Nine bars, out of the maximum 12, would be "approximately 70 percent of [the Leaf's] original battery capacity." Before the Leaf launched, Nissan said it expected Leafs to have between 70 and 80 ...

For Leaf vehicles whose batteries have fallen below nine bars during this period, Nissan will repair or replace the battery under warranty with a new or remanufactured battery to restore capacity ...

Nissan scores its battery capacity out of 12 bars. Dipping below 9/12 bars makes the Leaf eligible for a battery warranty repair. The warranty only covers repairs to bring the battery back up to 9 ...

Nissan Leaf with its batteries intact. It took a little extra work, but after parting out the car and salvaging the battery packs for himself he came out ahead of both a new set of replacement ...