electric vehicles have received intense scrutiny over the integrity of battery cells. To answer these concerns, Nissan has stepped forward to address the strength of its Leaf electric vehicle ...

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 ...

Last year, Nissan tried a $100/month price for a new battery in its popular Leaf, but was loudly criticized for that attempt. Today, Nissan is changing gears with a big announcement regarding the ...

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 ...

A Nikkei report on Thursday claimed that Nissan secured a battery supply from SK On for EV models sold in the US. Nissan agreed to buy 20 GWh of batteries, or enough to power roughly 300,000 EVs. The ...

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.

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.

Palmer got the moniker after developing the Nissan Leaf, the world's first mass-market EV. He said Chinese EVs offered "remarkable" value for money and better battery tech than Western rivals.