2018 Nissan Leaf Long-Term Road Test - Introduction


We added an all-new 2018 Nissan Leaf to our long-term fleet to see if its new 151-mile range can calm our range anxiety.
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We added an all-new 2018 Nissan Leaf to our long-term fleet to see if its new 151-mile range can calm our range anxiety.
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Recent reports about battery degradation on the Leaf 1.5 (30 kWh) have indicated that it degrades worse than Leaf 1.0 (24 kWh), and I would suspect that this Leaf 2.0 (40 kWh) could be problematic.
Besides the lack of thermal control (mine lived in temperate to cold western PA), the Leaf battery suffers from deep cycling due to its short range. The larger 40 kWh battery will help, but remember, 40 kWh is the *smallest* battery Tesla has ever sold.
The degradation reports have turned me off to the Leaf already. But if I did get one, I'd still lease it due to battery doubts.