to behind when you need it. Or when you have 3 adults in the backseat with you blocking the view
Does not matter it is an old design now, no reason to update it, all their technology is going in to the Ariya and E-Power models. Still Hyundai and Kia are about to release their new EV only range this year with AWD and 800v 350kw charge speeds which will be impressive 0-80% in 18 min with a 73kwh battery and 0-100kmh is just 3.5 seconds!
So can you use one USB for CarPlay/android auto and the other for a USB stick with music/podcasts? Leaf really needs an update so it has thermal battery management. Lack of CCS isn’t that much of an issue if you’re mostly charging via Type 2.
Thank you Bjorn ! Is there any software change in 2021 Nissan LEAF in the center display for adjusting a limit for the State of Charge maximum like limit to 80% or 90% instead of always fully charge to 100% on level 2 ? Or maybe there's a way to set SOC max to 80% in the charging timer menu ? Thanks !
I really appreciate this video, most informative. My 40kw LEAF 2017 rear view camera gets dirty very easily and needs cleaned often. I assume that the change from real mirror to camera is a simple switch but what about dip? Movement of the steering wheel might allow me to see the knee-high switch panel which is badly placed. 'Heated wheel, oh no, open charger flap.' Switches hidden by wheel.
That's why it doesn't sell that well anymore, even though it's the right kind of size for Europe. In 2020 it was selling on par with e-Golf, which was ancient and was set to be replaced by ID.3.
@@gvaley but Leaf has very interesting prices as used car...I was looking for a 40 kWh (hoping it hadn't been used as travelling car) and prices were very good
@@SirWilliamThomson Sure, go for it, just make sure you check the battery health before buying. Because of inadequate thermal management, the battery on a lot of Leafs will degrade even before reaching 100K km, even if you never Supercharge, especially in warmer climates. I friend of mine bought a 1st gen - it barely does 80 km city driving in summer and 60 in winter.
The camera is great when you have tall people in the back. When reversing, the display is on the main display console - it does not replace the rear view mirror.
Wow, good that they took care of the real issues like missing paint color and ignored minor things like rapid gate...
It's a minor facelift not a new generation.
And CCS
Rapid gate isn't a none-issue for today's buyers of a Leaf. If you buy a Leaf and live in a hotter environment a n d plan to fast charge, a n d are in a hurry, so you can't wait some minutes, t h e n you have done something stupid. The Leaf is an excellent car in Northern Europe.
Yo Bjorn, hopefully you see this, I really want to commend you for your work on this channel and the interesting content that you deliver, I also appereciate your transparency ad honesty. Keep it up
The camera is nice when you have filled the boot with to much stuffs and cant see out the back :)
"stuffs"? you mean bananaboxes i'm sure
The Leaf with the 63kwh (net capacity) liquid cooled battery from the Ariya and CCS charging port could still be one of the best EVs in the market (range, price, size...) for many years to come despite the old infotainment system and other non relevant outdated stuff. Now Ariya is the one to buy from Nissan but it is not the affordable hatchback (for many families) that made Leaf a success worldwide so let's see how it goes for Nissan...
Will see if ariya packs will fit on older leafs.
If Nissan will put Ariya batteries into Leaf...I'll buy one the day after.
@@SirWilliamThomson will see if it will have active cooling. If not it will gonna be same faulty packs.
@@pashko90 yes, of course
Yes your assessment is right on the money. Initially I was going for a Model 3 but I was short on cash. So I looked around in the entire BEV spectrum for next best offer. The Leaf stands out on his own for price , performance, ten years experience in world markets, and practically problem free. Not it is not perfect. But all the others including the VW ID3 and the Kona, are either overpriced, or under powered, and too new in the market with their shares of initial problems to be smoothed out in future model years. So my new Leaf Acenta with 218 hp is the perfect fit for me and probably the most sensible choice anyone could have made.
I would love to see a bumpy road ride test section to your videos.
I've heard the ride on the Leaf is quite good.
I think the leaf only needs a few minor things to be relatively up to date. i mean, fix the interior from the 1 gen leaf and change the Chademo to CCS and maybe hide away the sub for the bose sound system somewhere.
It is the same with the side «mirrors» on the mirrorless etron. The field of vision is the same regardless of how you look at the screens. With conventional side mirrors your field of view changes just by turning or moving your head. Your sense of depth is also way better with conventional mirrors
So weird the rear camera is not a phish eye/wider angle lens. That seems like it would be much better.
Also if the camera wasnt right at the glass and the mirror had electrochromic surface that goes reflective for a backup optical mirror. Maybe a camera stalk from the roof behind the glass so its usable even if hatch is open.
If it performs like other vehicles I've driven with digital rearview mirrors, at dusk and dawn, they are much brighter than the optical mirror (but that would depend a lot on the camera's low light sensitivity).
So Nissan issued an embargo for a dull paint colour, a shark fin antenna, a new rear camera, adjustable steering wheel (welcome to the '80s Nissan), a USB-C socket, some switch gear and the camera mirror? Good thing it wasn't anything major or exciting.... the competition might have gone into meltdown.
I have that on my Ipace it’s great
Camera is located in the fin on the roof 👍
Hi Bjorne, has rapid charging been swapped from chadaemo to CCS?
Nope.
The new Ariya has CCS in Europe and the US at least.
@@capadosio odd. It's illegal to have new cars with CSS in Europe. Even Tesla had to switch over... so USA Tesla can't charge in Europe Superchargers 🤣🤣🤣
@@OldschoolWarfare I thought we were discussing Nissans, not Teslas.
Did you talk to them about Rapidgate? When are they going to fix that?
Happy weekend Bjørn!
i feel the mirror would be nice for watching the kids in the back, and then switching fast over to behind when you need it. Or when you have 3 adults in the backseat with you blocking the view
Or alot of stuff in the trunk blocking the wiew
The Chevy Bolt has a camera mirror, but it makes me motion sick so I almost never use it.
Seeing a normal wheel tesla basically went with the lower half of a square, its not like f1 where hands are at same height of the central axis.
I'm happy about the steering wheel that can telescope...
do all the nissan leaf 2021 come with telescope wheel? Can't find information anywhere or is it a special package?
0:18 Nice primer, what colour are you going to paint it? 🎨
Ha ha - yes it looks exactly like the color of Corrostabil, a paint to stop corrosion... We used A LOT of that in the 70's when cars rusted like mad 😀
Does not matter it is an old design now, no reason to update it, all their technology is going in to the Ariya and E-Power models.
Still Hyundai and Kia are about to release their new EV only range this year with AWD and 800v 350kw charge speeds which will be impressive 0-80% in 18 min with a 73kwh battery and 0-100kmh is just 3.5 seconds!
How much smaller is CHAdeMO compared to CCS?
Would it be impossible to change charge standard, without redesign of boddy/charge-port-lid?
Sorry, but AZEO 2013 is the best type of Nissan Leaf ))) It cost less 10 k$ now and really easy to be upgraded with everything you need from Ali
So can you use one USB for CarPlay/android auto and the other for a USB stick with music/podcasts?
Leaf really needs an update so it has thermal battery management.
Lack of CCS isn’t that much of an issue if you’re mostly charging via Type 2.
What about nissan EV connect application? Is still not working?
What about Iphone thunder bolt is their wirless charging/
Hello Bjorn, charging still CHAdeMO? Loading speed the same?
Leaf connecta 62 , have a fotoboksvarsler?? Speedcamera alert?
Jaguars have had this as an option for a few years now.
Shame they haven't fixed the centre console knee pain problem especially with right hand drive cars
So even though its the 62kw as its being built now will that be the one I GET or will i get the 2018 one from factory can be confusing ?
Are you able to save footage from the Camera as with a dashcam? This would be a good function.
Since when are you uploading in 4K? 👍
Thank you Bjorn ! Is there any software change in 2021 Nissan LEAF in the center display for adjusting a limit for the State of Charge maximum like limit to 80% or 90% instead of always fully charge to 100% on level 2 ? Or maybe there's a way to set SOC max to 80% in the charging timer menu ? Thanks !
I really appreciate this video, most informative. My 40kw LEAF 2017 rear view camera gets dirty very easily and needs cleaned often. I assume that the change from real mirror to camera is a simple switch but what about dip?
Movement of the steering wheel might allow me to see the knee-high switch panel which is badly placed. 'Heated wheel, oh no, open charger flap.' Switches hidden by wheel.
You don't need to dip, you don't get blinded in the camera view at night
That mirror is the same one as in the Honda e, just a different icon in the corner
honda e looks much clear than this i think
Chevy bolt had that mirror since2017
pretty cool i got a 2019 leaf
Will the rearview mirror automatically switch to camera view when you put it in reverse?
whats in the " M E N U " ? 0_0
my 2019 model does not have usb in back seats
Always remember to wipe
I have found the best way to watch these vids : playback at 1.75xx speed
lol u had the car for many tests and u come with this now.... Did u not check or ...
Found a USB stick down the back of the lounge
Ever heard the word "embargo" before? ;)
field of view of that "backup" camera is absolutely pointless, you are not able to see anything really
ID 4?
Nissan Leaf at this price, is super dead for me...
That's why it doesn't sell that well anymore, even though it's the right kind of size for Europe. In 2020 it was selling on par with e-Golf, which was ancient and was set to be replaced by ID.3.
@@gvaley but Leaf has very interesting prices as used car...I was looking for a 40 kWh (hoping it hadn't been used as travelling car) and prices were very good
@@SirWilliamThomson Sure, go for it, just make sure you check the battery health before buying. Because of inadequate thermal management, the battery on a lot of Leafs will degrade even before reaching 100K km, even if you never Supercharge, especially in warmer climates. I friend of mine bought a 1st gen - it barely does 80 km city driving in summer and 60 in winter.
@@gvaley yes i know, but how can I control SoH without OBD? The older one has gave an idea with bars near charge level indicator...but the newer one?
@@SirWilliamThomson If you are serious about getting a Leaf, you won't mind putting some money down for a dongle.
yes 1000st like :)
yet they keep that old crappy radio ugh
Yo
No active cooling and heating of the batt, same shieeeeeeeety car! 😔
LEAF version 1.1.2
@@Nobody_Famous I would say 1.1.1.1.2! 😁
Leaf version 1.9999
@@bjornnyland I would trade that shieeeeeeeety mirror for an active management of the batt... 😒
Thanks for the review...the car looks so dated though 🤪🥴
River bed clay color. Perfect for hiding road crud. Otherwise seriously ugly color.