The second generation Nissan Leaf should have had a total driving range in excess of 200 miles (322km).
However, a prototype spotted in Southern France the other week, by Nicolas Dufresne, a member of a Leaf Facebook group, revealed its instrument cluster that was displaying 265km or 165 miles, on what appears to be a full charge.
By comparison, the current Nissan Leaf, equipped with a 30kWh lithium-ion battery pack, is rated by the NEDC at 250km (155 miles), and its successor should have come in two flavors: with a 40kWh and a 60kWh battery pack, providing as much as 340 miles (547km) in the second variant, reports revealed.
With a few months left until the 2018 Nissan Leaf debuts, the automaker could still have a few aces up its sleeve, so it’s still too early to try and solve the driving range mystery.
It will be entirely new, both on the outside and in the cabin, and it will be equipped with the latest technology available, including the ‘e-Pedal’, which will allow users to accelerate and bring the EV to stop by using this feature alone.
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