Nissan dispelled the myth about the impracticality of buggies

The owner of the Nissan Leaf electric car on its cover no less, and in 1.5 times more distance than the average owner of a car with an internal combustion engine. Such sensational statistics published by the press-service of the European Division of Nissan. based on their own calculations. According to the head of the Department of electric vehicles Nissan Europe Jean-Pierre D′ernaza, these data show that green machine already confidently beyond the niche of city cars or the second in the family car.
So, by the numbers. According to estimates Nissan, considering the stats open road agencies of Britain, France, Spain, Italy, Sweden and Norway, the average owner cars with petrol or diesel engine in these countries passing 10 818 miles per year or 208 kilometers per week (statistics on Germany were not considered because of differences in methods of calculation and incomplete data). At the same time, the figures for the Nissan Leaf is completely transparent and accurate: provides them installed in the electric system telemetry CarWings. According to her, the average annual mileage Leaf is 16 588 km (1.53 times more), and week - 319 km, and the Spaniards go most (367 km/week), the Germans less (279 km/week).
Thus, traditional doubt impracticality of electric vehicles because of their low reserve baseless, says D′ernaz. He also stressed that owners often use Leaf in situations where traditional would have traded the car for public transport, thanks to the benefits of entry and parking, as well as lower cost of kilometer. And here is a network of public èlektrozapravok, it turns out, did not enjoy: 89% of Leaf owners prefer to charge their vehicles at night from household outlets.