Nissan Leaf

Extra charges might include taxi signage etc.

Either get it towed to an independent EV repairer to repair or if sticking with Nissan, go for the Joe Duffy show to drum up some goodwill. Has the Leaf had a lot of DC charging or Taxi usage ?

I'd try to have it repaired privately. Are you a member of NISSAN Leaf Owners Ireland Facebook page? There are a few people there that can repair EVs, batteries including. I've taken a note of one guy's name when reading the group. I can PM you his name if you want and you can try him. Range Therapy may be able to help too or point towards the right people.

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All Leafs use Chademo for fast charging. You can also use any AC charger to slow charge it (same port you'll be using to charge it at home) - speed from AC charger will depend on whether the car will have 3.6 kW or 6.6 kW onboard charger installed so something to keep in mind/check when buying a car. ACs often installed at car parking spaces around the city or at shopping centers.

All chargers we have installed in our workplace are AC chargers so any car model can slow charge of it while parked for the day.

Download Plugshare app - this should have all chargers around the country. You can use filters to show you only Chademo and AC chargers.

I haven't used a fast charger in 2 years but looking at fast chargers around Limerick and Shannon when I drive, they are nearly always available including Chademo. It's not cheap at all to fast charge or even use AC chargers so that could be why.

Great car. We have a 2018 model. They are CHAdeMO, but are Type 2 for AC charging. Plenty of CHAdeMO around for the rare occasion you will drive that 500km.

Your work charger will be an AC Type 2, so you can use it. You would be getting an untethered, or type 2 charge point installed at home. It's a good time to be buying used Leafs.

Use Plugshare and you can also use android auto or apple car play in the car.

Thanks for all the info lads. Just in terms of Chademo going forward, are their chargers something that are being phased out or whats the position? Ive determined that for my own use case of majority charging at home and a little bit at work when needed then a Leaf would work for me. But question is where would I be left in 2027 or 28 when I go to sell it. The worry is the market would be limited to only those with home charging and thus the value of the car would decrease because of worries about public charging. I guess what Im asking is if public Chademo charging is here for the long term or are new units no longer being installed

I wouldn't worry about and I've put my money on it by buying a 2018 only a couple of moths ago. In 2028, there will probably be more CHAdeMO than there are now. ESB are the dregs for charge points anyway. Other companies install CHAdeMO points.

Still a lot of Chademo chargers in planning stage. Obviously not as many as CCS, but there are still a hell of a lot of legacy ones out there. ESB still have at least one planned in Airside (8) and obviously just went live in Carrickmines with another 8.

You can see the planned ones on Plugshare if you filter Chademo and coming soon.

No, best bet would be to convince some Nissan Dealer to give you an extended test drive over a long weekend or similar.

Looking at purchasing a 2018/2019 Nissan Leaf 40kW. Seeing posts here and there with people experiencing battery module failure as the cars get older. I am aware that a lot of Nissan Leaf's sold and that people with issues are more likely to be posting looking for solutions. Our climate should suit the Nissan Leaf with its passive cooling and lots of Fast charging should be the major risk but it can be assessed. What do people on here think about about the batteries on these cars should they as an average be good to achieve 250,000km or not.

For anyone using leafspy what kind of OBD adaptor are you using?

Seems to be anything from €10 to up to €90. Might be overthinking this as I'm used to dealer level/OEM gear.

Just assuming a €10 job is just as good?