Side by side · MY26 and MY23–MY24

GWM OravsNissan Leaf

400 km WLTP · 45 min 10–80%385 km WLTP · 45 min 10–80%
vs

The GWM Ora is rated 400 km on the WLTP cycle, the Nissan Leaf 385. A 10–80% stop takes 45 minutes in the GWM Ora and 45 in the Nissan Leaf. Every figure below names the badge it belongs to, and the three tools further down turn the same numbers into a charging race, a road trip and a yearly bill.

At a glance

GWM Ora · Lux

400km WLTP

45min 10–80%

A$35,990from

Nissan Leaf · 62kWh e+

385km WLTP

45min 10–80%

A$50,990from

The short answer

The GWM Ora turns the same electricity into more kilometres.

1

The GWM Ora is rated 400 km against 385 — 15 km, 4% further. It uses 14.4 kWh to cover 100 km where the Nissan Leaf needs 16.1.

2

A 10–80% stop takes 45 minutes in the GWM Ora and 45 in the Nissan Leaf. On a 50 kW post it is 48 and 52 minutes, so most of the advantage disappears at a slow site.

3

The Nissan Leaf lists 435 L of luggage space against 228 L.

Which one, in one line

Pick the Nissan Leaf ifit wins on space (435 L of boot against 228 L).

The priceThe GWM Ora is the cheaper to buy, listed from A$35,990; both are list prices before on-road costs and incentives.

MY26 · LuxGWM Ora

GWM Ora

Hatchback · 57.7 kWh · CCS2

WLTP range
400km
Efficiency
6.94km/kWh
DC peak
67kW
Boot
228L
MY23–MY24 · 62kWh e+Nissan Leaf

Nissan Leaf

Hatchback · 62 kWh · CHAdeMO

WLTP range
385km
Efficiency
6.21km/kWh
DC peak
100kW
Boot
435L

Charging, raced

Two cars, one post, same clock

Charging speed is a station number and a car number, and the smaller one wins. Set the post and both cars fill against the same clock — the interesting part is not who wins, it is how much of the gap a slow post takes away.

Each car is modelled on its own published 10–80% time, which gives an average power over that window: 54 kW for the GWM Ora, 58 kW for the Nissan Leaf. A post above that average changes nothing; a post below it sets the pace.

Nissan LeafCHAdeMO45min
GWM OraCCS245min

At 150 kW, going from 10% to 80% takes 45 min in the GWM Ora and 45 min in the Nissan Leaf — a gap of 0 minutes. Both cars are limited by their own packs at this post, so a bigger station would change nothing.

Every figure

The numbers, with the badge attached

A tick marks a figure that is simply more useful — more range, less energy per 100 km, a faster stop. Rows without a tick are different, not better: a bigger battery, a taller body and a heavier car are all trades, and this page does not pretend otherwise.

GWM Ora and Nissan Leaf, badges as the catalogue lists them. Sources: the Australian vehicle catalogue for every row, the directory for the tariffs behind the running cost.
MeasureGWM OraNissan Leaf
Range and efficiency
WLTP range400 km✓MY26 Lux385 kmMY23–MY24 62kWh e+
Efficiency6.94 km/kWh✓6.21 km/kWh
Energy per 100 km14.4 kWh✓16.1 kWh
Battery57.7 kWh62 kWh
Charging
DC peak67 kW100 kW✓
10–80% at peak45 min45 min
Average power, 10–80%(derived)54 kW58 kW✓
AC maximum11 kW✓6.6 kW
Fast-charge plugCCS2CHAdeMO
AC plugType 2Type 2
Size and weight
Length4,235 mm4,490 mm
Width1,825 mm1,788 mm
Height1,596 mm1,530 mm
Kerb weight1,560 kg1,670 kg
Space and practicality
Seats55
Boot228 L435 L✓
Performance and warranty
Power126 kW160 kW✓
0–100 km/h8.5 s6.9 s✓
DriveFWDFWD
Battery warranty7yr unlimited km / 8yr unlimited km10yr 300,000km / 8yr 160,000km
Price
Starts atA$35,990✓list, before on-roadA$50,990list, before on-road
Dearest versionA$38,990✓A$61,490
Per km of WLTP rangeA$89.97/km✓cheapest versionA$132.44/kmcheapest version
Drive-awayA$33,990–A$38,500where the feed lists itA$64,500–A$68,000where the feed lists it

How to read the mixed rows. Range, efficiency, battery and charging come from one badge — the longest-range version of each car's current model year, not the longest range it has ever been rated at. The catalogue stores one record per badge, so where two figures come from different badges the row names the one it used.

What WLTP is not. It is a laboratory cycle at a fixed temperature, with the air conditioning off and a gentle acceleration profile. It exists so two cars can be compared on the same test, not so a driver can predict a highway run. Expect less on a 110 km/h trip, and less again in winter.

What this page does not claim. No ANCAP crash rating: the catalogue carries none, and a column of dashes would read like a failure rather than a gap. Prices are manufacturer list before on-road costs; the drive-away band appears only where the feed publishes one.

Your numbers

What this pair costs you, on your drive

Two questions decide most purchases: how often you stop, and what the year costs. Both are arithmetic on the figures above, so change the inputs and the answer changes with you.

The drive

Starts full, arrives at 10%, charges back to 80% at each stop, and assumes a highway range of 85% of the WLTP figure.

GWM Ora
3

stops · 135 min charging

Nissan Leaf
3

stops · 135 min charging

The year

Energy at the wheels from the WLTP label, priced at the tariff you pay. Home charging is usually cheaper than the directory's median.

GWM Ora
A$1,080

A$7 per 100 km

Nissan Leaf
A$1,208

A$8 per 100 km

The trip model ignores charger detours, queueing and the last 10% of the pack, which is slow on both cars. The yearly cost is energy only: no session fees, no idle fees, no home-charger installation, and no petrol car to compare against.

Your priorities

A verdict you can argue with

There is no single winner, only a winner for a set of priorities. Move the sliders and the weighting changes — nothing here is a magazine score, and the page never hides the numbers it is built from.

Weighted result

GWM Ora

wins 3 of 6 measures on these weights

GWM Ora68%
Nissan Leaf32%

Each measure is scaled between the two cars, so a weight of 5 means “this is the thing I care about” and 0 means “I do not care at all”. The scores are relative, not a rating out of ten.

Questions

Short answers, then the reasoning

Every figure here comes from the same data as the rest of the page. Where the data cannot answer, the page says so instead of guessing.

Still unsure about a term? The connector guide covers the plugs, and the vehicle guide the rest.

Which has more range, the GWM Ora or the Nissan Leaf?

The GWM Ora. The GWM Ora is rated 400 km and the Nissan Leaf 385, each on the longest-range badge of its current model year — MY26 Lux and MY23–MY24 62kWh e+ respectively. WLTP is a laboratory cycle run at a fixed temperature with the air conditioning off, so treat the figure as a way to compare one car with another rather than a prediction for a highway run in summer.

Which charges faster?

The GWM Ora. Going from 10% to 80% takes 45 minutes in the GWM Ora (67 kW peak) and 45 in the Nissan Leaf (100 kW peak). At a slow post the station becomes the limit and the gap narrows, because the slower car is short of power rather than short of time.

Do they use the same plug?

No. The GWM Ora fast-charges on CCS2 and takes Type 2 for AC; the Nissan Leaf uses CHAdeMO and Type 2 for AC. An adapter can bridge the shape of the plug; it cannot change the power either car will accept or what a station will supply.

Which is cheaper to run?

The GWM Ora, by about A$127.50 a year at 15,000 km and A$0.50 per kWh. It uses 14.4 kWh per 100 km against 16.1. That is energy only, at the wheels: session fees, idle fees and home-charger installation are not in it.

Which has more space?

The Nissan Leaf: 228 L of luggage space against 435 L. Makers measure boot volume by different conventions — some to the window line, some under the parcel shelf — so read the direction as reliable and the size of the gap as indicative.

Which is cheaper to buy?

The GWM Ora is the cheaper of the two, listed from A$35,990 against A$50,990 for the Nissan Leaf — A$15,000 between the two starting prices. Both are manufacturer list prices before on-road costs, options and any incentive, so a dealer's drive-away number will differ.

Other comparisons

All comparisons

Every figure on this page comes from the same records the GWM Ora and Nissan Leaf pages use. How the sources are chosen, and what a figure here never claims, is on the methodology page.