The Nissan Leaf Electric Battery Video

Nissan released a 60 second video on the battery pack found in the upcoming Nissan Leaf.  Nothing really new here, but the basics are the best place to start, right?





Update: Nissan is looking to create a business model for recycling the lithium-ion battery packs that are beginning to show up in electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.

To do that, Nissan and Sumitomo Corp are going to team up to build a battery recycling business. The battery packs, after running too low to hold a charge for cars, can still be used in 'stationary systems ranging from emergency back-up power to storage of solar and wind-generated electricity.'

Nissan is expected to lease the battery pack to car buyers. By creating a marketplace for recycled batteries, the recycled value can be entered in to the cost of building the batteries in the first place.