The Leaf was first introduced the consumer in 2010, and since then registered users of the Leaf have amassed a total of 160 million miles, this is nearly 100 million more than the miles gaine by the registered users of the Volt. Now this could obviously be much more for both the Leaf and Volt, since it is safe to say all of those who bought the electric vehicles, never bothered to register their vehicles to have their miles recorded for study purposes. Regardless of this hypothetical statement, there is no doubt the Leaf has been dominate in the electric segment, and could be for the foreseeable future.

Put aside all bragging rights for a bit, and let us just reflect on the great achievements that were made by all automakers involved with the push for fuel-efficiency with purely electric and hybrid models produced in the past 3-4 years. If you factor in a model like the Mitsubishi I, and you will have rougly half a billion miles registered since 2010. If you are able to break that down, and do the math, that would of saved over $50 million USD in gas prices, give or take. This is remarkable, and it shows there can be a future of transportation that doesn’t rely so heavily upon our dependency for fuel. So besides Nissan, Chevy and Tesla, all should be satisfied with this achievement and the process moving forward should be equally amazing.

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When you can remove the factor which is fuel dependency, you can sort of make the argument that there will be a lot more happier drivers on the road. The Leaf is truly the perfect vehicle for the urban trekker, or someone who makes a daily commute of 10-20 miles to and from work each day. Then there are those who just abuse the fact they can go anywhere without paying for gas. One Spanish Leaf owner took his Leaf for 27 thousand miles in one year, while one Japanese owner has put on 110 thousand miles on his Leaf so far. Now if you own a leaf and have over 100 thousand miles on it already, you may want to get in touch with Nissan, because you never know what they may give you just for allowing them to case study your Leaf.

The only known problem that the Leaf has shown so far is a degrading battery in arid, hot climates like Southwestern United States. The belief is the heat and dry air sap the battery life much quicker than it would in normal or moderate temperate areas. Even with this one acute problem, Nissan stands by their product, and their consumers show great satisfaction, as does other automakers and their electric car owners. It is a growing trend that is taking North America by storm. Who knows maybe this will be the shift we need to remove ourselves from certain dependencies in everyday life. Allowing us to bring gas prices back to a balanced state, maybe reduce the cost of transportation, public and personal. Time will tell, let us know what your thoughts are on electric vehicles in a comment.

Nissan has certainly been one of the frontrunners in the field of automobiles and they have added one more feather to their hat when Nissan Leaf won the 2011 European Car of the Year award.

Nissan has always been making some of the best cars in the world that has zero emission.With the launch of Leaf, Nissan came up with new standards of zero emission for the global market So far,European Car of the Year awards have been won by regular cars but for the time in the history an electric car won the award which is a proud moment for its makers.

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In the competition with Nissan Leaf there were some top car models from car makers like Alfa Romeo,Citroen,Dacia,Ford,Volvo and Vauxhall.The jury for the event included 57 top motoring journalists that came from 23 different countries in Europe.Hence, this was really a tough award to win for every car maker.The jury decided on Nissan Leaf because they felt that Leaf was far better than any conventional or electric car that has been launched in the market so far.Hakan Matson,President of the Jury,Car of the Year stated that Nissan Leaf is a breakthrough for electric cars.

On receiving the Car of the Year award,Carlos Ghosn,CEO and President of Nissan Motor Co.Ltd said that the award acknowledges the pioneering technology that they have used in making Nissan Leaf.It also recognizes the safety,performance and spaciousness that you get in Nissan Leaf compare to any other conventional cars out in the market.Nissan Leaf has an AC motor that has the power output of 109PS and 280Nm of torque.The car has a top speed of 90 kmph and can go up to 100 miles in one single charge as per the New European Driving Cycle.

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