Leaked two thousand eighteen Nissan Leaf specs suggest lower than expected range

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Nissan has released several teaser shots of the all-new Leaf, which will be exposed early next month. The car has been seen pretty much undisguised in a number of latest spy photos, sporting a look that is fairly different from the outgoing model with a more pronounced wedge form, slabbier sides and a sharper beak. And as the teaser photo shows, Nissan has revamped the exterior with aerodynamic efficiency in mind, even lowering the car for better stability at highway speeds.

The most talked-about aspect of the upcoming Leaf has been the range, and latest leaked documents (which very first appeared on Autobytel before being hastily taken down, but not before being seen by PushEVs) may have exposed some official specs.

The leaked specs display that the fresh Leaf will suggest one hundred forty seven hp and two hundred thirty six lb-ft of torque, up from one hundred seven hp and one hundred eighty seven lb-ft in the current model, with a previously-reported battery capacity of forty kWh. If true, this will represent a solid improvement over the current model which has a thirty kWh battery, and also permits us to calculate an estimated range for the fresh car: Approximately one hundred forty three miles based on the 107-mile range of the current model with its thirty kWh battery, or as high as one hundred sixty five miles based on an earlier leak of its instrument cluster.

Unnecessary to say, a range of one hundred forty three miles may not be the dramatic hop that will make the outgoing Leaf seem obsolete; this expected range is also fairly far from the 215-mile range of the Tesla Model three and the 238-mile range of the Chevrolet Bolt, only one of which the Leaf will rival with directly.

The fresh Leaf is expected to feature a drastically different exterior design, as seen in this official picture.

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Industry observers had predicted a 200+ mile range for the fresh Leaf given battery improvements and competition, but it’s significant to reiterate that this is not an official figure; we don’t know if Nissan will also suggest a longer-range model with a thicker battery. A sixty kWh battery had been mentioned in past rumors about the fresh Leaf, and it may still be exposed as an extra model.

Leaked documents may have also exposed the pricing ladder for the S, SV and SL trim levels of the Leaf beginning at $29,990, $32,490, and $36,200, respectively, before any state or federal incentives and before destination costs. This suggests that the Leaf may not take on the Bolt or the Model three directly, and may get away with a much lower range.

The two thousand eighteen Leaf is also expected to suggest a semi-autonomous driver assist system called ProPilot, which is expected to suggest autonomous steering, acceleration and braking within a single lane on the interstate, driving conditions permitting. This system’s details have not been specified at this time, but it is expected to be upgradeable via updates that will unlock fresh capabilities when they’re ready, as with Tesla’s Autopilot.

The official debut of the Leaf on Sept. Six of this year — less than a month away — will reaction the question of an EPA-rated range definitively in addition to exposing other significant features of the all-new model.

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Jay Ramey – Jay Ramey is an Associate Editor with Autoweek, and has been with the magazine since 2013. Jay also likes to kayak and bike.

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