Nissan begins teasing next LEAF
First teaser of the replacement for world's best-selling pure-electric car released, will get larger range and self-driving techNissan has begun revealing its next-generation replacement for its pure-electric LEAF.
The first piece of the puzzle, a single image of a front headlamp, was released over the weekend suggests a radical departure from the current car's conventional looks.
Nissan is keeping tight-lipped of what to expect for the all-new replacement, that’s due in 2018, but it's thought the next version will come with a powerful all-new lithium ion battery cell that will increase the 250km range of the current 'long-range' 30kWh LEAF up to anywhere from 300km to 500km.
In January, at the Consumer Electronics show in Las Vegas, the Japanese car maker also announced that the second-generation for the LEAF would come with ProPilot, Nissan's autonomous driving aids.
It's already been reported the next LEAF will be donating its new platform to other pure-electric vehicles like the Renault Zoe and a future Mitsubishi.
The move to share its platform within the Nissan-Renault-Mitsubishi is thought to dramatically reduce the high costs of the LEAF development in a bid to make the next car more profitable.
It's thought the LEAF will be revealed some time in the third quarter of 2017, possibly at the Frankfurt motor show in September.
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