Davos: it’s shorthand for the World Economic Forum (WEF), the annual gathering of the world’s top politicians, business leaders, intellectuals and thinkers.
The Nissan LEAF is the 2011 European Car of the Year, the first all-electric vehicle to win the award in the 47-year history of the annual competition, and we believe a vindication of the Alliance’s decision to pursue all-electric power as our vision for sustainable mobility.
YOKOHAMA, Japan (Nov. 29, 2010) – In a historic moment for Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. and zero emission vehicles, the 100% electric Nissan LEAF was awarded 2011 European Car of the Year.
Cost has always been one of the major stumbling blocks to bringing electric vehicles to market. The cars are expensive to develop and the battery packs are a complex new technology (at this scale and performance) and currently more expensive to build than traditional internal combustion engines.
