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DeanMcManis (not verified)    June 24, 2019 - 11:54PM

In reply to by David Radzieta (not verified)

I believe that it is you that is misinformed. There are many studies that show conclusively that lack of liquid cooling for automotive batteries degrades their lifespan. Nissan did mislead early Leaf buyers in downplaying the consequence of fully charging their batteries, and leaving them in the heat at 100% charge. But those were not the only issues that shortened battery life. I personally know too many Leaf owners who lost significant battery range over time to think that having air cooled batteries did not play a big part in their range loss. I've also owned/leased 3 Volts, and now own an Cadillac ELR and there has been zero range reduction in any of those vehicles in the time that I had them. It is true that GM built in a safety buffer so that 100% full only used 80% of the battery capacity, but the heating and cooling of the traction battery undoubtedly helped as well. Show me facts to the contrary. I only know of a few Chademo stations nearby, and there seems to be about the same number of CCS and Supercharger stations around here as Chademo, but then again I have only had PHEV cars, so I don't really need or use charging on the road.

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