The Nissan LEAF is becoming
The Nissan LEAF is becoming the Honda Civic of electric cars, some may say the VW Beetle. With that, it’s hard to imagine Nissan replacing it with an all-new model but it might actually replace it with a whole new different name and car.
If it does it’s sad to say it’ll be a marked improvement. The LEAF never was a handsome car, to begin with, even though Nissan did try a bit to improve the styling. But it’s one of the reasons why electric cars have the horrible reputation of being ugly. It almost seems as if the industry is sabotaging them with bad styling.
Whether as a step up or stand-alone to LEAF you can agree that the Nissan Leaf-based SUV, scheduled for 2021 release, is an improvement. It’ll be slightly larger, powerful, faster, and more versatile as a crossover than the now-iconic most affordable electric sedan hatch, and its lines are much more conservative than the car we’ve become used to. The CUV LEAF replacement/addition is scheduled for 2021.