The largest gathering of electric vehicle owners in Japanese history was a perfect chance to touch base with one of the men leading the push,  Nissan’s s Corporate Vice President of Zero Emissions Hideaki Watanabe.

The Nissan Global Media Center began asking him the aim in bringing the LEAF owners to Oppama.

More charging points are needed now!

We are demanding greater investment in electric vehicle infrastructure before personal mobility is lost forever.

At a special meeting during the Paris Motor Show, Hideaki Watanabe, Managing Director of Zero Emission Vehicles, Renault-Nissan BV, told delegates representing local authorities, fleet operators and other interested parties: “The time to invest in EV infrastructure is now.”

With 38,000 examples of the pioneering Nissan LEAF sold globally so far and sales of game-changing Renault ZOE city car just about to start, the Renault-Nissan Alliance’s Zero Emission strategy is right on target according to the man who should know.
 
Visiting the Paris Motor Show, Hideaki Watanabe talks about the success of LEAF and the Alliance’s ambitious plans to have 1.5 million electric vehicles on the road by 2016.
 
He also reveals how the Alliance is stepping up deployment of its Quick Charger programme which will allow EV drivers to recharge their batteries to 80 per cent capacity in just 30 minutes.