Engineers from Nissan’s Spanish outpost have tinkered away voluntarily at a Nissan LEAF electric hatch in a bid to see what they could do about increasing its range for a competition. In order to do this, the team engineered a whole new battery module from the cells up. The resultant […]
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Next Nissan LEAF could come with 60kWh battery
The next-generation Nissan LEAF electric hatchback will receive a massive boost in range, with talk of a 60kWh battery pack making its way into the platform. Kazuo Yajima,, Nissan’s EV head honcho, recently confirmed the size of the battery pack at the EVS29 Electric Vehicle Symposium 29 in Montreal, Canada. […]
Video: Nissan LEAF gets plastic rear wheels, for fun
Drifting as a motorsport is a precise art form, requiring specialised vehicles, usually rear-wheel drive with loads and loads of power. UK publication Autocar and journalist Matt Prior took to the British Drift Championship something most people would think to be fundamentally incapable of getting sideways; a front-wheel drive, fully […]
Nissan “future vision” concept previewed before Tokyo debut
Nissan is planning to unveil a smart new concept car at the 2015 Tokyo Motor Show later this week, rumoured to preview the next-gen fully electric LEAF. The Japanese company has decided to go for an extremely quiet route in previewing the new concept, only releasing this dark silhouette-like image […]
Next-gen Nissan LEAF to come in multiple body styles; SUV?
When the next-generation Nissan LEAF arrives in 2-3 years, a number of other body styles could join the hatch potentially including an SUV, according to an international report. The news surfaced when Nissan’s executive vice president Trevor Mann spoke to Autocar in an interview, saying: “There could be more than […]
2016 Nissan LEAF update getting increased range – report
Nissan is reportedly looking to arrest declining sales of its LEAF electric car by introducing a mid-cycle update with increased range. The current model’s 24kWh lithium-ion battery back is set to be replaced with a 30kWh unit. According to an Automotive News report, the new battery should result in a […]
Nissan creates one-off glow-in-the-dark LEAF
Nissan has got together with inventor Hamish Scott and produced a special type of paint, which glows in the dark. A Nissan LEAF was the lucky recipient of what Nissan describes as an ultra-violet energised paint, which is capable of glowing for between eight and ten hours. Nissan says a […]
2014 Nissan ZEOD RC Le Mans car revealed
Nissan has unveiled its 2014 Le Mans race car called the Nissan ZEOD RC. As you might have guessed, the racer uses a predominately electric motor system, and is based on the DeltaWing Le Mans car that debuted last year. Using technology from the Nissan LEAF electric hatch, currently on […]