http://cleantechnica.com/2013/11/30/nissan-leaf-various-battery-sizes-way/ Nissan Leaf With Various Battery Sizes On The Way? [2013/11/30]
[image http://i2.wp.com/cleantechnica.com/files/2013/11/nissan-leaf-battery-pack.jpg nissan-leaf-battery-pack ] Sales of the Nissan Leaf have picked up steam after a price cut earlier this year, but executives are still looking to move consumers en masse into electric vehicles. Taking a page from Tesla’s playbook, a Nissan executive hinted that a Leaf with different battery size options could be in the pipeline of future products. Plug-in Cars spoke with Pierre Loing, Nissan’s vice president of product and advanced planning, who said that “The packaging easiness (of the battery) makes it easier to put more batteries in the car, and you will see this.” He then noted that Tesla offers different battery options at different price points, saying “Maybe you will see this from Nissan.” That sounds like a not-so-subtle hint, and the move is a practical one to be sure. The Tesla Model has been by far the most successful electric car on the market, and major automakers are looking to the California automaker for their next move in regards to EVs. Nissan has already been caught competing with a Nissan Leaf boasting a 48 kWh battery pack in Spain, twice the size of the production model, which could provide upwards of 150 miles of “real world” driving compared to the 75 or so most Leaf drivers are currently getting. Seems like a no brainer to me, as Americans love the illusion of choice, and offering a larger battery for buyers wanting more range could draw in early adopters who have a slew of new and exciting EV offerings to choose from. With competitor vehicles like the BMW i3 and and Fiat 500e proving popular despite (or because of?) their newness, Nissan needs to remind buyers that it’s still the original cutting-edge EV. [© cleantechnica.com] ... http://gas2.org/2013/11/26/nissan-leaf-get-multiple-battery-sizes/ http://gas2.org/2013/10/24/nissan-leaf-48-kwh-battery-debuts-ecoseries/ Nissan Leaf With 48-kwh Battery Debuts At ECOSeries Oct 24, 2013 - options, there haven't been any major updates to the Leaf. At a recent fuel economy “racing” event called the ECOseries, a Nissan Leaf with a ... http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Dreaming-Of-A-48kW-ECOseries-Leaf-With-Double-The-Range-td4665934.html EVLN: Dreaming Of A 48kW ECOseries Leaf With Double The Range? Oct 22, 2013 - Do you wish your Nissan Leaf electric car had more range? Nissan has a solution, sort of. 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: British Gas' Nissan e-NV200 electric van fleet EVLN: Methow Valley WA welcomes ‘electric tourists’ with 9.6kW EVSE EVLN: Mercedes Benz B class soundproof EV, launches next summer EVLN: No Severn Bridge tolls for EVs in South Wales UK EVLN: How Tesla EVs won over North Carolina lawmakers + EVLN: Fiat 500e, Italian art with rocketship performance (video) {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Future-Leaf-EV-with-a-48kw-pack-150mi-range-option-tp4666517.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)
