EVs Enhanced To Offer 16 Blade LFP Battery Packs For Nissan Leaf

EVs Enhanced, a company in Christchurch, New Zealand, will introduce its 16 Blade battery, a complete replacement platform for the Nissan Leaf, beginning in March of 2023. The company says it wants to take early electric cars like the Leaf and make them better. The Leaf was a groundbreaking car when it was new, but the battery was always it weakest link, primarily because Nissan decided not to use liquid cooling. Air cooling works pretty OK most of the time, but not so well in very hot locations and hardly at all during fast charging.

The 16 Blade battery uses an active thermal management system and has been designed to fit within the confines of the original Nissan battery pack enclosure. The company says its mission is “to develop and offer upgrades that enable existing electric vehicles to remain usable, relevant, and desirable as they age. By applying current technology, it is possible to make these vehicles significantly better, faster, and with longer range than when they were new.”

“The intention is to extend the usable lifetime of these vehicles as much as possible, firstly for the early adopters that originally purchased these vehicles and then for the following owners as they are ready to embrace this superior technology. We love electric vehicles and consider any steps towards promoting their adoption to be a worthy cause,” EVs Enhanced says. Amen to that.

better battery for the Nissan Leaf. Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door, according to an old adage. We wonder if that wisdom applies to better batteries?

A tip of the CleanTechnica hat to Dan Allard, who first brought this story to our attention.

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