Show Notes
MotorTrend's Ed Loh & Jonny Lieberman sit down with Nissan's Director of Technology Planning & Research, Jonathon Ratliff, and Director of EV Transformation, Jonathan Miller! The group discusses the move to NACS, the new Nissan Energy Charge Network, MyNissan App, battery storage, ASSBs (All-Solid-State-Batteries), how to make charging easier, and more!
0:42 - About our guests! 5:15 - Transition to NACS (North American Charging System). 12:19 - Charging the Nissan Arya at the Tesla Supercharging Network. 14:04 - ANNOUNCEMENT - Nissan Energy Charge Network. 18:04 - MyNissan App. 23:06 - What is Nissan doing with old Leaf batteries? 27:51 - Bidirectional Charging. 30:46 - What is EV Transformation? 33:06 - Charging solutions for apartment dwellers & workplaces. 41:08 - ASSBs (All-Solid-State-Batteries). 45:57 - Do EVs need 1000 miles of range? 50:44 - Battery/frame integration with ASSBs. 53:10 - Hyper Force concept. 54:08 - Second Gen Leaf, Chill-Out concept.
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