Today’s Solutions: March 31, 2026

2016 Nissan Leaf keeps the same look, but has a higher battery capacity(Photo: John Murphy, Image Provided by John Murphy Ph) Nissan is turning over a new Leaf, giving more range to a version of its pioneering electric car. Now the 2016 Leaf will have a range of 107 miles per battery charge, an improvement over the current 84-mile maximum. That’s because engineers come up with a new 30-kilowatt-hour battery, 27% larger than the 24-kilowatt-hour…

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