Nissan Unveils New Electric Car The Leaf

Nissan has unveiled what it is claiming to be the first mass-marketed electric car — a five door hatchback called Leaf.

The new car will be in showrooms in Britain, Europe, the U.S. and Japan by the end of next year. The family-sized car has a max range of 100 miles and a top speed of about 90mph

Nissan's new car could compete with the Prius the insight and other hybrids. Nissan also emphasize how electric cars emit no exhaust, unlike other hybrids and conventional cars.

In June Nissan was granted $1.6 billion by the U.S. Department of Energy and said that they plan to use the money to build methods of creating more than 100,000 electric cars in its plant a year, by 2013.

The Leaf car battery can be charged to 80% capacity in about 20 minutes, whereas the G-Wiz takes almost three and a half hours.
Published on: 11:00 03-08-2009