Yoshi Shimoida , Nissan ’s new general manager of electric car engineering , announced this week that future Nissan electric cars will offer a range extender , with a two - cylinder gasoline engine integrated into the electric drive system that will essentially extend the range of the car to around 150 miles . He also noted that there is no plan to offer the range extender option on the LEAF. However , according to Shimoida , there are currently no plans to offer the range extender in the ever - popular LEAF model , instead , it will be on an as - yet - unnamed future model , with speculation being that it might be used on a production version of Nissan 's IDS sedan , which debuted at the 2015 Tokyo Auto Show .
Yoshi Shimoida , Nissan ’s new general manager of electric car engineering , announced this week that future Nissan electric cars will offer a range extender , with a two - cylinder gasoline engine integrated into the electric drive system that will essentially extend the range of the car to around 150 miles . However , according to Shimoida , there are currently no plans to offer the range extender in the ever - popular LEAF model , instead , it will be on an as - yet - unnamed future model , with speculation being that it might be used on a production version of Nissan 's IDS sedan , which debuted at the 2015 Tokyo Auto Show .