Dec 5, 2011

Future Nissan Leaf could be cheaper, may have more range, will have wireless charging option

Nissan Leaf charging with Nissan's wireless charging system

We always expected that eventually the price of the Nissan Leaf would decrease as the numbers produced increased, and now there's word that Leaf prices will, ahem, fall with the arrival of the 2014 model. According to rumors being spread by Auto Express, the world's best-selling passenger car EV is to be slightly revised and will not only be cheaper two years hence, it will offer more range. How much cheaper and how much more range however, is as speculative as the veracity of the hearsay. What's more certain though, is the news that it will have a wireless charging option.

Ahead of the Tokyo Motor Show, Nissan was showing off some of their future tech at the Oppama plant where its Leaf is built. Amongst the EV-related items on hand were the company's Vehicle-to-House power sharing system - which will be available in Japan next summer for the low, low price of ¥500,000 ($6,444 at today's rates) - and its long-awaited wireless charger...

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