the Nissan Leaf went on sale in Sweden already as a 2012 model year and the first models are today one of the cheapest electric cars on the market. Prices start at around 100,000. You will then receive a Leaf of the 2012 model year with over 10,000 miles on the meter. The battery is 24 kWh and the range is 12 to 15 mil in reality.
in 2016, came an updated version with a bigger battery (30 kWh) with a further three-mile range. The condition of the battery, you can investigate itself.
the Battery capacity gauge in the dashboard has a tolvgradig scale. If there are two bars that have been extinguished, you should bring down the price significantly, if there are three bars that have been extinguished, you should consider to refrain from the purchase. In both cases, you should get the battery examined by the Nissan-workshop.
it can be mentioned that Nissan in Sweden, the replacement battery under the warranty, if more than four bars goes out during the warranty period.
IN the united states has many Leaf owners in the country’s southern and warm states noted an unexpectedly rapid aging of the first 24 kWh battery. Severe heat was not healthy for the battery. In the Swedish climate, we have not had the same problem. The new 30 kWh battery is probably of a more robust construction, these problems have not been as extensive. In the other is the Nissan Leaf a robust and trouble-free car.
there is not much that stands out in the Nissan Leaf. There is a car in the middle of Golfklassen, 4,4 metres long and with regular vehicle cabs. The comfort is great, as all electric cars go quietly. But especially communicative is not the chassis, the Leaf is not a car for those who love to drive the car.
the First-generation 2012. Photo: Lasse Swärd
Halvkombibakluckan is great, but the boot krånglas to a part of the main threshold behind the seat backrests. Underneath is the battery. It is possible to trap baksätesryggen has thus not so much joy of the.
the Space was, however, better in the ansiktslyfta version 2016.
the second generation. The engine power went from 109 to 150 horsepower and a larger battery, was offered with a capacity of 40 kWh. 2019, a new toppversion with even larger battery, now at 62 kWh. The development has been carried out without the batteries have become larger, it is instead the individual battery cells that store more energy.
the Nissan Leaf was the world’s best-selling electric car 2013, 2014 and 2016. There is a wide range even in Sweden, despite the fact that many Leaf have been exported to Norway. Let the age and miles determine the purchase decision, no one knows how healthy a elbilsbatteri is after ten years.
