Nissan Leafage Battery Reliability Outperforms Cynics [Video]
Five years as well as to a greater extent than than 35,000 European sales since the launch of its all-electric LEAF, proprietary information released yesteryear Nissan for the foremost fourth dimension shows that 99.99 per centum of its battery units rest alone jibe for purpose.
The failure charge per unit of measurement of the battery mightiness unit of measurement is less than 0.01 per centum - or but 3 units inwards amount - a fraction of the equivalent industry-widei figure for defects affecting traditional combustion engines.
To assay the long-term reliability of the battery technology, Nissan tracked downwards a rather infamous early on model, whose possessor is all the same enjoying fault-free motoring inwards her LEAF 3 years on.
Electric vehicle advocate as well as presenter of online TV channel Fully Charged, Robert Llewellyn commented: “This comes every bit no surprise. There was a lot of apprehension virtually electrical engineering inwards the beginning, but alongside sales climbing month-on-month I cope to run into how these myths proceed to endure regurgitated today.”
The Nissan LEAF has smashed its ain sales tape alongside a 33 per centum growth inwards sales inwards 2014 over the previous year, taking to a greater extent than than a quarter of the burgeoning electrical auto marketplace alongside 15,098 sales.
Jean-Pierre Diernaz, Director of Electric Vehicles for Nissan inwards Europe, comments: "The facts utter for themselves. The charge per unit of measurement of battery faults inwards our vehicles is negligible, fifty-fifty the most ardent critic cannot debate alongside that.
“The battery engineering is but business office of our success story. With over 165,000 customers globally, it’s clear that we’re non the only people who are thrilled yesteryear the success of this state-of-the-art technology.”
With but 3 principal components – the on-board charger, inverter as well as motor – the Nissan LEAF is besides xl per centum cheaper to keep compared to petrol or diesel-powered alternatives.
The Nissan LEAF launched over 4 years agone inwards 2010, every bit i of the foremost mass-market, pure-electric vehicles. It is straightaway the best-selling electrical vehicle inwards history, alongside over 165,000 LEAF vehicles sold globally, to a greater extent than than 35,000 of which accept been sold inwards Europe; clocking upward an impressive i billion kilometres worldwide.
