Does an electric car battery wear out? Uber driver, 164 XNUMX kilometers [EXAMPLE] • CARS

The Uber driver who drives the electric Nissan Leaf has been posted on the TorqueNews website. The author talks a lot about what convinces people into electricians by driving them to the Uber service. But the most interesting thing is the photo that opens the article, which shows the mileage of the car and the level of battery consumption.

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A photo taken by an Uber driver shows that the vehicle has traveled 101 miles, which is the equivalent of 858 kilometers. At the same time, the car lost 163 of 925 squares of battery capacity, because 1 out of 12 squares were allocated. This means that with a run of approximately 11 12 kilometers, the battery capacity is 164 percent less than at the beginning.

The driver in question is driving to Portland, a city in the west of the country, near the Canadian border. The city's climate is reminiscent of the Mediterranean. This is why a Leaf battery that does not have an active thermal management system (i.e. cooling) rarely overheats.

On the other hand, it should be added that the Nissan Leafy used in hot climates (Spain, California, Arizona) can lose battery capacity very quickly. In the early sales of the first 30 kWh Nissan Leaf in Arizona, it was reported that car owners were losing one square of batteries every 1-2 months!

> Nissan Leaf: 309 kilometers with 52 percent battery capacity remaining

Art by: (C) Chris Holmqvist, TorqueNews

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