Nissan Leaf Tops Volt's Mileage

No sooner had GM launched a marketing campaign touting the 230 mpg the Volt will supposedly get in city driving than the NissanEVs Twitter account had launched back with “Nissan Leaf = 367 mpg, not tailpipe, and no gas required. Oh yeah, and it’ll be affordable, too!”

Ouch.

Of course, both mileage claims are completely up in the air, given the EPA has not yet decided exactly how it will measure mileage for extended-range electric vehicles (like the Volt) or pure electric cars (like the Leaf) which don’t even use gas.

Nissan says it used the Department of Energy formula to come up with its 367 mpg figure, but we’re still a long way away from knowing the true rating — or, for that matter, pricing information on either the Volt or Leaf.

One thing Nissan will probably not want to mention in its tweets is that as an extended-range vehicle, the Volt will be able to travel much farther thanks to its supplemental gasoline engine. The Leaf will be a limited-range city car.

(NissanEVs via AutoblogGreen)