Featured 2026 Nissan LEAF Priced Under US$30,000

not bad. i'll be interested to see how it compares to the new bolt when it arrives. i like the new leaf styling.

 

PLUS destination fees...docs fee, tax/title/tag, and non-optional options.......

But I agree.
It's an intriguing price.
Nearly as cheap as a gasser.

+1
It almost looks like a car that an adult might drive.

 

Probably the very best deal you can get on an EV right now.

This vehicle has always been a sleeper - allowing common people to get in the EV door at a reasonable price.

Our neighbor down the street has a 10 year old leaf that they are very pleased with.

Often heard negative comments but have never meant a person I knew who had a leaf and didn't really like it, they all seem to love the vehicle.

We often hear people complaining about non affordable EV's for the common person or companies who will be doing that in the future - Nissan has been doing it for over 10 years (15 years to be exact)!

 

i guess the early air cooled models had some battery issues

 

Cabin air temp, mode and fan speed maybe in the screen menus??

 

must be on the touch screen? that would be funny if they forgot it

 

and many states still have tax credits available.

 

Some?
Or 99% of them. Just say'n - by the time they'd hit 40K miles - yea issues. That paltry 80ish miles (although advertised to get 100) was typically down in the 50s. Desert communities even worse.
As for air-cooled? Can anyone verify that ALL of them now are no longer air-cooled?
Oh almost forgot. That puny puny battery? They quickly jacked the price up from $5,000 to $10,000. What a bargain LOL - the car was no longer even WORTH $10K. iirc - we were barely able to sell that pig for $4K at the 6yr mark.
But maybe we should give them another chance.
Said nobody ever LOL

 

Free self chargers in CA for businesses program announced.
Class action re FSD promises in CA can proceed.
Leaf announcement with sub $30k price in '26 (wanna bet).
CT not covered by some insurance companies.

Sources Autoblog and Electrek

 

They are now supposedly liquid cooled batteries; but with their track record - I personally wouldn't touch them for a few years. @hill those who leased their first gen leaf; really dodged a bullet.
A friend bought a used fully loaded one ($4K), but the battery would only go 80 miles on it's best day. We have EV chargers at our facility that's free - so he uses it as an around town car. After 4 years, it's down to 45 miles - but he's saved a bunch of gas in his commute over that last 4 years.

 

Yeah - when the faithful hopeful 1st couple years of owners file class actions against your product? It doesn't bode well for customer loyalty
.

 

As a whole, Leafs saw greater capacity loss over time than EVs with liquid cooling, even with the improved battery. Not sure if that is true in comparison to other air cooled packs, but those all had a fan. I'll take active air cooling over the old Leaf's passive cooling.

 

we'll find out how they managed to keep it under 30k. otoh, they haven't made a profit in how long?

 

https://www.danielsfund.org/mini-case-11-ex-nissan-ceo-carlos-ghosn-flees-justice-preview#:~:text=Carlos%20Ghosn%20has%20fallen%20far,arrest%20with%2024%2Dhour%20surveillance.

Maybe Nissan should have gone through with the Renault merger - instead of trumping up mismanagement charges & chasing their CEO out of Japan.

It's one thing to face a trial when you got maybe a 50/50 shot of success. But the Japanese legal system is - shall we say skewed for the state - big time.

 

I like that the price is coming down.

I am NOT at all pleased with the exterior and interior. The exterior is too SUV. The interior is too much screen.

Make a cheap, spartan, 70's-through-90's-sized, econo hatchback (or small sedan, or small wagon) and I might be interested.

 

I think a 5-speed Nissan Versa 1.6L is about as stripped-down as you can get now-a-days. It may have been canceled this year. Relatively cheap-n-easy to repair, if you've got the time. I kinda miss rowing my own gears...