Nissan Leaf MPG
Its most efficient version uses 27.8 kWh per 100 miles, or 121 MPGe: the 2026 LEAF 75kWh (18 inch steel Wheels).
a year at 15,000 miles for its most efficient 2026 version. Put it next to a gasoline vehicle in the calculator.
CompareThe Nissan Leaf has EPA ratings for 16 model years, 2011–2026, all of them as an electric vehicle. EPA has listed it under two names: the Leaf in 2011–2022 and the LEAF in 2023–2026. In 2013 its 29 kWh per 100 miles placed it second of the 11 electric nameplates EPA rated that year, and it was in their top five in 2013–2016.
Its first electric version arrived in 2011, when 3 of 164 cars offered one. Of the 991 car nameplates on this site, few have had an electric version (47 of them); this one has.
Among 66 electric nameplates, 2026
In kWh per 100 miles, with fewer to the right. The Leaf placed tenth.
All 16 model years
| Year | Most efficient version | kWh / 100 mi | MPGe | Longest range | Versions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | LEAF 75kWh (18 inch steel Wheels) | 27.8 | 121 | 303 mi | 3 |
| 2025 | LEAF | 30.4 | 111 | 212 mi | 2 |
| 2024 | LEAF | 30.4 | 111 | 212 mi | 2 |
| 2023 | LEAF | 30.4 | 111 | 212 mi | 2 |
| 2022 | Leaf (40 kW-hr battery pack) | 30.4 | 111 | 226 mi | 3 |
| 2021 | Leaf (40 kW-hr battery pack) | 30.4 | 111 | 226 mi | 3 |
| 2020 | Leaf (40 kW-hr battery pack) | 30.4 | 111 | 226 mi | 3 |
| 2019 | Leaf (40 kW-hr battery pack) | 30.2 | 112 | 226 mi | 3 |
| 2018 | Leaf | 30 | 112 | 151 mi | 1 |
| 2017 | Leaf | 30 | 112 | 107 mi | 1 |
| 2016 | Leaf (24 kW-hr battery pack) | 29.6 | 114 | 107 mi | 2 |
| 2015 | Leaf | 29.6 | 114 | 84 mi | 1 |
| 2014 | Leaf | 30 | 114 | 84 mi | 1 |
| 2013 | Leaf | 29 | 115 | 75 mi | 1 |
| 2012 | Leaf | 34 | 99 | 73 mi | 1 |
| 2011 | Leaf | 34 | 99 | 73 mi | 1 |
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