04.12.2014   Alternative transportation

Nissan LEAF Could Get 250+ Mile Battery Soon

Electric Vehicles
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Published on December 3rd, 2014
by Christopher DeMorro

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In an interview with Carlos Ghosn, the Tokyo Business Channel got the Nissan CEO to admit that the automaker is working on a 250+ mile electric car battery. Just when this battery will be ready, Ghosn isn’t saying, but it’s readily apparent that Tesla is starting to influence design decisions at major automakers.

Why do I say this? Because Nissan, like a lot of other automakers, launched a short-range electric car (the LEAF) because they wrongly believed nobody would pay a premium price for a longer range EV. Nissan has been asking customers how much extra they would pay for more driving range in their EVs, and while there are rumors Nissan might be getting out of the battery business, that’s appearing less likely to be the case.

Indeed as recently as last year, Nissan was caught testing a 48 kWh battery pack on a LEAF, which is double the size of the current production LEAF. With a new model pegged to debut next year, more range is almost certainly in the cards…the question is, how much? 150 miles seems to be the most reasonable guess, but could Nissan roll out a 200+ mile option for the next-gen LEAF?

A few days ago I would have said no. But now? Maybe Ghosn wants to beat the Tesla Model III to market with an affordable, 200+ mile EV. Maybe he’s talking about the far future. Or maybe, just maybe, Nissan has learned a few lessons from Tesla’s success and is ready to take Elon Musk up on the challenge of building great electric cars.

via The Daily Kanban

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Tags: 48 kwh, battery range, Carlos Ghosn, Nissan CEO, Nissan LEAF, Tesla Model III, Tesla Model S


About the Author

Christopher DeMorro A writer and gearhead who loves all things automotive, from hybrids to HEMIs, Chris can be found wrenching or writing- or esle, he’s running, because he’s one of those crazy people who gets enjoyment from running insane distances.


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  • Go Nissan, the leaf will be even more welcome than ever. Still have to work on the look, but 250 miles range rocks. The revolution will not be televised, it will however be electric. Like I say, you can pay for a evolution, our jump to the revolution. The EV revolution has begun.

  • Good news. Now get to work on the de-ugly part. Make it good looking, like the Volt.

  • That headline got MY attention!

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