Nissan Leaf wins European Car of a Year endowment
After multiform rounds of voting, a Nissan Leaf has been named a 2011 European Car of a Year.
Beating out competitors such as a Alfa Romeo Giulietta and Opel Meriva, the Leaf was praised as the insubordinate vehicle that showcases a prospect of automotive travel. According to H?kan Matson, president of a CoTY jury, “I am convinced which we will see other electric cars declared Car of the Year in a future. But when we do, we must regularly recollect that usually one can be the first. And which is because Nissan LEAF Car of the Year 2011 is – as well as will remain – so really special.”
As we have formerly Informed, the Leaf features an electric engine which produces 80 kW (107 hp / 109 PS) as well as 280 Nm (206 lb-ft) of torque. It is powered by the lithium-ion battery, that allows a car to transport approximately 160 kilometers (99 miles) upon the singular charge. Once burned out, the battery can be fully recharged in 8 hours using the standard domicile opening.
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100% ELECTRIC NISSAN LEAF PICKS UP EUROPEAN AUTOMOBILE OF A YEAR 2011 TROPHY
The trophy recognizing a revolutionary Nissan LEAF as Europe’s Car of The Year 2011 was handed over to Nissan Motor Co.’s President as well as CEO Carlos Ghosn in the special ceremony during a Pavillion Gabriel in Paris.
To win a award, a 58 CoTY members – leading motoring journalists from 23 European countries – placed Nissan LEAF ahead of 6 required brand new cars on the shortlist. It is the first time in CoTY’s 48-year story which a annual award has been won by an electric car.
“I am convinced which we will see alternative electric cars declared Car of a Year in a future. But when we do, we contingency regularly remember which only a single can be a initial. And that is why Nissan LEAF Car of the Year 2011 is – as well as will sojourn – so really special,” pronounced H?kan Matson, president of a CoTY jury, vocalization during a rite.
“It is the good respect for Nissan LEAF to be famous as a European Car of the Year – a initial all-electric automobile to embrace this eminence. Like prior Car of a Year winners, Nissan LEAF is an appealing, rival car, with no concede on style, facilities, reserve, opening or doing. Yet it stands apart as an innovative automobile which reflects the transparent prophesy of a future of travel – the prophesy of tolerable mobility,” said Ghosn after receiving the prize.
Nissan LEAF is powered by an in-house developed compress electric motor as well as inverter in a front of a car driving a front wheels. The AC engine develops 80 kW of power and 280 Nm of torque, sufficient for a limit speed of 145 km/h (90 mph). The electric motor is powered by an modernized laminated lithium-ion battery with the energy outlay of more than 90 kW. Developed by the Automotive Energy Supply Corporation (AESC), the joint venture in between Nissan and wiring giant NEC Corp., a new thing battery has the genius to store twice as much appetite as a previous generation battery.
The zero-emission car is fully equipped with features such as regenerating braking, air conditioning, satellite navigation as well as the parking camera. Innovative intelligent phone connectivity will allow an owner to heat or cool a interior of a automobile remotely around the mobile phone. The singular choice is the solar panel mounted in a back spoiler.
Pre-orders for Nissan LEAF have reached more than 27,000 units globally. The zero-emission automobile is now built in Japan, though will also be manufactured in a United States and United Kingdom when brand new production facilities there open in late 2012 and early 2013 respectively. Deliveries to individual clientele in Japan and a US began in December. In Europe, deliveries will start before long to Portugal, the Republic of Ireland, a United Kingdom and a Netherlands followed by some-more markets later in a year.
The Renault-Nissan Alliance aims to be a global personality in zero-emission mobility as well as is taking a comprehensive proceed encompassing both a product as well as a infrastructure required to await a mass selling of electric vehicles. To date, a Alliance has entered into some-more than 90 partnerships with governments, metropolitan authorities as well as companies worldwide to hope for a markets and infrastructure for the successful acceptance of electric vehicles.
* The current chronicle of the desired marble trophy, introduced in 2004, was combined by Emmanuel Zurini, the French artist famous for his automotive sculptures. Zurini was the heading Grand Prix photographer in the 1960s before branch to cut with a chisel in 1975. It is a third specially combined trophy in a history of a Award.
Nissan has won a CoTY award prior to. In 1993, a Micra became a initial Japanese-badged car to win a fame as well as started Europe’s love event with a little car that continues today with a new launch of a ultimate era Micra in late 2010.
