As Nissan prepares to introduce a second battery-powered mannequin — the Ariya crossover — the automaker is giving its unique EV a greater than $4,200 worth reduce.

The 2022 Nissan Leaf begins at $28,375 and reaches $38,375 for the highest trim. Pricing on all fashions features a $975 vacation spot cost however doesn’t embrace authorities EV tax credit.

The Leaf, which launched greater than a decade in the past, additionally receives extra commonplace EV-focused options for mannequin yr 2022, together with a CHAdeMO Fast Cost port and a conveyable 240-volt charging cable for each mannequin.

Moreover, eight options beforehand out there within the Expertise Packages for the SV PLUS grade, together with ProPILOT Help, will now be commonplace.

The value discount units up Nissan to launch the Ariya within the first half of subsequent yr. The brand new Rogue-sized crossover is constructed on a brand new structure and provides as much as 300 miles of driving vary.

The 2 EV fashions “want to take a seat collectively effectively, you don’t need overlap on the automobiles,” Judy Wheeler, Nissan division vice chairman of gross sales and regional operations within the U.S, informed Automotive Information late final month.

The Leaf is provided with a 40-kilowatt-hour battery and 110-kW motor that delivers 147 hp and as much as 149 miles of vary.

The longer-range Leaf Plus contains a beefier 62-kilowatt-hour battery, boosting the vary to as much as 226 miles. It additionally contains a extra highly effective 160 kW motor that produces 214 horsepower.

The Leaf ought to see a redesign in 2024. The subsequent model doubtless will probably be extra crossover-like in physique type and be constructed on the identical CMF-EV platform because the Ariya.