Nissan Leaf Battery Replacement Alternative To Dealer?

[Obie]

"$20K to go all electric seems on par with a Model T for $300."

there are Model T's still running . How many Leaf's do you think will be around over 100 years from now ??

['elepaio]

Dead LeaFs get thrown in a pile to mulch.

Since this is your thread HOTPE about yours, just wondering what your plans for it are.

[leilanidude]

Dead LeaFs get thrown in a pile to mulch.
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Not true. There is a mechanic in Mt. View that routinely buys used Leaf's and removes the battery pack and uses it to be a mini-version of a Tesla Power Wall. I assume things like this are done all over the country.

['elepaio]

...and the rest of the car ??

right now myleafpile.com is available on Go Daddy for one cent. Thats perfect.

[leilanidude]

...and the rest of the car ?
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The rest of the car gets recycled like all other cars.

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

You’re worried about an EV battery?
Just be glad there’s not island junkyards filled the the power cores from the 1958 Ford Nucleon.

https://www.thedrive.com/news/41103/here...production

['elepaio]

Another typical HOTPE smug deflection.

Im more worried about how the cobalt for example is being extracted ( + our reliance on outside sources ) for these throwaway cars. K anyway, another struggle not here. For personal smugness, seeing the images and memes with Gas Power gen hooked up are a hoot.

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

+ our reliance on outside sources ) for these throwaway cars.

How much gasoline, diesel, and oil burned in internal combustion engines on Big Island is from outside sources, how much locally produced?  How many gasoline powered cars and trucks are on the road more than 10 or 20 years?  Next time you’re in a parking lot add up the number of the Model T’s you see, or cars from the 1990’s.  Sure, there’s some.  But as a percentage of all cars produced in their time era, it’s a minuscule number.  Their  brake pads and insulted parts are filled with asbestos.  Don’t get me started on the lead.

[kalakoa]

Cobalt extraction for EV batteries is a one-time thing. Same with the silicon used in solar panel production.

Fossil fuel is a continuous import which is facilitated by burning more fossil fuel.

Before someone suggests "but we're burning fossil fuel to power the EVs", realize that the resulting equation is about 3x more efficient than burning fossil fuel in the car directly. Fossil fuels burn best in motors tuned for constant speed, such as power plants. Electric motors are far more efficient than fossil fuels when the application calls for a variable range of speed/power, such as a car.

EVs will be continue to be a fetish on the Big Island unless/until a real charging network is developed.

One more thing. It's not safe to simply adapt an N14-30 dryer outlet to L6-20, for reasons that should be obvious.

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

Big Island unless/until a real charging network is developed.

There are a fair number of chargers on island, Target even gives you 2 hours free.  The Charge Point app will say whether their stations are available, or currently in use.

https://www.plugshare.com/directory/us/hawaii/hilo



t's not safe to simply adapt an N14-30 dryer outlet to L6-20,

It can be done, depending on the amperage.  If your circuit breaker, wiring and plug are rated for 30-50 amps generally it should be OK.  There are many forums discussing this.  Also, if your charger cable can adjust the amperage you can use a lower rate if your worried your wiring isn't up to snuff, which is still faster than 120 AC.  My car gives me 3 amperage charging choices on the dashboard screen.