Nissan Leaf races Tesla Roadster at Sportsland

some credit, here: the company is proudly publicizing coming in second. The Japanese automaker entered a souped-up Nissan Leaf in an all-electric-vehicle race at Japan's Sportsland Sugo earlier this month, with hopes of knocking off proverbial favorite Tesla in the 50-kilometer race. The Nissan Leaf Nismo RC was customized with a groovy, sleeker body as well as having its motor shifter around to make the car rear-wheel drive. The battery pack was moved to the middle for better handling. Additionally, Nissan added more crumple zones and automatic electric-power shut-down capabilities the event that the car got munched. The good news as that the car didn't. The bad news is that it finished second to a Tesla Roadster . "Tesla's speed on the straights was much more impressive than we anticipated," driver Tsugio Matsuda said (in translation). The racer did look like he enjoyed ...

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