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Nissan has launched a longer-range version of its best-selling Leaf electric vehicle, as it fights growing competition in the electric car market.
The new Leaf can travel about 50% further on a single charge than its predecessor, according to the firm.
But it still falls short of the ranges offered by other recent electric cars from Tesla and General Motors.
Other updates include a new one-pedal driving system, auto-parking tech and a more modern design.
More than 283,000 Leaf cars have been sold since the Japanese firm launched the brand in 2010, making it the world's most purchased electric car.
[...] The new Leaf, on sale in Japan from October and elsewhere early next year, has a longer range thanks to a bigger 40 kilowatt hour (kWh) battery.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Phoenix666 on Thursday September 07 2017, @01:19PM (1 child)
That's my brother's experience as well, except his EV is a BMW i3. He keeps a Subaru wagon for the 1-2 times a year he does a longer roadtrip. The i3 has a range extender to give him an extra 50 miles on the generator as insurance, but he almost never needs it. He said he filled up the 2 gallon tank last fall and still has most of it.
He lives in Michigan, BTW, so it gets plenty cold with lots of snow, but it doesn't slow him down much.
I enjoyed the Leaf when I test drove it a few years ago, but have been holding out for a Tesla. That company just seems to get the future of transportation, and I want in on that for the ancillary benefits it brings as much as for the car itself.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 09 2017, @02:24AM
One tip though, remember to burn that gas or add a stabilizer to it. A friend of mine had his fuel system go bad for letting the gas in his plug-in hybrid sit too long.