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Indeed. Leaf doesn’t have active thermal management for its battery, which noticeably shortens its lifespan.

Leaf can’t keep batteries cool enough during charging in hot weather, and can’t preheat them before charging in cold weather.

Leaf and Tesla S are two cars with over a decade of real-world data available, and Tesla’s degrade 1-2% per year, Leaf 2-3% per year.



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