Nissan aims to take on Tesla by giving its electric vehicle Leaf major range, performance boost

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The new Nissan Leaf Plus will go on sale in early spring and will deliver an estimated 226 miles per charge of its lithium-ion battery. That's more than triple the range of the original Leaf. The updated car will also deliver better acceleration.

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Good luck. The car looks like crap. I’m not paying $35k+ for a car that looks worse than a Honda Civic.

Nissan Leaf vs. USS Enterprise (Warp 9 Scottie)....’ay Captain

How about they boost appearance first

Breaking the new war on batteries :) 3

over priced and ugly nissan leaf

Long way to go for Nissan compare to tesla and elonmusk. “What you pay, what you get?” Right, Elon?

Nissan is really the best brand. I use Qashqai and happy.

Nissan has always been synonymous with low-quality. Why would their Electric vehicles be any different? Tesla is for someone who appreciates great engineering, Nissan is for underemployed baristas.

I love this car! I want it!

Oh please they have a long way to go. Have you seen the leaf dashboard?

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