New Nissan Leaf coming soon | Specs, price and release info

Believe it or not, you’re looking at the new Nissan Leaf here. Yep, this big-booted baby blue thing has not only adopted a coupe-like silhouette, but Nissan has finally ditched the Leaf’s CHAdeMO socket for the now-universal CCS setup. Hooray. Nissan's obstinacy when it came to the CHAdeMO system was matched only by electric toothbrush manufacturers who categorically refuse to move away from those two-pin bathroom plugs and just use a USB-C cable like EVERYTHING else.
Where are we? Oh yes, new Nissan Leaf. The car will be in showrooms by Spring 2026, with the order books opening this Autumn, around the time that the leaves fall off the trees. This is the sort of thing that Alanis Morisette likes to sing about. Read on to find out all about the new Nissan Leaf…

Design and models available

As you can see, Nissan has gone in a very different design direction with this Leaf, the third model since the original… and we don’t use this phrase lightly… changed the EV game back in 2010. It looks big in the images, but in fact it still operates in the same family hatchback class that it always did, providing an alternative to stuff like the VW ID.3, Kia EV3, Mini Countryman and MG4. The change to a ‘fastback’ design is just one way that Nissan has made the new Leaf more slippery than Trump’s press secretary. It has air-channelling metalwork, a closed grille, flush door handles, and a properly flat underbody. The result is a drag coefficient of just 0.25, which is far better than a Lamborghini Huracan’s. But not as good as a BMW 7 Series’s. Yeah, we don’t understand drag coefficients either.

Interior and technology

As per the exterior, the inside is an absolute transformation. Twin 14-inch displays handle the bulk of information and controls, albeit Nissan can’t quite bring itself to move everything onto a screen, Tesla styles. It has a row of haptic buttons for the air con and that, running underneath the touchscreen. Same sort of thing the Ariya does. There’s a big knob for the stereo volume too. The chassis bits are actually shared with the Ariya, which means it has a lot of that car’s hardware and tech. The around-view parking tech will be among the best on the market, including Nissan’s very useful ‘invisible hood’ parking assistant, which will save many an alloy wheel from being kerbed. The sloping roof will no doubt mean headroom is lacking compared the average tallboy SUV – the Kia EV3, say – but the boot space is good. The 437-litre boot isn’t quite as large as the EV3’s, but it’s much bigger than the VW ID.3’s 385-litre hole.

Motor and performance

Drivetrain choice will be limited to two, at the start, at least: a 174-horsepower motor with a 52kWh battery for a 270-mile range, or a 214-horsepower motor with a kWh battery for the headline 375-mile range. Neither will offer groundbreaking performance, but both get the important stuff right, in that they can charge at up to 150kW speed, which means well over 200 miles of range in about half an hour. Nissan has worked hard on the less-frequently-discussed intricacies of battery thermal management, to ensure that the battery can be charged at a consistently rapid rate. And the Google software will tell drivers where the best charging stops are along their route. As is becoming increasingly common, the Leaf has vehicle-to-load tech (V2L), which means you can have Potato Waffles for dinner even if there’s a widespread domestic power outage, because you can plug your air fryer into the car.

Price and release

No official word yet – it’s too early – but we’re led to believe that prices will start at around the £30,000 mark, with first deliveries around the fourth quarter of 2025.