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2010 Nissan Leaf EV - Click above for high-res image gallery
It looks like Tesla probably won't be alone in offering different-sized battery packs in its future electric vehicles. At a U.S. launch event for the Leaf (http://green.autoblog.com/2009/10/01/officially-official-nissan-leaf-reservations-start-in-the-spri/) electric car on Friday, Nissan product planner Mark Perry told Paul Eisenstein of the Detroit Bureau that the Japanese automaker is investigating a similar idea.
Lithium ion batteries are likely to remain expensive for the foreseeable future, so in a bid to make EVs more affordable, they could be offered with different battery capacities. Tesla is planning to offer three sizes for the Model S (http://green.autoblog.com/2009/03/26/tesla-model-s-50-000-ev-sedan-seats-seven-300-mile-range-0-6/) with ranges from 160 to 300 miles. The Leaf doesn't have room for a pack larger than the initial 100-mile range, but future models may be designed to accommodate larger packs while the base versions could come with a smaller unit.
Gallery: 2010 Nissan LEAF (http://green.autoblog.com/photos/2010-nissan-leaf/low/)
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[Source: The Detroit Bureau (http://www.thedetroitbureau.com/2009/11/nissan-may-offer-optional-longer-range-higher-power-batteries/)]REPORT: Nissan may offer optional higher-capacity batteries at premium (http://www.autoblog.com/2009/11/17/report-nissan-may-offer-optional-higher-capacity-batteries-at-p/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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2010 Nissan Leaf EV - Click above for high-res image gallery
It looks like Tesla probably won't be alone in offering different-sized battery packs in its future electric vehicles. At a U.S. launch event for the Leaf (http://green.autoblog.com/2009/10/01/officially-official-nissan-leaf-reservations-start-in-the-spri/) electric car on Friday, Nissan product planner Mark Perry told Paul Eisenstein of the Detroit Bureau that the Japanese automaker is investigating a similar idea.
Lithium ion batteries are likely to remain expensive for the foreseeable future, so in a bid to make EVs more affordable, they could be offered with different battery capacities. Tesla is planning to offer three sizes for the Model S (http://green.autoblog.com/2009/03/26/tesla-model-s-50-000-ev-sedan-seats-seven-300-mile-range-0-6/) with ranges from 160 to 300 miles. The Leaf doesn't have room for a pack larger than the initial 100-mile range, but future models may be designed to accommodate larger packs while the base versions could come with a smaller unit.
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[Source: The Detroit Bureau (http://www.thedetroitbureau.com/2009/11/nissan-may-offer-optional-longer-range-higher-power-batteries/)]REPORT: Nissan may offer optional higher-capacity batteries at premium (http://www.autoblog.com/2009/11/17/report-nissan-may-offer-optional-higher-capacity-batteries-at-p/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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