How to reduce heating of Nissan Leaf battery? [EXPLAIN]

When it gets hot, the Nissan Leaf battery heats up from the ride and from the ground. As a result, each subsequent charge is performed at a lower power, which prolongs the residence time at the charging station. What to do to at least slightly reduce the battery warming up process on a longer route? How to slow down the temperature rise when we have more than one fast charge in front of us? Here are some practical tips.

The battery heats up both during driving and during regenerative braking. So the simplest advice is: Slow.

On the road use D mode and use the accelerator carefully. D mode offers the highest torque and lowest regenerative braking, so you can slow down a bit on slopes to keep the engine from overheating. But you can also ride on cruise control.

Don't turn on B mode. In this setting, the Leaf still delivers the maximum possible engine torque, but increases regenerative braking power. If you take your foot off the accelerator pedal—when changing roads, for example—the car will slow down more, and more energy will return to the battery and warm it up.

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Test the work in economy mode.... Economy mode reduces engine power, which should result in lower battery power consumption and slower battery heating. However, Eco mode also reduces the power of the cooling system, so the engine may end up warming up to higher temperatures. The battery cooling is passive, it is blown by the air going from the front to the rear of the car (as when driving), so you may find it blowing in Eco mode. warmer air from the engine.

Turn off the pedal E, trust your leg. A high degree of recuperation, combined with brake operation, recovers more energy, but raises the temperature of the battery.

If you are on the road and see that after plugging into a Leaf charger it charges only 24-27 kW, don't turn it off... The charging power is recalculated every time. Even a small amount of additional energy will raise the temperature of the battery, so the charging power will be even lower after disconnecting and reconnecting the vehicle.

Bjorn Nyland also advises not to discharge the battery to single digits, go downhill in neutral (N) mode and charge it little by little or often. We join the first sentence. The second and third are reasonable for us, but we recommend that you test them at your own risk.

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