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Here's a summary of the video:The review focuses on a 10-year-old Nissan Leaf with a 24-kilowatt-hour battery undertaking a 1000-kilometer challenge. The battery has around 35% degradation. The car has poor range and charging speed. The car can drive around 70 kilometers on a charge.
The reviewer plans to cheat as much as possible, carrying two Ecoflow batteries and a heater, and uses an app to remotely control these appliances. There are extension cords and adaptors for Mitron and Eve cables. The car's map is described as an ancient Japanese secret, and the navigation system is very basic.
After charging to 98%, the car's dashboard estimates 92 kilometers of range, and the app shows 13.4 kilowatt hours of capacity. The car requires charging at around 50% capacity for the following legs of the journey due to slow charging at higher percentages. It charges at 2.5 kW at 98%.
There are several roadblocks ahead, which might slow down the progress. The car is cruising at 97 kilometers per hour, corresponding to a GPS speed of 90 kilometers per hour, with 90 kilometers per hour being the speed limit. It has a battery temperature management issue.
The first charging stop took 54 minutes and the car drove 75km with a speed of 83.3 km/h at 158 Wh/km. After approximately 28 degrees, the car charges very quickly. However, with time the battery temperature increases a lot; the battery has 11 kilowatts by the end of it when boiled over. A quick thermal camera inspection finds one tire cooler, then everything turned out alright.
It is recommended by the reviewer to camp at a charger with more than one plugin for additional heat, power, etc. From the test drive, there’s almost exclusively a recharge rate happening in the vehicle
