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Everything we know about the 2026 Nissan Leaf (arstechnica.com)
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[–] Asetru@feddit.org 14 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Man, I sure hope they finally get rid of chademo... There's no way they'll again fuck up the plug, right?

Instead of a slow and clunky CHAdeMO connector, the Leaf rocks a Tesla-style NACS port for DC fast charging.

Good. I mean, for the US. I'll just guess they have CCS for the rest of the world.

Interestingly, the car also has a SAE J-1772 connector for AC charging. The driver's side fender has the J plug, while the passenger side fender has the NACS.

...

Wat?

Confusingly, the NACS connector is only for DC fast charging. If you're going to level 2 charge, you must use the J plug or a NACS connector with an adapter. It's weird, but the car will make it obvious to owners if they plug into the wrong connector.

Yup, they fucked it up.

[–] dan@upvote.au 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I can understand having both charging connectors, as it means you can charge anywhere without an adapter.

I don't understand them having different functionality though.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Thats exactly what I thought when I read that. Like what the fuck are they actually thinking?

[–] cron@feddit.org 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

In europe, it will finally come with CCS. That's what everyone uses here.

Unlike previous Leafs, the new car will be equipped in the UK with a CCS charging system, rather than a Chademo one, which can take DC rapid-charging rates of up to 150kW.

Source: Autocar

[–] Asetru@feddit.org 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] cron@feddit.org 2 points 2 weeks ago

Well, that could be nice, e.g. in a small garage. Still a very niche thing.

[–] Addv4@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Why did they have to make it a Murano? The only thing I thought was nice about the original leaf was that it was smaller than most electric cars.

[–] tankplanker@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Market share as a percentage of EVs dropped from gen one to gen two, my guess is they blamed that on it not being a SUV rather on them charging too much for gen two vs. gen one. Larger car also means being able to charge more, batteries are about half the cost to make an ev still.

It was £22k in 2014, for a 22kwh battery, or over £30k today, utter madness. Today I can buy same sized battery in a brand new small hatchback for less than £20k.

Gen two also undersized the battery vs what the price point was set vs expectations at for the initial models. They should have lead with the 40kw and 62kw models but I guess they had problems sourcing the batteries.

[–] Jode@midwest.social 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Same with that new bolt.

[–] Addv4@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I'm a little more forgiving with the bolt because it isn't that much bigger, and it isn't completely fugly anymore.

[–] steal_your_face@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It says the new leaf is 3 inches shorter and .8 inches wider. Same height. So it's about the same size as before.

[–] Addv4@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Well that's a small relief. Still, it looks just like a Murano.

[–] Jode@midwest.social 1 points 2 weeks ago

Aww I liked the way the bolt looked. Even the euv

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Because all middle managers all have the same ideas

[–] KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The size is about the same with a lower drag coefficient.

The 2026 Leaf is 3 inches shorter (76 mm) than the current hatchback, although the wheelbase is only 0.4 inches (10 mm) shorter. The new Leaf is 0.8 inches (20 mm) wider but the same height as the old car, and has a lower drag coefficient.

[–] MyOpinion@lemmy.today 5 points 2 weeks ago

Loved my original leaf ready for a new one.

[–] dan@upvote.au 5 points 2 weeks ago

The screen looks like they just copied and pasted BMW's version

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 weeks ago

Is this considered Leaf peeping because I feel like that would be more precisely being a tourist in an area purely to spy on used older Nissa Leafs whose batteries are beginning to reach the end of their life?

Also, the US needs a cottage industry of car mechanics willing to replace old EV vehicle batteries with newer/refreshed batteries because why would we not be doing this...

I don't mean to distract from turning over a new Leaf, just some thoughts I had.

[–] Dogyote@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 weeks ago

So they crossbred their Ariya with a Leaf?

[–] KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Looks like it will still have lots of physical controls. (as it should)

Having buttons for “gear” selection is certainly a choice though.