2019 Nissan LEAF vs Tesla Model 3

What's the difference?

If I had told you even just a few years ago that one of Nissan’s most promising vehicles, and one the brand partially hangs its future on, was an all-electric hatchback, you probably wouldn’t have believed me.

But here we are, and after already having been on sale for years in Europe, the second-generation Leaf has arrived in Australia.

In Europe it has even been remarkably successful, counting itself as a best-seller in Norway, where Nissan has managed to sell more than 50,000 of them.

By now, I already know what your questions are: What’s the range? How long does it take to charge? How much does it cost?

For all those answers and more, read on.

If the Tesla Model 3 Performance appeals to you, you're probably a different kind of electric car buyer.

Instead of outright range and efficiency, you're probably prioritising performance - I mean it's in the name of this spec of Model 3, after all. And this grade essentially takes the regular Model 3 and makes it a bit mental.

Let's go through how it does that.