Accelerated reported battery capacity loss in 30 kWh variants of the Nissan Leaf
In a new study, 283 Nissan Leafs manufactured between 2011 and 2017 have been analyzed with respect to the battery capacity fade. The authors of the investigation conclude, that a faster rate of decline in the state-of-health (SoH) for the 30 kWh variants over the 24 kWh variants is detected. Some of the 30 kWh variants had already lost 20 % of the battery capacity after only two years of operation. Read the full paper here: https://www.preprints.org/manuscript/201803.0122/v1

Source: Myall, D.; Ivanov, D.; Larason, W.; Nixon, M.; Moller, H. Accelerated Reported Battery Capacity Loss in 30 kWh Variants of the Nissan Leaf. Preprints 2018, 2018030122 (doi: 10.20944/preprints201803.0122.v1).
Erik Schaltz
Erik Schaltz received the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the Department of Energy Technology, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark, in 2005 and 2010, respectively.
From 2009 to 2012, he has been an Assistant Professor in the same department where he is currently an Associate Professor and the head of the research programme in E-Mobility and Industrial Drives.
His research interests include a wide range of topics within the field of electro-mobility, e.g. power electronics, electric machines, batteries, ultracapacitors, fuel cells, battery management systems, electric and hybrid electric vehicle modelling, thermoelectric generators, reliability, and inductive power transfer systems. He has participated in several national and international research projects.
Permanent link to this article: http://batteriselskab.dk/artikel/accelerated-reported-battery-capacity-loss-in-30-kwh-variants-of-the-nissan-leaf.htm