Nissan Leaf

Nissan’s all-electric Leaf sales have been difficult for a while now, but it unsurprisingly tumbled to a crawl last month after the Japanese automaker unveiled its next-generation Leaf and delayed deliveries until next year for the American market.
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Nissan unveiled the next-generation Leaf last month and the automaker has gradually started rolling out the new all-electric vehicle to a few markets.

The vehicle is apparently off to a relatively good start as Nissan confirms that it got 9,000 orders in for the new Leaf in less than 2 months.
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Nissan has been testing different vehicle-to-grid (V2G) systems, which enable electric car owners to use their car’s battery pack to feed energy back into their home or grid, with the Leaf for years now.

With the launch of the next generation Leaf, Nissan now unveils a new EV ecosystem, including a scheme to offer free power to owners with a V2G system.
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Now that we have finally seen the new Nissan Leaf 2018 from every imaginable angle, we can say that it’s definitely a significant design improvement over the original Leaf.

But for those who want a sexier version of the all-electric car, Nissan has been planning something more. 
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Like you, we have been waiting for months (some may say years!), to get a good view of the new Nissan Leaf 2018. Months ago we had some spy shots we could share with you. Later Nissan itself teased us with a few pictures but still no good look at this brand new electric vehicle until the launch event last week. Last night, when Seth and I went to the National Drive Electric event in Bridgewater, NJ, where a not-yet-road-legal 2018 Nissan Leaf was shown. We had the chance to take a good look at it, sit in it, fold the seats, pop the hood, turn on the lights, etc. but unfortunately we did not have the opportunity to actually drive the car.

We hope to do that soon. But until then check out the gallery below:

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On the sidelines of the 2017 Frankfurt Motor Show, several major automakers made announcements about their electric car efforts.

The Renault, Nissan & Mitsubishi alliance wasn’t among them, but they now also announce new plans as part of their 2022 synergy strategy.
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Nissan’s next-generation Leaf introduced with the 2018 version of the all-electric car featured a much-needed design refresh.

For those who think it wasn’t enough to make the vehicle appealing, Nissan is now considering offering a performance package made by Nismo, Nissan’s in-house performance tuning company.
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Nissan has confirmed its manufacturing plans for the next-generation Leaf unveiled earlier this week.

The Japanese automaker hinted at a potentially significant increase in production volume with the new vehicle, but as they are now confirming their production plan, it looks like they are still gauging demand. 
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Nissan launched its next-generation Leaf yesterday and it featured the biggest upgrade to the all-electric vehicle program since its launch back in 2011.

It looks like the new Leaf is well-positioned to grow the EV market and take away market share from gas-powered cars, but surprisingly, Nissan instead decided to call out other electric car makers, specifically Tesla.
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After months of teasing, Nissan has finally officially unveiled its next-generation Leaf today in Tokyo, Japan.

The new version of the all-electric vehicle feature a new design, “~40% range increase”, vehicle-to-grid capacity, and several more features.
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Nissan is starting to run out of things to tease about its highly anticipated upcoming next-generation 2018 Leaf, which is set to be unveiled in just two weeks.

Yet, they released another teaser with a picture of the tail lights and a new video today.
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Nissan is set to unveil the next generation all-electric Leaf in Tokyo next month, but now we learn they plan to bring it to the US soon after.

The Japanese automaker is taking the next-gen Leaf on tour of eight National Drive Electric Week events in the US.
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As we recently reported, Nissan’s all-electric Leaf is becoming increasingly popular with taxi companies and Italian taxi drivers have proven it again this month.

Florence is getting a new fleet of 67 all-electric Nissan Leaf taxis.
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When Tesla launched the production version of the Model 3 a few weeks ago, it also updated estimated delivery timelines based on different criteria – mainly Model 3 options, date of reservation, and country of reservation.

While it doesn’t exactly come as a surprise, deliveries outside the US are now not expected for another year even for those who reserved on the first day. Most reservation holders outside the US are being told “late 2018” by Tesla and “2019” for those in right-hand drive markets.

The long wait opens the door for other electric vehicles to try to win over those reservation holders before Model 3 hits their market. 
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Infiniti, Nissan’s premium brand, currently doesn’t offer any electric car despite its parent company being a leading electric vehicle manufacturer.

Now they unveil a new electric car concept and unfortunately, it’s not something that will make it to production.
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Autobytel, a website that lists and advertises cars for dealerships, posted specs for the “2018 Nissan Leaf”, which will feature Nissan’s next generation electric platform, before taking them down.

Now several media outlets claim that those are the official specs leaked by a dealership.
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While we got our first good look at the next generation Nissan Leaf without camouflage through some spy shots this week, the Japanese automaker keeps gradually unveiling the all-electric vehicle with teasers.

Now Nissan unveils the shape of next-gen Leaf with a teaser pictured above and boasts about aerodynamic performance.
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Next generation Nissan Leaf prototypes have been spotted often over the last year, but they were heavily camouflaged – making it hard to discern anything more than the overall shape of the new all-electric car.

But we now get our first good look at the actual design as the vehicle was apparently spotted during the filming of promotional content.
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Nissan is about to launch its next generation all-electric Leaf and aside from a design refresh, a longer range is expected to be the biggest upgrade.

The range was expected to be over 200 miles in order to compete with the Tesla Model 3 and Chevy Bolt EV, but the sighting of a next-gen prototype is now casting some doubts.
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Regenerative braking is one of the most interesting and differentiating features of electric vehicles. While virtually all electric cars on the market have it, the feature is tuned differently for each vehicle.

Now Nissan promises one of the most advanced regenerative braking systems for the next-generation Leaf.
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