asimba2
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bruddahmanmatt said:ishiyakazuo said:I think it would be good, if they go that route, if Nissan followed Tesla's lead and had the capacity indicated in the model name (just as they themselves do with engine volume on cars like the Altima). Unfortunately, they would be seen by many as copying Tesla if they did it at this point and it would invite derision, even though it's genuinely useful.
Hopefully Nissan does the right thing for the current owners and offers 30kWh replacement batteries, but I suspect that battery production simply isn't there for them to do that yet.
Just as long as there's no fake capacity badges on the back as is so often the case with practically every German built automobile nowadays when it comes to engine displacement in the badging. e.g. BMW decides to go and rebadge the F30 335i the 340i since Mercedes slapped C400 onto the trunk of their 3.0L V6 powered C-Class which itself was done to outbadge the 335i...ugh.
Nissan is playing too. The 3.5L Infiniti G35 became the G37 when the powerplant was enlarged to 3.7L. The other day I saw an Infiniti Q60 and thought "wow, a 6.0L engine in an Infiniti!" Yeah, it's the same ol 3.7L.