Will Nissan Leaf Has Chance Against Tesla or GM?
The Nissan Leaf is stuck between the Volt and the Bolt. After new plug-in cars entering market, sales of the Nissan Leaf’s keep dropping. In total Nissan’s sale drops 43 percent.
The Nissan Leaf is stuck between the Volt and the Bolt. After new plug-in cars entering market, sales of the Nissan Leaf’s keep dropping. In total Nissan’s sale drops 43 percent.
The Bolt is essentially going make each other electric auto out of date and after the release it become almost everyone favorite plug-in vehicle now all waiting for Tesla Model 3. Nissan has sold around 90,000 vehicles just in U.S. And the company trying to improve the sale performance via some performance updates. Leafs have some new updates under the hood. Nissan started offering Leaf SV variants with a 30 kWh battery that has a range of 107 miles, and 27 percent longer than previous models 84 miles. Of course this improvement has a price, Nissan will charge $35,050 for this new SV model. This price change can be considered to be too much for an additional 23 miles of range. The last base-model Leaf S was $28,060.
The future all-electric market will be hard for every firm that produces all-electric or plug-in vehicles. Tesla Model 3 will come – highly possible – early 2018 and it will be same price level with Leaf or other GM’s models. But for now, the real challenge of Nissan is GM. Model Bolt will be on sale end of this year with its 200 miles range.
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If you considering to buy a plug-in vehicle 2018 might be your year. But for now, Nissan need to improve Leaf models, if they want to stay in the plug-in market.
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Helena Marsh
Helena Marsh is the Editor-in-Chief at TrendinTech, where she leads editorial strategy and oversees coverage across artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and enterprise technology. With more than a decade in technology journalism on both sides of the Atlantic, she previously served as a senior editor at Wired UK and covered the technology sector for The Guardian, following the rise of the big platforms, the Cambridge Analytica scandal and the regulatory push from Brussels and Washington. Helena holds an MA in Journalism from City, University of London and is a regular speaker at Web Summit in Lisbon and CES in Las Vegas. She believes technology reporting should be rigorous and plainly written, so readers understand what actually changes for them rather than what a company's announcement promises.
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