Ford Focus Electric "vs" Tesla Model S: What I Learned at the Ford Dealership

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Check out the MyNissanLeaf forums, where you'll see people complain about battery range loss on the Leaf. So you start with a relatively short range, and it quickly loses range during ownership.

You do know that this issue is unique to cars without active TMS systems, right? This only happens because Leaf cuts corners. A lot of corners.

The Leaf doesn't cool its battery with anything more than air, and has a poor heating system as well.

You can look at the Volt, which has a much smaller battery but degrades nearly as little as a Tesla. Smart ED--Gen II had a Tesla cooling system and Gen III still has a liquid active TMS system--only saw 1-2% battery degradation a year. About the same as Tesla and its 8% degradation over 100k miles.

Smart ED has a smaller battery than Leaf, but you won't find a single complaint about smart battery capacity degradation in any smart ED forum.

 

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You do know that this issue is unique to cars without active TMS systems, right? This only happens because Leaf cuts corners. A lot of corners.

I knew that, and it is the reason why I would never buy a Leaf. The Leaf might make sense as a lease vehicle but battery degradation makes it a poor choice for long-term ownership.