When introduced to the world the 2011 Leaf had a 72 mile driving range thanks to a 24 kiloWatt-hour battery pack (equating to 115 kilometers). While this was good enough for typical daily driving, humans of course want more driving range on our electric cars. Today it’s relatively easy to…
Today Nissan unveiled a trio of electric vehicle ecosystem announcements, but separately said it was delaying launch of the 60 kiloWatt-hour Nissan Leaf. This follows the turmoil over revelation that Renault/Nissan/Mitsubishi Alliance leader Carlos Ghosn was being fired from Nissan following revelations of fraudulent financial filings. The announcements today have…
Nissan Motors has announced its former CEO and current Chairman, Carlos Ghosn, is alleged to have under-reported his compensation to Japanese authorities for years, hence committing tax and securities fraud. Subsequently he, and another Nissan board member, have been arrested by Japanese authorities, and there are allegations of similar misconduct…
Nissan today announced details, availability and pricing of the 2018 Nissan Leaf, curiously stressing that the Leaf is not an electric car (despite the electric drive train). Instead, the company stressed driver assist features like ProPILOT (lane keeping), ProPILOT Park (parking assist) as a way to appeal to drivers by…
It’s a bit premature to do this, but can we compare between the Chevy Bolt and Tesla Model 3? While precise details for these cars haven’t been published, enough is publicly known to draw a few conclusions. And while we’re at it, we can include some hypothetical information on some other 200+…
Earlier this week Nissan unveiled a preview of its autonomous car technology with the Nissan IDS. Now, according to the Daily Kanban website, it’s likely that large chunks of the IDS will make up the 2018 Nissan Leaf. The writer of that piece, Bertel Schmitt, was invited to…
Along with details on the 2016 Nissan Leaf, Nissan published a video showing us details of the battery pack factory in Smyrna Tennessee. This video happens to show construction of the new 30 kiloWatt-hour battery pack, which we know simply because of the shape of each module. And it happens to…
Today, the competition for longer range electric cars just heated up Nissan announced details on the 2016 Nissan Leaf. Thanks to a 30 kiloWatt-hour battery pack in the 2016 Nissan Leaf SV and SL, the Leaf now has the longest EPA certified electric car rage, 107 miles, of anything short…
The newly announced 2016 Nissan Leaf fulfills the rumors that had floated earlier. It’s available with two battery pack sizes, a 30 kWh unit offering 107 miles EPA range, and the previous 24 kWh unit offering the 85 miles range. Additionally, Nissan is doubling down on CHAdeMO by now offering…
2016 Nissan LEAF: The World’s First Affordably Priced Electric Car To Offer More Than 100 Miles Of Range New LEAF offers EPA-estimated driving range of 107 miles, improved battery durability and 8-year New Vehicle Limited Warranty See Also: 2016 Nissan Leaf specs, 2016 Nissan Leaf pictures Nissan was a pioneer in…
Mechanical Mechanical and Platform S SV SL High-response 80 kW AC synchronous electric motor S 24 kWh laminated lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery, 192 cells S – – 30 kWh laminated lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery, 192 cells – S S 107 horsepower and 187 lb-ft of torque S 3.6 kW onboard charger (3.3…
Until now the only electric car to have caught on fire in the wild was the Tesla Model S. In that case road debris punctured the battery pack, short circuiting some cells, causing a fire, in two situations. A couple other Model S’s were in extreme wrecks, such as torn…
Last week at the 116th Nissan General Shareholders meeting, Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn more-or-less verified the long range Nissan Leaf. He said it with some obtuseness, but the words are clear, especially given a video that was shown during the meeting of a 544 kilometer range Nissan Leaf. For those of…
Recent talk has been of Nissan/Renault CEO Carlos Ghosn at the recent Nissan shareholders meeting talking about autonomous driving Leaf’s, and Leaf’s with the range of gasoline cars. This video shows someone driving a Leaf with the starting range at 544 kilometers, driving through the countryside, past charging station after…
This video shows a 2011 Leaf getting a new battery under warranty, when the original degraded too rapidly.
