A STRONGER, LONGER-LASTING STALWART

WHILE the unstoppable momentum of new zero-emissions vehicles builds exponentially, there are few EVs that can claim to have dipped their toe in the water earlier than the Nissan Leaf.

You can still buy the same second-generation model that arrived in 2017 powered by a 40kWh battery for a sniff under $50,000, but now there’s this: the Nissan Leaf e+ priced at $60,490 before on-road costs. For that 21 percent increase in price, the e+ ups battery capacity by 55 percent