Credit: Nissan/MIT Technology Review
Unlike some others, Nissan Leaf electric vehicles have air cooled batteries. This has been blamed for the the relatively high loss of range in Leafs operating in the hottest parts of the USA.
Nissan has responded by:
● developing a battery with heat resistant chemistry
● offering it as a replacement to existing owners at the surprisingly low price indicated in the headline
This will have the effect of:
● supporting the value of used Leafs
● silencing the nay-sayers who claimed that: "After a few years, an electric car will need a new battery costing tens of thousands of dollars."
Notice too, that Nissan wants the old battery. Persumably this is for reuse as grid storage or other second-life purposes.
http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1092983_nissan-leaf-battery-cost-5500-for-replacement-with-heat-resistant-chemistry
http://cleantechnica.com/2013/09/01/nissan-testing-heat-resistant-battery-adding-two-more-ev-models/ / Nissan Leaf went on saleannounced cost of a replacement lithium-ion battery pack electric car EV low $5,499 $1,000 credit turning in the old pack which is required plus installation fees tax 3 hours of labor lithium-ion lithium ion LiIon battery pack cells assembled into modules replacement pack $225 installation kit new battery backward compatible earliest Leaf models 24 kilowatt hour packs more heat-tolerant battery chemistry reduces capacity loss very high temperatures potential plans higher-capacity replacement batteries announcement buyer of a used Nissan Leaf certainty certain cost replace battery energy capacity fall to 70 percent of the original figure potential potentially electric cars longer life than previously thought Nissan's aggressive pricing losing money initially on low initial demand for replacement packs future economies of scale battery making sales of its battery-electric vehicles continue to rise pack-replacement cost post on the MyNissanLeaf forum Brian Brockman senior manager of corporate communications at Nissan 24 hours post generated more than 125 comments earlier lease plan for replacement batteries capacity loss extremely hot cities Phoenix Arizona financing plan for the replacement battery replacement process recycled secondary usage energy storage /
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