Video Summary
The review provides these findings about the Nissan Leaf EV:- The new Nissan Leaf is the third generation of fully electric vehicles from Nissan.
- There are over 700,000 units sold; about 300,000 in Europe.
- The car is made in Sunderland, UK, for the UK, Ireland, and western European markets.
- All that is in common with the previous versions of the Nissan Leaf is the name.
- CHAdeMO charging is gone.
- The charging port is on the driver's side on Irish cars.
- Intelligent battery thermal management ensures fast, consistent charging in a range of temperatures.
- The battery cooling system is now liquid cooled.
- Two battery sizes are offered: 52 kWh and 75 kWh (gross battery sizes). The range is 267-375 miles.
- The drag coefficient is 0.25, better than the Niro, Kona, EV3, and ID3.
- The design is sleek, and it is shorter than the previous gen, but wider and taller.
- The vehicle has a fully sealed floor and aerodynamic covers on the jacking points.
- It should be able to do about 14 kWh per 100 km.
- The smaller battery has 7 kW AC charging.
- The larger battery provides 11 kW AC charging.
- The charging curve is pretty decent up to 10 to 15 minutes into a charge if the state of charge is low.
- For motorway range, more than 330 km can be achieved at 130 km/hr.
- The dual tone roof can have a black top and looks good.
- Alloy rims start at 18 inches and can go up to 19.
- All wheels have the three and two pattern for Nissan.
- It looks like a Prius, met a Hyundai, met something from the future.
- You can play games on the Nissan Leaf from the same software company that provides games for Tesla.
- There is a three-year warranty, but the mileage could be higher. Electrical components, 5 years; battery, 8 years / 160,000 kilometers.
- Vehicle to load, vehicle to building, vehicle to home, and vehicle to grid are all parts of the car.
- Wireless car play or Android Auto will be standard.
- It is an intuitive Google-based system.
- It is connected with the Nissan connect service app.
- You can get the cream or black interior for the larger battery.
- There is not as much space in the interior as in the Araya.
- You need to get the Bose sound system to get driver-specific headrest speakers.
- This vehicle is radically different from what’s seen before.
- Has wireless car play or Android Audio
- There are 4 different trim versions.
