Netherlands, April 22, 2011 - The Renault-Nissan Alliance today signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the E-laad.nl Foundation, a consortium of Dutch grid operators, to jointly promote the spread of zero-emission vehicles in the Netherlands.

NEW YORK,  April 21 - At the New York International Auto Show, the 100-percent electric, zero-emission Nissan LEAF was named 2011 World Car of the Year, edging out the BMW 5-Series and the Audi A8 for the top spot. Today's award is the latest in a string of accolades for the world's first affordable mass-market, all-electric vehicle for the global market, which was also named European Car of the Year.

London was made for the Nissan LEAF. It’s a compact city with narrow streets that are perfect for an electric vehicle. What is more there is no congestion charge to pay because of the car’s zero emissions.

The LEAF is just the sort of car the Mayor of London should be driving, so we have handed one over for a trial run.

We gave the LEAF keys to London’s Mayor Boris Johnson just weeks ahead of the launch of the capital's first citywide electric vehicle membership scheme which is called Source London.

Brussels, Belgium - April 14, 2011 - Today, the Renault-Nissan Alliance and the Government of Catalunya marked their recent agreement on the deployment of electric vehicle infrastructure in Catalunya, Spain, by participating in European Sustainable Energy Week 2011.

A conference on "Electro-mobility today in Europe: from theory to reality" gathered several stakeholders and gave the opportunity to the general public to know more about the deployment of charging infrastructure for the Electric Vehicle in the region of Catalunya.

April 11 - The Renault Nissan Alliance is one of more than 40 organisations taking part in a four-year pan-European initiative to promote electromobility.
The €42 million initiative, called Green eMotion, is being spearheaded by the European Commission and is intended to ensure the fast-track success of electric vehicles, said Siim Kallas, Vice President of the European Commission, and Commissioner responsible for Transport.

March 24 - Companies in The Netherlands have this week taken delivery of the Nissan LEAF, hot on the heels of the first deliveries in the UK.
LeasePlan, the City of Amsterdam and BAM Building Contractors received a total of 18 white LEAFs from a Nissan dealer in Amsterdam. During the next few weeks, another 82 cars will be delivered in the Netherlands.

Mark Goodier is a DJ with popular radio station Smooth FM and a long-time EV enthusiast while electronics engineer Richard Todd and his wife Jane were the very first people to place an order for the LEAF when the books opened in September.

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Renault-Nissan Alliance team: Now we are talking with Victor Nacif. Victor is responsible for design at Nissan Design Europe. Victor, we are standing in front of the Nissan ESFLOW concept car, which has been created in Japan. What are your first impressions?

Renault-Nissan Alliance team: We are here with Anthony Lo, who is responsible of exterior design at Renault. What is Renault showing at Geneva?
Anthony Lo: We have the second and third concept cars, after the DeZir, in a series that shows our new design strategy.