My Nissan LEAF has made it to 80,000 km on the original tyres!
The energy consumption has dropped due to moving to the Redlands, which is relatively flat compared to Logan. I have not done any more long trips as it has been very busy at work :(
I still have 9 capacity bars. I am not aware of any range loss as winter obscures the maximum distance I can travel. My car warranty expires next week, but the battery warranty is still valid until 100,000 km. I can't wait for the rumoured 30 kWh battery (I would buy the battery upgrade if available).
For approximately 2 months, braking on hills induced pulsing between regen and friction brakes (very annoying). It has not happened since the 80,000 km service. So I guess the replacement of the brake fluid reset something?
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| 80,000km and still travelling along happily |
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| Cost per 100km |
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| kWh per 100km |
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| Stats for my LEAF |
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| Service Costs |
During the May AEVA Brisbane meeting, some new EV owners came along and let us look at their cars. This is the largest number of EVs that I can remember coming to a meeting.
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| Tesla Model S, Mitsubishi iMiEV, Suzuki Swift, Honda City |
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| Everyone loves checking out the Tesla Model S |
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| Everyone loves checking out the Tesla Model S |
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| Simone and Dave inspecting the BMW i3 |
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| Mitsubishi iMiEV and Nissan LEAF |
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| Awesome custom converted Mazda MX5 |
I also attended the Logan Eco Action Festival at the Logan Griffith University campus (Meadowbrook) in my Nissan LEAF with other members of the AEVA (who brought a BMW i3, Zero Electric Motorbike and Custom Suzuki Swift). We were next to the Mitsubishi PHEV display. It was a great day and I met lots of people interested in Electric Vehicles.
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| L.E.A.F. 2015 |
I was lucky to get a free pass to the Australian Energy Storage Conference
http://www.australianenergystorage.com.au from Gabriel and Kymberly at Recharging NSW
http://rechargingnsw.com.au Was a good conference and I learnt lots about battery storage and how the grid operates with renewal energy.
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| Recharging NSW display |
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| ELMOFO Electric Radical SREV |
Next weekend I am going with other AEVA members to the RACQ Motorfest. Hoping to chat to lots of people about my car. I better give it a clean. The interior has scratches and scrapes from moving house.
