Talk:Nissan Leaf

Latest comment: 6 months ago by AndyFielding in topic Careful driving
Former good articleNissan Leaf was one of the Engineering and technology good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.
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1st generation - Plug-in charging Chademo (inbox) edit

User:172.58.75.26 According to citation, the first generation Nissan Leaf limits charging at a max. of 44 kW 480 V DC on CHAdeMO inlet. Furthermore, the reference you cited does not mention at what rate a first generation Nissan Leaf can recharge. Do you have any further to add? Now wiki (talk) 05:38, 15 August 2019 (UTC)Reply

Capitalization of LEAF edit

Nissan officially calls this car the Nissan LEAF(R). As it is a registered trademark, the article should use the capitalized version of the name for the car, as that is how the trademark owner intends the name to be represented. [1]

Am0210 (talk) 21:37, 2 September 2019 (UTC)Reply

MOS:TM covers this.  Stepho  talk  22:05, 2 September 2019 (UTC)Reply

ICE comparison edit

 According to a 2015 report by Warranty Direct, of 35,000 Leafs sold in Europe, three had had a battery failure, compared to a failure rate 25 times higher for internal combustion engined cars

So three Leafs had battery failure, were these the 'only' failures they had, or are they only counting battery failures specifically? And ICE cars have 'a failure rate 25 times higher', is that only counting failures of the fuel system, as equivalent to the battery system of a BEV? Or are they counting ALL failures of any sort for ICE cars, and only battery failures for the EVs? That is not a fair comparison, and I find it hard to believe that no Leaf had a failure of any component besides the battery pack. No wonky motors? No computer problems? No wiring issues? What about failures of the non-driveline parts of the cars, which are identical between both models? In any case, 25 times higher means 75 failures (of unspecified nature) among every 35,000 ICE cars sold, which is pretty insignificant. And the ICE cars aren't sold with an engine guaranteed to fail within ten years, unlike the Leaf, which will require a new battery pack before it is ten years old. If you just extend the parameters out a bit, the failure rate of the Leaf becomes 100%. The comparison is basically meaningless propaganda without more details and context given. BTW the NISMO Leaf RC is not actually a Leaf, it uses a totally custom chassis and a totally different body, and battery pack, which is also relocated. The only shared component is the motor. And they have a new version since then that they have given two motors and made 4WD. Because apparently 20 minutes was just too much endurance. https://www.motortrend.com/news/nissan-leaf-nismo-rc-first-look/ https://www.motortrend.com/features/nissan-leaf-nismo-rc-first-drive/ https://www.motortrend.com/news/nissan-leaf-nismo-rc-race-car/

64.223.165.132 (talk) 16:38, 25 August 2021 (UTC)Reply

Vehicle size class edit

It's not a compact car in the US - it is a midsize car. You can see that designation on fueleconomy.gov 2604:2D80:E7A6:7400:3810:37DC:60C3:96DD (talk) 05:52, 20 May 2022 (UTC)Reply

Strange, I would have thought it would be the same as a Corolla hatchback. Except the US didn't get the Corolla hatchback and the sedan is classed as a compact. I guess the Leaf moves into the next size up due to its generous 90 cu.ft passenger space and 23 cu.ft luggage space. Anyway, I don't have a big problem with calling it a mid-size car.  Stepho  talk  08:14, 20 May 2022 (UTC)Reply

The battery lease option citation is a dead link. edit

No archive link is provided. 172.56.12.104 (talk) 12:34, 5 January 2023 (UTC)Reply

Go to archive.org and copy the link into there. When you have found a good archived copy, copy the URL of the archived version into the reference as the |archive-url= and |archive-date= parameters. Look at some of the other references for examples.  Stepho  talk  13:31, 5 January 2023 (UTC)Reply

Sales figures edit

The sales figures are outdated, with the latest year being 2017. But I get why -- a huge number of countries and totals by country and year make updating it a daunting task. Might I suggest narrowing it down to five or so countries, and removing the totals, so the table is easier to maintain? If there are sources for the grand totals by year, it's fine to include them. But one could argue that adding one's own totals is WP:SYNTH, since you're calculating them on your own and not really specifying why that number is notable. --Vossanova o< 23:54, 14 January 2023 (UTC)Reply

Environmental footprint edit

Wouldn't tonnes be a better order of magnitude than kg for the CO2 savings? Jonnyboy5 (talk) 21:20, 6 March 2023 (UTC)Reply

precisely because the numbers are large. And large-scale carbon savings are conventionally expressed in tonnes. Jonnyboy5 (talk) 13:19, 27 March 2023 (UTC)Reply
180 million kg = 180,000 tons. When the numbers are so large it hardly seems worth the change. And which ton ?

Careful driving edit

When my wife and I got ours this year, I said, "Let's be very careful to stay on the road—we don't want to turn over a new LEAF." – AndyFielding (talk) 12:55, 8 October 2023 (UTC)Reply