The Nissan LEAF ("Leading, Environmentally Friendly, Affordable, Family Car") is an electric car announced by Nissan in 2009. It is expected to be marketed in North America, Europe, and Japan, beginning in autumn 2010
The EV-11 prototype electric car was based on the Nissan Tiida platform, but uses an all-electric drive train including an 80 kW (110 hp)/280 N·m (210 lb·ft) electric motor, 24kWh lithium-ion battery pack rated to have a range of 100 miles (160 km) on the EPA LA-4 or "city" driving cycle, navigation system, and remote control & monitoring using a cellphone connection through Nissan's secure data-center to the car.
The prototype was on display July 26, 2009. A week later, on August 2, 2009, the production version was unveiled at Nissan's Yokohama headquarter and is set to begin selling in both the North American market and Japan in 2010.
Source: NissanUSA.com, Wikipedia
