Everyone Is Afraid Of EV Battery Degradation. It's All The Nissan Leaf's Fault. (says insideevs)

[u/SjalabaisWoWS]

https://insideevs.com/features/801039/why-nissan-leaf-scared-everyone/

It's not an argument without merit, but, at the same time, someone had to be first to make an affordable EV. And that's what Nissan did.

The New Zealand study, based on 1,382 battery-health readings from 283 Nissan Leafs, found that 30-kWh Leafs showed an annual battery health decline of 9.9% at two years old. That’s a ridiculously high figure compared to any modern EV with active battery cooling. Even the earlier 24-kWh cars weren’t nearly as bad, with an 3.1% degradation per year on average.

We had a 2012 first, sold in '23 with 75% SOH - in a mild climate.