Hey everyone! I designed a scale miniature model of the Leapmotor B10 (~1:20 scale) for 3D printing.
Check it out here: https://makerworld.com/models/3153703
Would love to hear what you think! 🙌
Posting on behalf of my non-tech savvy parents. They’ve had a B10 for a few months, with no problems until now. About a fortnight ago it stopped charging mid-charge in the middle of the night (at home, using an AC wall charger from Octopus Energy), and they then realised it had tripped the charger’s MCB in the consumer unit. Now, every time they plug it into the home charger it immediately trips the MCB, so they can’t charge it.
They’ve had the home charger’s support engineer out today, and they’ve proved nothing wrong with the charger - it charges other vehicles fine. They’ve engineer also showed them that with a gauge tester on the charger, with the B10 ‘it went straight up to 150’, but on another vehicle it gradually increased (I don’t know what units were being measured).
They’ve also now tried plugging in the provided 3pin charger into a wall socket and that immediately tripped the MCB for their sockets, so it’s clearly a car problem.
They’ve contacted the dealer and booked the car in for a week’s time (earliest the dealer could do), and the dealer apparently said straight away ‘it’s probably not covered under warranty’. Has anyone else experienced this? How can the dealer determine that a charging fault on a vehicle that’s only a few months old (and that essentially renders the car unusable once the current charge has run out), would not be covered under warranty?
After 5 months and 6,065 km with the Leapmotor B10, I have consumed a total of 993 kWh. Even using a pessimistic calculation of 6,065 km divided by 994 kWh applied to a 64 kWh net battery capacity, I am averaging over 390 km or 242 miles of real-world range.
This performance covers a diverse mix of city, highway and country roads. Since taking delivery in March, I have driven through temperatures ranging from 10°C to over 35°C as well as heavy rain and hail. The range has been a major highlight. For my driving habits, it is easily a "charge once per week" vehicle.
While 5 months is not enough time to make a concrete judgment on long-term reliability, the car has been consistently reliable and an absolute trooper so far. I purchased the vehicle outright rather than financing. With local subsidies, the total cost came to just over €23,000.
Living with the B10 has been great and I have already saved over €500 in fuel compared to my previous car. I plan to provide another update once a full year has passed so I can see how it performs during the heavy winter months.