Nissan Leaf – Pre-production Model
Nissan Leaf
According to Nissan Motors, the new electric car Leaf is close to completion. The pre-production units are being tested and developed. It is going to be the first model to use the unique Nissan EV platform. It is a plausible idea as the new platform tidies up the components, unites all the best inventions that there are so far in electric car industry and has a huge potential to bring the production prices down. That’s what we need – an electric car to become cheaper.
Nissan Leaf will probably reach Europe as a production model early in 2011 is just in time for the government subsidy.
The car will feature a wireless recharge system and advanced communication system that would connect Leaf to the owner’s smartphone allowing to navigate for recharge stations and available parking spaces.
The wireless recharge system has been developed in collaboration with Showa Aircraft and APowerCap from Ukraine. So far its only drawback is that theoretically around 20% of electricity gets lost when transmitted on contactless basis. Hopefully they will be able to elaborate on this within the next year.
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