It is a technical issue for
It is a technical issue for Nissan, the fact that it is not covered under warranty only means that it is not one they are obliged to resolve. The fact is that the battery is not performing as described and intended, sure you can rebrand that as a PR issue by saying rather then try to deliver what's promised they can just promise less. There are two terminal issues with that approach however, first is the vehicles already on the road, they bought the car with certain expectations of its performance which it is not fulfilling. Second and probably most important, the range capacity of this vehicle is already at or below that which allows it to be accepted as a functional vehicle in most households, knock anything more off that range and the already very disappointing sales will evaporate completely. Nissan could promise less but I promise less sales if they go down that route. As I see it they have two options fix the technical issue or abandon the Leaf program all together.