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2012 Nissan Leaf Battery CELL upgrade 24 - 40KWh

My 2012 Nissan Leaf had 71,850 miles on the odometer and I needed to replace the battery. The original battery was 24KWh and only gave around 75 miles range when new. I stopped driving the car in 2024 when the range had fallen to around 25 miles, and I decided I needed to upgrade the battery. This is the first Nissan Leaf imported into Belize, in Central America, and one of the very first electric cars in the country. Needless to say, there was no infrastructure or community established here for electric car upgrades...I intend to establish the first service depot for this purpose. But I needed to learn the process on my own vehicle. I purchased used 40KWh Nissan Leaf battery cells from a wrecked Leaf out of China, from a supplier called CHU Energy. The company was very helpful to work with, and the price was very appealing. This video documents my DIY rebuild of the battery pack. *Note, I work in the solar industry, and I'm familiar with working with high voltages, and lithium battery packs. There is serious risk to these activities, please use caution. Music by Orion, find it on Bandcamp here - bandcamp.com/album/surf-ski-2