Bojan Vrbnjak
Nissan Leaf manufactured in a British factory in Sunderland since 2013. Production should end there last week. From now on, the factory will be preparing for production three new electric models.
Časopis Sunderland Echo je February 29th reported on end of Leaf production. The newspaper lists the words Nissan representative"After 13 years of great success, the current generation of the Nissan Leaf, the world's first all-electric car for the mass market, is nearing the end of its life cycle in Europe.” Buyers will be able to car orders only while supplies last vehicles in Europe. However, stocks should last until end of 2024, reports Autocar.
The successor to the Nissan Leaf model could rely on the Chill-out study
Departing Nissan Leaf will replace Crossovers, which will reportedly be launched this year, but won't hit the market until 2026. It's likely to be a production version Nissan Chill-out. The other two newcomers are electric successors to the model Qashqai (probably a serial version of the model Hyper Urban) in Juke (series version of the model Hyper Punk). In November last year, it was announced that these three electric models would be produced in Sunderland.
The first generation of the vehicle Nissan Leaf (acronym for Leading Environmentally-friendly Affordable Family car) was introduced in 2010, but at first it was only produced on Japan. Three years later, production began in Sunderland. The current, second generation followed in 2017, until the year 2019 but he was Leaf the best-selling electric car in the world. He was in Germany Nissan Leaf recently sold with discount of almost 8.000 euros: Until April, the basic version is available for less than 28.000 euros. With that 4,49 meters long sedan hatchback ranks among the cheapest electric cars in Germany.
The successors of the Qashqai and Juke models should be the Hyper Urban and Hyper Punk concepts
Nissan announced in November that in the future he would introduce only electric cars. The last models of cars with internal combustion engines are expected to be withdrawn from the market by 2030 at the latest. Nissan Ariya, which was only introduced at the end of 2022, will soon join electric Micra. Successor to the model Leaf will then follow for years 2026, while they will be electric Qashqai and electrical Juke probably only prepared after that - the studies still seem very far from serial production.
