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An adventure is born

One year on
from a chance conversation sparked all this into life. But we never took the time to explain, what exactly is this?

LeafGT is now officially a thing, and not only a thing, but a thing that is already resulting in more things, as well as future potential things.

It is probably about time we explained what LeafGT is. By far and away the most common asked question I get asked about our blog is "what is this/what is the goal of this?"

The answer is simple. Firstly, LeafGT is the name given to our affordable zero emission motorsport adventure, and our goal is to find great ways to explore that journey and have fun along the way.

Why a Leaf? As far as EVs go, right now and in all likeliness for the foreseeable future, Nissan Leafs and in particular used Leafs are affordable, reliable and abundant. But can we make them fast?

The follow up question we usually get asked is "what is the end goal?". So the short and not very satisfying answer is there isn't one, but let me finish, what we mean is there isn't just one single predetermined goal.

Firstly we'll make this Leaf as fast as we can without breaking the bank. Sooner or later this'll lead into exciting endeavours (we have lots of ideas) but the trajectory and timings of this scheme will be informed by the success and learnings of this initial car.

Lastly, who are we? We're a small team of engineers. There is the stability of core team members and then encircling it have been a wider team of friends that pass in and out through an entirely metaphoric revolving door.

Hopefully that finally delivers the introduction you all deserve. If you've got any questions or discussion points that might be good to explore please do not hesitate to ask in the comments of any of these blogs.

We can only imagine what this blog will be talking about this time next year so why not come along for the ride and find out for yourself.


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