The next-gen Nissan Leaf is set to get newly-developed batteries that could increase its range two-fold, Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn has said in a Tokyo Business News interview on Japanese TV, according to a Daily Kanban report.
Based on the Japanese fuel economy test cycle, the latest Nissan Leaf has an all-electric range of 228 km. However, in the US and Europe, it’s rated at 134 km and 195 km respectively.
According to the report, the host asked Ghosn if Nissan is working on new batteries and if the Leaf’s range will then double to exceed 400 km, and the CEO replied to all in the affirmative.
An unnamed source told the publication that the carmaker has been extensively researching battery technology, and that the said new battery delivers twice the capacity while costing and weighing less.
The report adds that last year, Nissan’s technical centre in Barcelona tested a prototype equipped with a 48 kWh battery – that’s double the current Leaf’s 24 kWh battery.
Some time ago, then-Nissan chief planning officer Andy Palmer (now Aston Martin CEO) told CarAdvice that the next-gen Leaf will feature advanced battery technology, and that any new battery for future EVs will have to provide a range of at least 300 km.
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so troublesome to find a place to charge the battery.
not practical in malaysia. it’s not like the driver can carry a xiaomi powerbank around to charge the car.
Lol…every new tech has hurdle..when petrol powered car first produce where got petrol station?
Nice to see that electric cars are becoming more practical for daily commute.
Battery tech from the iphone 6
kalau boleh, nissan should focus on hyrogen fuel cell cars… not sure how much environmental effect we haf on creating these huge lithium ion batteries eg. lynas case.
Hopefully they make the next-gen Leaf look…more desirable.
Poor crash worthiness car on the road as listed by IIHST
http://www.iihs.org/iihs/ratings/vehicle/v/nissan/leaf/2014
those nasty lithium-ion lithum-polymer batteries pack…
ticking time-bomb especially under tropical heat.
a good eco friendly electric car… it’s a shame that our government decided put such a high tax to this car. You are not yet capable to make a electric car doesn’t mean you have to stop people from buying it. Just my 5 cents.
RM 150 k for a Viva. Tak Nak. I can buy a Viva/Axia and still have RM100K for petrol. Environment friendly? BS. People bought so much into the hype. The process to make the batteries are a major pollution. You just don’t see it on the road. Even china has been clamping down on some of these factories making all the hybrid/electric car batteries because the pollution is too extreme.
If you stay in a condo, don’t bother.