Rental provider Europcar has committed to moving over 2500 vehicles or 5% of its car and van fleet to be electric vehicles by 2020. The news follows Europcar’s deal to take on 150 Nissan Leaf electric vehicles across its rental fleet in London. Europcar will also be including the new vehicles in its Deliver and
EagleAID thunders that Volkswagen e-Golf dethroned Nissan LEAF as the best-selling electric car in the first two months of 2015 in Europe. 2,150 e-Golfs to 1,750 LEAFs. Seems bold, but data from 17 West European markets is not saying the whole story. Volkswagen e-Golf is booming in Norway, where they sold 80% of the total
Having had a try out with a Nissan Leaf, I was ready for a longer journey in one, and the Ecobuild Event in March gave me the perfect opportunity. It was located at the Excel Centre in London’s docklands so was a good distance from home in Northampton, but not far as to make me
Global automakers are readying a new generation of mass-market electric cars with more than double the driving range of today’s Nissan Leaf, betting that technical breakthroughs by big battery suppliers such as LG Chem Ltd will jump-start demand and pull them abreast of Tesla Motors Inc. At least four major automakers — General Motors, Ford,
One of the UK’s largest electric taxi fleets has entered service for the first time in Dundee. The fleet of 30 electric Nissan LEAFs operated by 203020 Electric – part of the Tele Taxis Group – is now in 24-7 service in and around the City of Discovery. Offering zero emissions mobility, the Nissan LEAFs
POWER TO SPARE – NISSAN AND ENDESA SIGN PLEDGE TO PROMOTE EUROPE’S FIRST MASS MARKET VEHICLE TO GRID SYSTEM Nissan and Endesa, an Enel Group subsidiary, collaborate on bringing key technologies to market Game-changing technology unlocks the potential of two-way charging and allows customers to reduce costs by selling power from electric vehicle batteries to the
A new fleet of 100% electric Nissan LEAF taxis has gone into service in Blackpool 130 years after the tourist resort introduced one of the world’s first electric tramways. The 12-strong fleet of LEAFs has been introduced by local firm Premier Cabs and will operate in and around Blackpool and neighbouring Lytham St Annes on
Figures recently released show that the Nissan LEAF maintains its position as the most popular electric car or van in the UK, with at least 5,838 vehicles registered by the third quarter of 2014, representing over a third of all EV sales. The registration data also shows the new Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV has made a
Somewhat surprisingly, hybrids that still use gas, but don’t need recharging, took the biggest hit. Cheap gas will kill sales of hybrids and electrical vehicles conventional wisdom holds, but a closer look at the numbers through November shows a more complex picture. Somewhat surprisingly, hybrids that still use gas, but don’t need recharging, took the
Getting Familiar with the Nissan Leaf
The most popular car we supply is, naturally, the Nissan Leaf – the most popular electric car in the UK and, in fact, the world. However, being a Renault ZOE driver, it is relatively unfamiliar to me. I’ve only driven it twice, once way back in 2012 and the second time more recently during the
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