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Renault and Nissan were not part of the same company during the development of the ZOE and Leaf, and therefore the two cars have almost nothing in common.

The ZOE charger is embedded in the drive train and could not be extracted for use in the Leaf.

Just came across this old thread.

Actually this isn't true. Renault owns 44% of Nissan and Nissan owns 15% of Renault. The two companies have been in this alliance since 1999.