 Nissan Leaf is the latest electric car and will hit the markets by December 2010. It is the world's first mass produced electric car and will reduce upto 40% of carbon emission as compared to petrol cars. Nissan Leaf is awarded as the European Car of the year for the Year for 2011. Leaf is a compact five door hatchback car produced by Nissan and consumes energy around 34kWh per 100 miles.The battery pack weights 300kg and is together designed by Nissan and NEC. Battery is charged with the Leaf's 3.3kW charger or else by an external charger of 440V.. The car is very supple while driving. Leaf's satellite navigation system is excellent which offers Google maps using 3G SIM card, and its navigation also prompts of the remaining charge in the battery. The car is very well built and is capable of driving at a speed of 81kmh in 31° Celsius heat. The car is designed in V-shape and the headlights are power saving ones, as they consume semi electricity than halogen lamps.
Nissan Leaf is an excellent compact car with new lithium-ion batteries and is good for short distance driving besides long distance traveling. The car will be available in less quantity in the first half of 2011 and is too pricey. Nissan started a zero emission tour in the year 2009 for increasing the awareness regarding the zero emission driving.
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