Nissan Leaf drivers, however ... used Leaf lithium battery modules – the footage shows salvaged cells being brutally assaulted with a screwdriver, and later, a propane torch.

Nine bars, out of the maximum 12, would be "approximately 70 percent of [the Leaf's] original battery capacity." Before the Leaf launched, Nissan said it expected Leafs to have between 70 and 80 ...

He has just completed the first test drives with the conversion, having built 48 Leaf cells into blocks resembling the volumes the old batteries occupied. He had to add some additional battery ...

Nissan has built its first lithium-ion cells for its electric vehicle’s batteries at its plant in Smyrna, Tennessee, which will first be used in its 2013 Leaf. The cell fabrication facility in ...

“Nissan will protect against capacity loss in LEAF batteries that fall below nine bars, of the available 12 bars displayed on the vehicle’s battery capacity gauge, for the first five years or ...

Former Aston Martin CEO Andy Palmer told BI that automakers ditching EVs for hybrids risked falling even further behind their ...

That means that to remove the individual cells without damaging them ... it seems as though using a battery from a Nissan Leaf might be a whole lot easier anyway.

If you’re looking to get from A to a reasonably distanced point B on a budget, a used Nissan Leaf could be an intriguing ...

Nissan offers the Leaf with two battery packs: The entry-level Leaf S has a 40-kilowatt-hour battery feeding a 147-horsepower electric motor, and the Leaf SV Plus gets a 60-kWh pack and 214-hp motor.

Nissan is going through a reckoning moment as its sales have collapsed around the world, and its main partner, Renault, is considering offloading its stock. The current lineup, including the Ariya ...

The regular Nissan Leaf pairs a 39kWh battery pack with an electric motor producing the equivalent of 150PS – that's about the same as you'd get in a 1.5-litre petrol Volkswagen Golf. Its 7.9 second 0 ...