The 2024 Nissan Leaf enters the new model year unchanged, and as the last fully electric vehicle in production using the CHAdeMO connector for DC fast charging.
Pricing starts at $29,235 with the mandatory $1,095 destination charge, up $340 from the 2023 model year
Starting at $37,285 with destination ($390 more than the 2023 model), the Leaf SV Plus has a 60-kwh battery pack that increases range to an EPA-rated 212 miles. Output also increases, to 214 hp and 250 lb-ft of torque.
The current-generation Leaf dates back to the 2017 model year, but got some updates for 2023, including a battery change
Nissan Leaf and Fermata Energy FE-15 bidirectional charger – Photo by Fermata Energy
With the introduction of the Ariya, Nissan now has two EVs with two different fast-charging standards. The first-generation Leaf used CHAdeMO when it was essentially the only DC fast-charging standard, and Nissan kept it for the Leaf’s 2017 redesign—with recent offerings finally able to take advantage of its bidirectional charging capability. But Nissan opted for the more popular Combined Charging Standard (CCS) for the Ariya
That makes the Leaf the only new EV for the U.S. market with CHAdeMO, although the Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-In Hybrid also uses it (the Leaf and Outlander PHEV have both the CHAdeMO port and a J1772 port for Level 2 AC charging). As we recently underscored, there are plenty of places to fast-charge the Leaf