Nissan Leaf EV welcome to Aussie

SYDNEY-Up to this time, Nissan Leaf EV has sold over 20 thousand since it first launched last year. Nissan Leaf is also chosen as Car of the Year not only in Japan but also in Europe and the world.

Leaf EV, electric car manufacturer Nissan finally alert to the Australian market. The plan is a new zero-emission will be available in June 2012. As reported by autoevolution, Thursday (12/22/2011) Nissan's flagship electric car will be sold at a price of AUD51, 500.

As an initial stage of 13 dealers are prepared to qualify for selling and servicing Nissan Leaf EV serve. Dealers are located in urban areas such as Brisbane, Gold Coast, Melbourne, Sydney, Camberra and Perth. The first customer who will buy the Leaf will be surveyed in advance whether their home electrical networks can be set up charging stations.

Nissan Leaf equipped with lithium-ion batteries that generate power by 90 kW. While the electric motor has a torque of 280 Nm.

To charge the battery with a capacity of 200 volts from an empty condition served until filled 100 percent take up to 8 hours. If you do not have much time to use the system alias rapid charging quick charge from the source of 50 kW of which 80 percent of the battery will be charged within 30 minutes.