Nissan
is celebrating the 100,000th delivery of its popular
electric car, the Leaf, this month in Europe. Globally, over 320,000
Nissan Leaf
have been sold, making it the best-selling EV (
electric vehicle
) in the world.
With now more than 37,000 new Leaf ordered in Europe, one new Nissan Leaf is sold every 10 minutes in Europe to customers looking to switch to innovative and zero-emission technology, the company said in a statement.
The new Leaf is the first Nissan model in Europe to feature Nissan’s ProPILOT and ProPILOT Park technologies. The new Nissan Leaf is also equipped with e-Pedal, which allows drivers to start, accelerate, decelerate and stop – simply by increasing or decreasing the pressure applied to the pedal.
"For us, it’s no surprise that the Nissan Leaf is the world’s best-selling electric vehicle. We have been developing our electric vehicle mass-market offering for longer than any other brand and are proud to bring an affordable, visionary car to customers across Europe. In less than 10 years, we managed to make electric vehicle a mass market reality. This milestone proves once again that our Nissan Intelligent Mobility vision is embraced by our customers who believe in a more confident, more exciting, and more connected future.” Gareth Dunsmore, Electric Vehicle Director,
Nissan Europe
, said.
European Nissan Leaf customers have now driven over 2 billion kilometres and saved over 300,000 tonnes of CO2.