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Tokyo Auto Salon: Nissan Leaf Aero Style Concept Experiments With Drag

By Mike Magrath | January 17, 2011

The Nissan Leaf electric car has a range of somewhere between 70 and 100 miles depending on, you know, everything. That's not a lot and can cause, as GM loves to put it, range anxiety. Now, Nissan could go a couple of ways to get more range: better batteries, or they could, as they have with this concept, attempt to reduce drag thus making better use of existing juice.

Special wheels and a low-low-low body kit highlight this Leaf from the Tokyo Auto Salon.

Categories: Electric Vehicles,Nissan

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firstwagon says:

11:45 AM, 01/17/11

I think it looks better. They should build all the Leaves like that (or is it Leafs?).

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yellowbal says:

12:52 PM, 01/17/11

You wouldn't be able to drive that car anywhere without scraping.

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huyracing says:

02:05 PM, 01/17/11

looks hot, how about a real gas burning engine with some power now?

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eidolways says:

12:55 PM, 01/18/11

You'd need to add lifting suspension to the front of it to compensate for the low noise. That'd get you over high points. But, of course, that'd add weight.

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