Customers can purchase control module, liberating extra performance http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1085015_nismo-offers-to-chip-your-leaf-electric-car-for-better-performance Nismo Offers To 'Chip' Your Leaf Electric Car For Better Performance By Antony Ingram Jun 25, 2013 HT2: Brian Henderson
[images http://www.greencarreports.com/pictures/1085015_nismo-offers-to-chip-your-leaf-electric-car-for-better-performance_gallery-1#100431530f GALLERY: Nissan Leaf NISMO aero package ] Nice vehicle though the 2013 Nissan Leaf is, it's just a little... tame, for some people. Those people may be intrigued to know that in Japan at least, there's an option to give it a little more performance. We've covered the Nissan Leaf tuned by NISMO (for NISsan MOtorsport) previously, but the official Nissan tuner offers more than just visual upgrades. Customers can also purchase a reset control module, liberating extra performance from the motor with minimal effect on range. The 136,500 Yen ($1,400) option gives drivers a little more power, improving acceleration and responses. The tuner has even tweaked the car's Eco mode, improving cruising range when in this mode. While the performance upgrade is available individually, it's also part of a wide range of NISMO accessories available to Japanese buyers. A full, aerodynamically-optimized body kit is available, with unique blue highlights to match the Leaf's blue badging. It's available as a fiber-reinforced plastic or wet carbon kit, the latter costing a healthy $10,225. A sports suspension kit will set you back a further $1,080, the 18-inch alloy wheels another $450, while floor mats, blue-tinted mirrors and carbon fiber accents are also available. These, mercifully, are a little cheaper than the bodykit. None of this is planned for U.S. sale, and even if it was you'd have to be brave to add a good $15,000 to the price of a Leaf. But we'd welcome the performance upgrade on its own, particularly if NISMO's promise it doesn't affect range too badly is true. Maybe other tuners will take NISMO's lead and develop parts to enhance the Leaf beyond its standard specification. Could the Leaf become the electric car world's first tuner vehicle?... [© Green Car Reports] For all EVLN posts use: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=search_page&node=413529&query=evln&sort=date Here are today's archive-only EV posts: EVLN: Car and Driver reviews 2013 Fiat 500E EV EVLN: Millen 4th in Pikes Peak Electric Class EVLN: Why Tesla Is Making Auto Dealers Nervous (video) EVLN: We drive Renault's new electric hatch, Zoe + EVLN: First Drive of 2013 Smart Fortwo Electric Drive gen3 (video) {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Nismo-Chip-Your-Leaf-EV-For-Better-Performance-tp4664019.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
