228: Mighty Fine Looking Chrysalis
By The Watt Car Staff — June 19, 2025
Is the Nissan Leaf the little EV compliance car that could? As Nissan advances to the third (and somewhat handsome) third generation of the car, it’s beginning to look like the Leaf may make it after all. We discuss. We also chat about battery swapping a Tesla, Xiaomi outrunning a Rimic Nevera, and more!
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SHOW NOTES
Specs drop on new Nissan Leaf: https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a65075812/2026-nissan-leaf-revealed/
Out-of-Spec swaps a 100 kWh battery into a Model S 70D: https://insideevs.com/news/762998/tesla-model-s-70d-battery-upgrade-100d/
Tesla preparing for European sales for the Semi: https://electrek.co/2025/06/17/tesla-start-selling-semi-electric-truck-europe/
Corvette ZR1X hybrid: https://www.thedrive.com/news/zora-is-here-chevy-corvette-zr1x-makes-1250-hp-goes-0-60-under-2-seconds
Xiaomi SU7 Ultra beats Rimac Nevera’s Nurburgring lap time. https://www.theautopian.com/xiaomi-su7-ultra-nurburgring/
How reliable are Chinese EVs?: https://insideevs.com/news/761870/byd-dolphin-long-term-brazil/
This week’s hosts: Phil Royle and Edward A. Sanchez
Episode art courtesy Nissan
Music courtesy Twisterium at Pixabay
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