Nissan Leaf 0-60 Time Now Official: 7 Seconds

With the estimated curb weight of the Leaf at 3500 lb and the motor at 80KW/106HP.
The weight to power ratio is = 3500/106 = 33 lb/hp, no way the Leaf can do 0-60 under 10sec.
It will need at least 210 hp to do 7 sec.

 

I think you underestimate the benefit of having 100% power without having to shift.

As another example, the Volt has a 111 kW (149hp) motor and weighs 3800 lbs, but it will do 0-60 in 8-9s.

 

Volt 3800/149 = 25.5 lb/hp 9 sec
Leaf 3500/106 = 33.0 lb/hp >10 sec
Tesla 2723/248 = 10.9 lb/hp 3.7 sec
Prius G3 3042/134 = 22.7 lb/hp 10 sec
Camry Hy 3680/187 = 19.7 lb/hp 8.8 sec

adding
Mini E........3230/204 = 15.8 lb/hp 8.5 sec (0-62)

 

Really? Well car and driver just tested the two cars and says Volt 9.2 and the leaf 10 seconds 0-60. So the Volt is fater then the Prius and the Leaf is about the same. And i have read other soursces saying the same thing.

 

My co-driver last week at Nissan North America for the preview was Tom Martin from Winding Road. Driven: 2011 Nissan Leaf

 

I think its pretty impressive. 7-8 seconds is more than enough for most people.

 

You're still just guessing and not taking into the account of shifting.

Even the Prius with the PSD takes some time to build up full steam when you hammer the throttle. On an EV, it's instant.

With nearly all test results coming in slightly under 10s - why do you insist that it must be slower?

I think the 7-8s 0-60 the InsideLine guys is a total fluke - they must have been either going downhill or had human error in their measurements. No one else have even gotten under 9s for the 0-60.

 

Not at all a fluke. Most likely a liar. Possibly just incompetent or a cheat. I find it likely someone just made up the time to see who would believe it.

 

7 seconds would be AWESOME, but it appears to be a unique case, so will reserve props until we know for sure.

 

Maybe there's a hidden "drag-race" mode we don't know about...

 

Maybe it actually has a gas motor to run in parallel with the electric like the Volt.

 

No, there may be a fuel cell stack hidden under the hood and in-wheel motors for extra performance.

Seriously, Nissan was aiming at Prius so I think it will be about 10 seconds. For highway speed passing Prius should be faster.

 

It's strange that there is only 1 report of 7 seconds and several others have reported about 10 seconds. I was driving the car that Tom Martin timed.

 

Really - you think Edmund's people are cheats ? I think they just timed it wrong - or had a different firmware.

Nobody has measured with proper instruments yet - so we have to wait.

 

News release from Nissan, Leaf is now weight in at 3362 lbs.

Leaf ........3362/106 = 31.7 lb/hp

Little improvement but still nowhere near the 7-8 sec mark.
The guy who used the stop watch must be smoking something.

 

We don't need to wait to see that the blog was wrong. Let' me leave it to you to judge. Definitely the report lacks journalistic integrity, and since it has not been corrected, shows intent. Do you think reporting something as news that is false or misleading to drive them to your website is an honest mistake? Here is what was said.

"2011 Nissan Leaf EV: Second Drive Shows First Impression Wasn't Wrong " Green Car Advisor

That seems to imply he made a couple of 0-60 runs in a parking lot, which is unlikely, and that he hit a button on a watch to start a timer and another to stop it, which we find out is untrue. This is what he said when called on it.