It s a little weird that nissan wouldn t have a battery reclamation and refurbishment program in the us where it s sold over 130 000 examples since the leaf was introduced in 2010.
Nissan leaf battery replacement program.
Nissan offered a battery replacement program for 5 500 but.
Starting in may owners of the 100 electric nissan leaf can turn in their used batteries and for.
The replacement battery has the same warranty as the batteries in a new nissan leaf car 100 000 miles or 8 years for defects and 60 000 miles or 5 years for capacity loss whichever comes first.
Modeled after nissan s european battery leasing program the system requires a 100.
That s less than half the price of a brand new 24 kwh pack 6 200.
The 24 kilowatt hour battery in kanade s 2012 nissan leaf sl has lost half its charging capacity after just 60 000 miles.
In response the carmaker is launching a battery replacement program for u s.