• mortalic@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    The crazy thing about Nissan, to me anyway, is that they’ve been doing this about as long as Tesla now and their EVs are barely competitive with new comers like Hyundai/Kia. How are they so bad at making EVs?!

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      8 months ago

      I get the feeling they put lots of money into R&D initially and created the Leaf, then just…stopped innovating on it. The Leaf looks very similar in tech from its release date in 2010.

      • no liquid cooled battery
      • small onboard AC charger (6.6kw)
      • limited to 50kw DC fast Charging via Chademo
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        8 months ago

        This is what they’ve done with most of their vehicles. The Frontier was unchanged for 16 years. They’re essentially the Chrysler/Dodge of Japanese manufacturers.