Updated 2013 model availability ?

[gabzimiev]

the 2015 LEAF is getting the B mode from the i-miev insideevs.com/nissan-outlines-changes-2015-leaf/ nice to know they are catching up to the 2012 i-miev

[Jim Hare]

Jul 15, 2014 15:55:23 GMT 11 gabzimiev said:

the 2015 LEAF is getting the B mode from the i-miev insideevs.com/nissan-outlines-changes-2015-leaf/ nice to know they are catching up to the 2012 i-miev

So what you're saying is slowing down faster is the only thing worth copying from the i-Miev?

[Deleted]

nissan already copied the imiev ad

mitsu
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzhGvW5OH28

nissan
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nn__9hLJKAk
there is even a chevy volt in this.

and they also copied the 5 year warranty.

one thing they might like to copy is the yearly servicing schedule, or perhaps they know that things are more likely to break down with the LEAF
eg. heater.

Even Michael Thwaite has said that the imiev is the most reliable EV he's owned, especially when comparing with BMW Active-E. He has a Tesla Roadster and a Ford Focus EV.
but I don't think that he has a LEAF yet.

LEAF recall
www.edmunds.com/car-news/2014-nissan-leaf-recalled-for-shut-down-risk.html
insideevs.com/2014-nissan-leaf-recall-missing-spot-welds-means-affected-vehicles-will-replaced-free-charge/

imiev has had a vacuum brake pump recall
green.autoblog.com/2013/01/25/mitsubishi-recalling-14-700-i-miev-ion-c-zero-electric-vehicle/

[Jim Hare]

The LEAF has had an 8-year battery warranty in the US from the start.

[riddick]

Jul 16, 2014 0:38:41 GMT 11 @g4qber said:

one thing they might like to copy is the yearly servicing schedule, or perhaps they know that things are more likely to break down with the LEAF
eg. heater.

[edit: Looks like my message from an iPad got lost...]
Anyway, I don't think that the heater is a service schedule item.  The half yearly servicing is probably a favour for the dealers and not a reliability related issue as my dealer was commenting that they hardly make anything on new cars, the money is in servicing.