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This is all much ado about nothing. Nissan put of bunch of cells in a Leaf for one race. It's not like before this they didn't think they could, and just now fi
by pkulak 13y ago
This is all much ado about nothing. Nissan put of bunch of cells in a Leaf for one race. It's not like before this they didn't think they could, and just now figured out how to... add more batteries. The 2014 model will not have twice the range for the same price.
Nissan has a 24 kWh battery for a reason: they can sell the car, after incentives, for about the price of a Prius. Doubling the pack would probably add about 10 grand to the price. If Nissan thought that was where they wanted to position themselves in the market, they would have done so already.
Though, personally, a 48 kWh Leaf would be pretty awesome. I'd pay an extra 10 grand for that. It would be a nice middle ground between an 80-grand Tesla and the current Leaf.
- codex 13y agoNissan is bringing a new, higher energy battery chemistry online soon, but it's unclear that it will double range. Nissan's execs promise a 65% range boost by 2016 [1]. [1] http://insideevs.com/nissan-exec-reliable-125-miles-of-range-coming-to-leaf-by-2016/ http://insideevs.com/nissan-exec-reliable-125-miles-of-range...
- spankalee 13y agoThat's enough for me. I need to be able to comfortably drive my commute, round-trip, with maybe a stop at a store, before I could go all-electric. The current Leaf is very close, but I drive over a small mountain range which cuts the range. Affordable electrics with 120+ mile range will be huge.
- ape4 13y agoThis comment uses both "K" and "grand" to mean "thousand". I prefer "K".
- Shivetya 13y agoIf they would style it to look like a normal car, or offer a model that does, say like their Altima I would seriously give it consideration. The Leaf offers the range necessary for my daily commute, 53 miles. It just doesn't do it in the looks department. Now a coupe would be a sweet ride, provided it doesn't look odd.
- scotth 13y agoIf they styled it like a regular car, they might not sell as many, or for as much. See: conspicuous conservation (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspicuous_conservation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspicuous_conservation)
- jonhohle 13y agoThe Rav4 EV looks like a Rav4 (not a sedan, but not obviously EV). Slightly longer range, higher price than a Leaf, lower than a Tesla.