With more than 18,000 new Nissan LEAF vehicles registered in Europe between January and June, Nissan Leaf is the best-selling electric vehicle in Europe during the first half of 2018.
Since it went on sale in October 2017, European customers have now placed more than 37,000 orders and the electric vehicle continues to win over customers across the continent.
The new Nissan LEAF offers the exhilarating acceleration and environmental performance of an all-electric power train, dynamic exterior styling, and advanced driver assistance technologies. The car’s larger, 40 kilowatt-hour battery delivers a combined driving cycle range of 168 miles under Europe’s new WLTP emissions and economy standard.
The 100 percent electric vehicle has won a variety of awards for its cutting-edge technology and performance. It won the “2018 World Green Car” award at the New York International Auto Show and has received 5-star safety ratings from both the European New Car Assessment Program and the Japan New Car Assessment Program.
The new LEAF is the flagship model for Nissan Intelligent Mobility, the company’s vision for changing how cars are powered, driven and integrated into society. It features a host of new, innovative technologies such as Nissan ProPILOT, ProPILOT Park and e-Pedal, which are proving popular with customers. Currently, 72 percent of new LEAF buyers have chosen models equipped with the ProPILOT semi-autonomous driving system.
The growing demand for the new Nissan LEAF reinforces its status as the best-selling electric car in the world, with over 340,000 global sales since the first LEAF was launched in 2010. Recently, Nissan delivered the 100,000th Nissan LEAF to a European customer.
“The momentum continues to build for electric cars,” said Gareth Dunsmore, electric vehicle director at Nissan Europe. “The new LEAF has transformed the experience of driving, with technologies like e-Pedal, capable of reducing braking interaction by up to 90 percent, showing more customers the benefits of electric mobility that Nissan offers.”