CloudMade EV Data Collection Program – Flip The Fleet is helping to find drivers
July 9, 20207 CommentsQuick 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
March 11, 201936 CommentsThis 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
December 17, 20184 CommentsVersion 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
November 23, 201830 CommentsPhoto 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
November 1, 20186 CommentsWe 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?
September 6, 20183 CommentsYour 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
August 31, 20181 CommentKia 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
August 2, 20183 CommentsFlip 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
July 25, 201819 CommentsDownload 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?
June 20, 20181 CommentYour 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
June 19, 2018No CommentsYour 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?
June 19, 2018No CommentsYour 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
May 20, 20183 CommentsThe 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
May 1, 20188 CommentsWe 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
April 3, 20183 CommentsYour 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
March 16, 201817 CommentsUpdate 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?
January 23, 2018No CommentsWhat’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
January 23, 2018No CommentsGreat 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!
December 22, 20172 CommentsFlip 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?
November 27, 20173 CommentsAround 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
November 27, 20176 CommentsMembers 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!
September 5, 2017No CommentsWoohoo! 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!
July 9, 201742 Comments(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
June 16, 20173 CommentsQuery, 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’
June 8, 20171 CommentQuery, 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
April 1, 20171 CommentFlip 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
January 27, 20171 CommentThe 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
November 28, 2016No CommentsWe 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