pkulak
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DanCar said:The new management might be better at keeping a secret and or the 2016 is going to appear late. The 100 and 150 mile range duo has been rumored for more than a year. Also possible they scrapped those plans and are now going for 200+ mile range.
In order of likeliness:
1. More range is coming in 2017, 2016 will come out with zero fan-fair in September with a couple settings changed on the center console and nothing else.
2. Nissan really wants to beat everyone else to the 150-mile punch, but can only do it some time mid-2016 at the earliest. In this case, we'll just hear nothing about the 2016 model until it's released 3-6 months into 2016.
3. 2017 is the model refresh, but LG has the batteries ready now and Nissan is going to slap them into the current Leaf's battery bay a year early to double its range.
99. 2016 is the model refresh. Whole new Leaf with 200 miles announced in 6 months!