>>Also the early Nissan Leafs, pioneers in the mass-market EV space, had batteries with only air cooling and which experienced significant degradation.
Volkswagen e-Ups, Seat Mii Electric and Skoda CitiGo EV(same car really), all have an air-cooled battery, been on the market for 13 years now and there's no significant degradation reported(not in a systematic way like with the Leafs). I think it's just different chemistry to what the Leafs were using.
How do those compare to Leafs driven in the EU? Leafs in the US market certainly experienced large degradation. None of those other vehicles have been available in the US market.
Wondering if the driving pattern of US vs EU drivers or the more extreme temps (high and low) in the US are the real culprit in the degradation of air-cooled batteries.
Volkswagen e-Ups, Seat Mii Electric and Skoda CitiGo EV(same car really), all have an air-cooled battery, been on the market for 13 years now and there's no significant degradation reported(not in a systematic way like with the Leafs). I think it's just different chemistry to what the Leafs were using.