Nissan LEAF celebrates tenth birthday

Nissan has reached its tenth birthday and celebrates being driven by more than 180,000 EV enthusiasts across Europe,

During that time LEAF owners have prevented a massive 2.5 million tonnes of CO2 from entering the atmosphere every year, while covering enough kilometres to drive around the earth 400,000 times!

Gianluca de Ficchy, Chairman of Nissan AMIEO, said: "With more than half a million LEAF sold globally, customers continue to embrace this pioneering electric vehicle. In celebrating how far we have come, we are pleased to highlight the impact our owners have made, leading us all towards a greener future. We are immensely proud of LEAF and our EV heritage and look forward to its innovative future."

Owners have collectively travelled approximately 16 billion clean air kilometres since launch.

The total number of LEAF sold globally has successfully prevented 2.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from entering the environment. It would take almost 100,000,000 trees to remove that amount of carbon dioxide from our atmosphere if released directly.

On average, it can regenerate 744 kWh of clean energy every year when driven 18,000 kilometres - enough to power a mobile phone for 372 years.