I have been a long-time stalker on this subreddit. Today I found an electric car that I can actually afford, despite it being 11 years old. The trading website I found it on is still set for ICE cars, so it doesn’t say anything about the battery capacity, except for the picture that I have linked below. What does that mean? Maximum range 29km? I am in Canada, so the cold weather will further reduce the range, I suppose? These are all the details I have. Year: 2012; 150000km; CAD 3000; a bit of rust, but nothing crazy. I called and emailed them 2 days ago, but haven’t heard from them yet. https://imgur.com/wYZRkuN

    • ithilmor@alien.topOPBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I searched and joined that subreddit last night, thanks to u/astricklin123 's suggestion

  • Koupers@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Hey, that battery is toast. I have a 2012 with 40k miles, it shows 1 more battery bar health in that gauge in the right. Realistically my range is about 35 miles on good weather days, and 12-15 or so in the winter.

  • TheGrandZabi@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Hi, excuse my ignorance here, but the centre message in that console says 1:30 (ish) to full charge. Does that mean the metres are not showing the actual battery capacity and charging the required time would result in more range? Essentially, is there anyway to know (using just the dashboard, not an OBD2 reader) if the batteries are as charged as they can possibly be?

    • dissss0@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      The cluster is saying the car is roughly half charged (6/12 of the longer bars) and the battery is at about half of its original health (6/12 shorter bars). You can get more precise readings with an ODB reader and Leafspy.

      The bars on the left hand side are battery temperature - 5 bars there means the battery is at a good temperature (I see a noticeable drop in range when there are four or fewer temperature bars showing)

  • Dirks_Knee@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Don’t get a Leaf. Even the newest 2nd Gen was outdated on launch. Saying this as a former Leaf owner. They are solid around town cars…and that’s it. Efficiency is very weather dependent more so than most EVs and charge slowly using a dead connector. Even in the highest end new model, any highway trip longer than ~85 miles roundtrip isn’t going to happen without stopping to charge or driving well below 55 MPH.

  • FutureMartian9@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I have a 9 mile commute to work. I have been tempted by the Leaf and other cheap used EV’s. For me it came down to the realization that I would still need another car if I wanted to for example go see my sister who is 21 miles away after work. A used Prius or Volt made way more sense.