√Nissan Leaf turns 10 in Australia

Nissan’s mass-market small electric car has crossed into double digits on sale Down Under.

The Nissan Leaf electric vehicle (EV) has celebrated its 10th birthday in Australia, as one of the early EVs targeted at the mass market.

Launched overseas in 2010, but introduced to Australia in 2012, the Leaf has passed through two generations, and has sold more than 2000 examples in Australia – or over 600,000 sales worldwide.

Nissan Australia says the batteries of all locally-delivered Leafs add to 74,000kWh – equivalent to 3.9 million AAA batteries, or enough to power 4800 homes “for a day”.

The Australian Leaf fleet has travelled approximately 58.5 million kilometres, according to Nissan Australia, while saving a claimed “4,096,344 litres of fuel” (though the petrol car consumption used for this metric isn’t clear).

“For the past 10 years in Australia – and 12 years globally – the Nissan Leaf has pioneered the transition towards zero-emission mobility. When the Nissan Leaf arrived in 2010 there were many sceptics; fast forward to today and almost every automaker around the world has followed suit,” Guillaume Cartier, chairperson of the Nissan AMIEO (Africa, Middle East, India, Europe and Oceania) region, said.

“I would personally like to congratulate the Nissan Australia team on 10 years at the forefront of electric vehicle adoption Down Under. This is only the beginning and I’m excited to see where the next 10 years takes us.”

An updated 2023 Nissan Leaf remains on track for launch in Australia in August – click here for more details.

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