The air cooled battery could
The air cooled battery could still be an issue in extremely hot climates, and is clearly not as advanced as liquid-cooled batteries. As for resale, early Leafs have been poor, but that was mainly because of their short range, and because of the unintended (and often unrecognized) passthrough effect of the federal tax credit relative to new cars. Teslas are definitely better, but that's mostly because of their longer range. Longer-range Leafs are likely not to be nearly as bad, though they haven't been out long enough for the data to be very solid yet. .