A reeling Nissan is looking to expand its footprint in China’s electric vehicle market by investing in one of the country’s electric startups.
Nissan has just announced pricing for their upcoming 62kWh Leaf Plus model, which will be available in the US starting later this month.
The starting price comes in just around the expected level, at $36,550. The Leaf SV Plus will be $38,510, and the top trim, the Leaf SL Plus, is priced at $42,550.
Last week we were invited to San Diego to drive the new Nissan Leaf Plus, the updated version of the Leaf with a new 62kWh battery pack, which will start sales in March. We spent the day driving it all through the county on a variety of roads, and came away impressed if not surprised by this iteration on an already-solid package.
Fresh off its CES LEAF 62kWh unveil, Nissan today at the 2019 North American International Auto Show in Detroit took the wraps off its IMS concept car based heavily on its similarly named IMx concept. Have Nissan reached Concept-ception?
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Under its racing brand Nismo, Nissan unveiled in Tokyo this week a new LEAF-based electric race car with dual motors: the LEAF NISMO RC.
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Carlos Ghosn, the head of the Renault-Nissan Alliance and one of the biggest proponents of electrification amongst the leaders of legacy automakers, was arrested in Tokyo today over some ‘serious misconduct’ of a financial nature.
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The Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance announced today that it invested in Enevate, a battery startup that is claiming breakthroughs including “5-minute fast charging” and “high energy density”.
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Nissan has released more information and pricing today for the 2019 LEAF in the US.
The Japanese automaker said that a “longer-range version will be available in the future”, but it didn’t release any more information about it.
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Nissan and EVgo are today launching their new east coast fast-charging route along the I-95 enabling EV drivers to travel between Washington D.C. and Boston.
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If you have been following Electrek for a while now, you know that we are jealous of the Chinese people because they are getting all the EVs.
Now Nissan’s Dongfeng Motor Chinese joint-venture (DFL) is announcing a new “green vehicle plan” which includes 20 new ‘electrified’ vehicles.
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Nissan wants to ramp up its electrification effort, but it doesn’t want to make its own batteries anymore.
It had a lot of difficulties getting rid of its battery manufacturing subsidiary, but they have now finally found a buyer.
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We are starting to see a few companies looking to enter the camper and motorhome segments with all-electric options.
Nissan is now testing the waters by unveiling an all-electric camper based on the e-NV200 van to be released in Spain.
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Nissan and Nismo, the automaker’s motorsports and in-house tuning division, have been teasing making a version of the new Leaf for a while and it’s now finally happening.
The Japanese automaker has announced the official debut and the start of sales of the new Leaf Nismo by the end of the month.
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Nissan has been trying to get rid of Automotive Energy Supply Corporation (AESC), its battery cell subsidiary, for a long time.
Last year, it confirmed that it sold AESC to GSR Capital, a private investment fund based in China, but the Japanese automaker has now confirmed that the transaction failed.
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When Nissan released the next-generation last year, many were disappointed that it didn’t feature the long-anticipated bigger 60 kWh battery pack and quicker fast-charging technology.
Over the last few months, we learned that the updated powertrain is actually coming with the 2019 version of the Leaf.
Now we see the upcoming new electric vehicle leaked in a new fast-charging test by a charging station manufacturer.
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Electric vehicle battery packs are becoming increasingly popular for stationary energy storage projects.
In the latest, Nissan Leaf battery packs are now powering a new large energy storage system at the Johan Cruijff Arena.
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Nissan has a tendency to unveil new versions of the Leaf and not releasing them on the market.
Their latest one is an ‘open-air version’ of the new all-electric LEAF unveiled today.
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Nissan and Renault are planning a series of new electric cars for the Chinese market and they are turning to China’s emerging leading automotive battery maker, Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL), to supply them.
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The new Nissan Leaf has revitalized sales of the Japanese automaker’s flagship electric car in several markets, including its own home market and in Europe, but it has yet to have a significant effect on U.S. sales.
Now Leaf sales in the U.S. are just starting to slowly pick up.
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Strong government programs and market conditions have led to rapidly growing electric vehicle demand in China and now automakers are launching vehicles exclusive to the market.
Nissan is the latest to get in on the trend with a new Leaf-based electric car.
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Nissan is now launching the updated version of its e-NV200 electric van with their new 40 kWh battery pack in several markets.
The new electric van features an extended range along with a few new features.
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Some EV enthusiasts were disappointed when Nissan unveiled the new Leaf without a battery pack enabling a range of over 200 miles (~320 km) like the new EVs coming to market this year.
But what Nissan did is manage to still increase the range of the Leaf while maintaining a relatively low price – especially compared to those same new EVs coming to market.
And now they wanted to show us how it can still be a good daily driver and road trip vehicle by inviting us to experience the new Leaf in Southern California this week.
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Nissan Leaf sales have been jolted back to life in the automaker’s home market after the launch of the latest generation of the all-electric vehicle.
The company now confirms having sold over 100,000 Leafs in Japan since original launch and are preparing to launch 3 more EVs in the market.
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Similar to how Formula One acted as a test bed and helped advance technologies for the automotive industry, Nissan now wants to leverage EV tech development in the Formula E racing championship for its electric cars.
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