Nissan leads electric charge to three billion miles
Nissan is celebrating after its electric vehicles in the UK passed the three-billion-mile barrier.
According to data from the DVLA, electric Nissan vans and cars have now completed 3,027,603,142 miles on UK roads.
That is the equivalent of driving to the moon and back more than 6,000 times, or from Nissan’s Sunderland factory to Tokyo more than 340,000 times.
Nissan launched its first electric car, the Leaf, in 2011, with second and third generation models arriving in 2018 and 2026. All three have been manufactured in Sunderland, which will soon also produce an all-electric Juke.
Pioneer
James Taylor, managing director of Nissan Motor GB, said: “Nissan has been a pioneer and leader in electric vehicles for more than 15 years, and figures like this only underscore that point. For our EVs to have covered more than three billion electric miles across the UK is an incredible milestone, and one that everyone at Nissan should be proud of.
“The first-generation Leaf kicked off the EV revolution back in 2011, so it’s fantastic to see in real terms the impact that Nissan’s ever-growing electric model range has had since then.”
