Turning over a new leaf despite its limited range, nissans all electric car became a global best seller. Now the Japanese Company has unveiled a major revamp, but will it be able to compete with tesla . The battle against organised crime. Welcome to World Business report. Im sally bundock. Also in the programme, well take a look at the recovery in the australian economy. It has not seen a recession since 1991. The wonderfrom down under in the last few hours, nissan has released details of its revamped all electric car. The previous version was a global best seller, but now the company is facing tough competition from tesla which has already started making deliveries of its highly anticipated model 3. Lets cross over to Sharanjit Leyl in singapore. Nice to see you. Tell us about the new leaf. It made a debut in tokyo. It is facing a lot of competition, not just from tesla it is facing a lot of competition, notjust from tesla at it is facing a lot of competition, not just from tesla at f
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