Photo Credit: Fair Use [17 U.S.C. § 107] New, 3rd generation Nissan LEAF offers 42% increase in range with just 25% increase in battery capacity
EVs And The Shape Of Efficiency
06 Jul 2025 | Abstracted from Digital Trends
"The 2026 Leaf's 0.26 drag coefficient is a significant improvement over the 0.29 of the outgoing Leaf achieve what Nissan claims will be up to 303 miles of range with a 75-kilowatt-hour battery pack. That's a 42% range increase with just a 25% increase in battery capacity.
"...Shaping the Leaf to be both aerodynamically efficient and aesthetically pleasing was as much about what designers didn't do as what they did..."
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