The first specific European retail Nissan Leaf scheduled to arrive today by ship in the North East of England. The 67 vehicles on board the "City of St. Petersburg", the new energy-saving vehicle transport vessel from Nissan, are destined for customers in the UK and Ireland and will be unloaded in the port of Tyne.
UK customers can pre-order the electric car from Nissan since September 2010. The deliveries will begin in the coming weeks. Worldwide, there are currently more than 27 000 orders from the Leaf. The vehicle provides space for passengers and can travel in the New European Driving Cycle (NEDC) up to 175 miles on a battery charge.
The car is produced in Japan and runs from 2013 in the English band from Sunderland Nissan plant. In 2012 at the UK site starts production of lithium ion batteries. Currently being built in the UK, a network of charging stations, but in the North East in 2013 will be approximately 1300 charging points, including quick-charge stations at which the discharged battery within 30 minutes of the leaf can be recharged to 80 percent.
The bases of the UK Nissan dealer network to distribute the electric vehicles - currently 25 in the UK - are all equipped with quick-charging stations. The intention is to set up in Britain around 9000 to 2013, charging stations. As environmentally friendly the car, environmentally sound and its transportation to Japan from England: The City of St.
Petersburg "has a sleek, semi-spherical bug where the drag of the vessel by up to 50 percent could be reduced. This results in a reduction of fuel consumption by up to 800 tons per year, which corresponds to annual CO2 savings of up to 2,500 tons. The new car completes the fleet ship, with the Nissan every year thousands of vehicles exported from Sunderland.
(Ampnet / jri) 
UK customers can pre-order the electric car from Nissan since September 2010. The deliveries will begin in the coming weeks. Worldwide, there are currently more than 27 000 orders from the Leaf. The vehicle provides space for passengers and can travel in the New European Driving Cycle (NEDC) up to 175 miles on a battery charge.
The car is produced in Japan and runs from 2013 in the English band from Sunderland Nissan plant. In 2012 at the UK site starts production of lithium ion batteries. Currently being built in the UK, a network of charging stations, but in the North East in 2013 will be approximately 1300 charging points, including quick-charge stations at which the discharged battery within 30 minutes of the leaf can be recharged to 80 percent.
The bases of the UK Nissan dealer network to distribute the electric vehicles - currently 25 in the UK - are all equipped with quick-charging stations. The intention is to set up in Britain around 9000 to 2013, charging stations. As environmentally friendly the car, environmentally sound and its transportation to Japan from England: The City of St.
Petersburg "has a sleek, semi-spherical bug where the drag of the vessel by up to 50 percent could be reduced. This results in a reduction of fuel consumption by up to 800 tons per year, which corresponds to annual CO2 savings of up to 2,500 tons. The new car completes the fleet ship, with the Nissan every year thousands of vehicles exported from Sunderland.
(Ampnet / jri)
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