CloudMade EV Data Collection Program – Flip The Fleet is helping to find drivers
Quick update: CloudMade has received a huge amount of interest for this project, so for now, no further sign ups are needed. However, if
Nissan advise not to use aftermarket OBD2 devices
This is a quick update on our investigation of EDIB (brake) faults in Nissan Leafs manufactured between November 2012 and February 2016 (the “Affected
Reported braking problems in Nissan Leafs: Logbook update
Version 1: Log book reports up to 17 December 2018 Executive Summary Since publishing our original post on these faults, Flip the Fleet
Reported failures of the e-ACT Electrically-driven Intelligent Brake Control Unit in Nissan Leafs manufactured between November 2012 and February 2016
Photo courtesy of EVs Enhanced. Flip The Fleet (Henrik Moller, Daniel Myall and Dima Ivanov), Donald Love, Joe Barnett, Mark Nixon and Walter
Don’t be alarmed if your Leaf’s battery State of Health fluctuates
We commonly get people asking if they should be concerned about the State of Health (SoH) of the battery in their Leaf or eNV200 dropping by several
How satisfied are you with your EV?
Your take-home messages: Overall, EV owners are extremely satisfied with their Low Emission vehicles. More than three quarters of 654 respondents
Please join our EV Jamboree in Central Otago, 8th & 9th September
Kia ora tātou We would love to see you at “The Hare & the Turtle”, our EV community gathering at Highlands Motorsport Park in Cromwell on
Nissan makes 30 kWh battery firmware update available through its service providers
Flip the Fleet received the following message and attachment from Nissan New Zealand this afternoon: Flip the Fleet
30 kWh Nissan Leaf firmware update to correct capacity reporting
Download PDF Version of this report Executive Summary In March 2018, Flip the Fleet (FTF) published a paper on the reported battery degradation of
How can Flip the Fleet more effectively encourage people to buy EVs?
Your take-home messages: Flip the Fleet can best increase EV uptake by placing positive and authoritative messages in a wide variety of media. A
Funding Flip the Fleet to keep it sustainable
Your take-home messages: Participants see Flip the Fleet as an independent, and therefore credible, source of EV information and support. Funding
What do Flip the Fleet participants find most useful?
Your take-home messages: Participants most value Flip the Fleet’s comparative data, particularly in relation to battery health and how well their car
Curious Minds funding to test battery fade issues
The Participatory Science Platform has again stepped up to help Flip the Fleet! The Otago Science into Action partnership, headed by Otago Museum,
Early adopters as teachers: a case of extraordinary care of a Leaf battery
We are constantly blown away by the innovation and thought that many early adopters bring to the challenges of battery electric vehicles. Each
A community experiment to measure the effects of ‘Eco’ and ‘Drive’ settings in Nissan Leafs
Your Take home messages The ‘Eco’ setting increased efficiency (km/kWh) and range of ‘Generation 1’ Nissan Leafs by approximately 2.9% during
Accelerated reported battery health loss in 30 kWh Leafs
Update July 2018: Following the firmware release from Nissan (see http://www.cleanfleetreport.com/exclusive-nissan-leaf-battery-fix/) we are working
Low Repairs and Maintenance Costs: a double bonus of owning an EV?
What’s the issue? Public discussion emphasises the way Low Emission Vehicles (LEVs) save their owners the cost of buying petrol or diesel. But
Government funds Flip the Fleet
Great news! Flip the Fleet has received funding from the Government’s Low Emission Vehicles Contestable Fund in 2018 to spread the word on just how
Rapid charger survey: please have your say!
Flip the Fleet invites you to do an online “choice experiment” where you will be asked to choose between rapid chargers with different availability
Do many of us have under-inflated tyres?
Around half (54%) of the tyres on 19 Leafs that took part in Flip the Fleet’s efficiency experiment on 25 November were inflated below the recommended
Effects of load, Eco setting and route on efficiency: a Dunedin EV community experiment
Members of the Otago Electric Vehicle Incorporated Society conducted an experiment on 25 November as part of an outing for a strategy meeting and
Flip the Fleet is finalist in NZI Sustainable Business Network Awards 2017!
Woohoo! Flip the Fleet has been selected as a finalist for the “Smarter Transport” section of the 2017 Sustainable Business Network awards
Nissan Leaf: check your battery before buying!
(This post was kept here for archive purposes only - please click the button below to view the most up-to-date information) Battery
Query: Maintenance costs
Query, 16 June 2017: “Do you have NZ data for the comparative costs of running EVs compared to Internal Combustion Vehicles? We need it for a fleet
Query: Low battery ‘State of Health’
Query, 8 June 2017: “Hi Henrik. A friend checked my Leaf’s battery health using LeafSpy (see attached screenshot). He was a little surprised that it
$20K Funding Awarded by Otago Museum’s Science into Action
Flip the Fleet has been thrown us a lifeline! The Otago Museum’s Science into Action project (http://scienceintoaction.nz/) has granted Flip the
LEV Lane Privileges: Flip The Fleet submission lodged
The results of your last 1-click survey formed the basis of a submission that we submitted today to the Parliamentary Select Committee that is
Flip The Fleet 1-Click Surveys launched
We need to light a fire under our EV marketing campaign if we are going to show New Zealanders what they a missing out on if they don’t own EVs or