We all know how popular the LEAF has become with consumers.  It has created raving fans and we at Anchor Nissan are excited to announce that Nissan is working on adding to the practicality of the LEAF.  The second-largest Japanese automaker is working to enable LEAF electric vehicle (EV) owners to use the car to power homes during long-term outages and blackouts.

Hideaki Watanabe, Global Head of Zero Emission Vehicles, Nissan, indicates the LEAF battery stores up to 24 kilowatt hours (kWh). To put this into better perspective: That's enough kWh to power a U.S. household for roughly…