West Midlands Police took delivery of 30 Nissan LEAFs that will be used by ten local policing units, who will run three “diary car” LEAFs each.
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Tag Archives: Nissan Leaf
Auto execs focus on downsizing hybrids Shun EVs
The Nissan Leaf was Europe’s top-selling electric car with a volume of 5,341 units, which was well below the company’s 2012 target of 9,000. Optimism about electric cars is fading as manufacturers scale back investment in response to weak sales.
Portuguese police get Nissan Leafs
Urban police are to take delivery of the first eight Nissan Leafs, complete with sirens and blue lights. The electric Nissans will be used mainly as part of the Safe School Program, called PSP, but they can be called upon to perform other police duties at any time.
Audi R8 E-tron sets EV lap record
Following on from the Nissan Leaf story, maybe the police should get these instead. The all electric Audi R8 e-tron, which goes on sale later this year has lapped the Nurburgring circuit in 8 minutes, 9 seconds. How fast is that? Well a conventional Audi R8 V8 managed it in 8 minutes and 4 seconds in 2007, so it is pretty much identical to the standard car. That is mighty impressive, although we should point out that the e-tron had its speed limiter raised from its standard 124 mph to 155 mph for this run.
