Nissan has claimed it has a third of the EV passenger car market in Europe after a year of growing Leaf sales.
It said that sales of its Leaf recorded its best year in 2013 [not difficult to achieve on a model ramping up – ed].
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Nissan said that in 2013 sales of the Leaf in Europe reached 11,120 sales, up by 204% on the previous year and that it accounted for 33% of the EV market.
Nissan also said that “huge strides are being made in the UK with sales of the British-built Nissan Leaf increasing by more than 1,000% in January versus 2013”.
The UK recently saw the installation of the 195th CHAdeMO rapid charger at the Clackett Lane Services on the M25. These chargers can ‘refuel’ a Nissan Leaf from 0-80% battery in just 30 minutes at zero cost to the driver. The UK charger was the one-thousandth CHAdeMO rapid charger in Europe, almost double the number installed by January 2013.
“January has been a fantastic start to 2014, a year when we will launch our second 100% electric model in Europe – the Nissan e-NV200 light commercial vehicle,” said Jean Diernaz, director of electric vehicles, Nissan Europe. “Our most recent survey following the launch of the improved European-built Nissan Leaf shows that 97 of owners would recommend a Nissan Leaf to a friend, and we believe this, combined with a rapidly expanding charging infrastructure, will bring further growth in 2014. We are moving from the early adopters to the early majority.”
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