Nissan LEAF turns 10
Ground-breaking electric hatchback notches up a decade of sales as updated version loomsThe Nissan LEAF is turning 10 in Australia, having been available Down Under in one form or another since 2012, when it largely set the scene for the wave of mainstream EVs that followed in its wake.
Not only was the LEAF one of the first affordable electric passenger vehicles offered here, the second-generation EV went on to become the first to offer Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) functionality.
Two variants are currently available to Aussie consumers – LEAF and LEAF e+ – ranging in price from $50,990 to $61,490 plus on-road costs, however, both those figures will rise when the facelifted version arrives in August.
The facelifted Nissan LEAF model will stick around until roughly mid-decade, at which point it will be replaced by the all-new third-generation EV that has already been confirmed to morph into an SUV.
With sales of traditional passenger vehicles waning in the face of the SUV craze, the high-riding transformation should thrust the LEAF right back into the thick of the sales action as both SUVs and EV sales continue to accelerate.
“I would personally like to congratulate the Nissan Australia team on 10 years at the forefront of electric vehicle adoption Down Under,” said Nissan AMIEO Region chairperson Guillaume Cartier.
“This is only the beginning and I’m excited to see where the next 10 years takes us.
Nisan Australia managing director Adam Paterson added there was plenty of life left in the LEAF yet and described the zero-emission hatch as a “pioneer in the electric vehicle space”.
“The Nissan LEAF was, and is, a pioneer in the electric vehicle space, and we’re proud both of its legacy, and of everything it has done to pave the way for EV acceptance and take-up in Australia,” he said.
According to Nissan, Australian LEAFs have saved nearly 4.1 million litres of fuel (combined), equating to a financial saving of around $3.9 million dollars, and approximately 93 million kilograms of CO2 since the model launched here last decade.
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