{"id":13493,"date":"2021-12-16T07:03:39","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T12:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/evglobe.com\/?p=13493"},"modified":"2021-12-16T07:04:50","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T12:04:50","slug":"nissan-leaf-powered-bluebird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/evglobe.com\/2021\/12\/16\/nissan-leaf-powered-bluebird\/","title":{"rendered":"Nissan Bluebird returns as one-off EV with Leaf power"},"content":{"rendered":"
Nissan is in a festive mood as it’s celebrating the 35th<\/sup> anniversary of car production at its factory in Sunderland, UK. To mark this special occasion, it has decided to convert the first model ever built there to electric propulsion by combining the Bluebird with the Leaf<\/a>. Gone are the internal combustion engine and gearbox of the donor car, now replaced with the e-motor and the 40-kWh battery sourced from the once-popular EV.<\/p>\n The Japanese automaker claims it took a lot of work to create the electric Bluebird as the engineers decided to optimize weight distribution by installing the battery cells between the engine bay and the trunk. In addition, the boxy hatchback has an uprated suspension to cope with the added weight commanded by the battery pack.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n