New York City is switching on to the benefits of electric vehicles. In his 12^th – and final – State of the City address, Mayor Michael Bloomberg pledged to make NYC a national leader in zero emission mobility with a number of EV-friendly proposals.

Among the plans are:

• A network of street-side fast chargers

The city of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil will this month become the latest city in the world to start operating a zero emission taxi fleet thanks to a three-way a partnership among the Rio de Janeiro City Government, Nissan in Brazil and Petrobras Distribuidora. In the first phase of the program, two100% electric Nissan LEAF taxis will be available in Rio. By the end of the year, 13 more units will be added to the fleet.

The first two Nissan LEAF taxis will be available at the Santos Dumont airport stand. Their batteries will be recharged at two Petrobras service stations at the Rodrigo de Freitas lagoon and in the Barra da Tijuca area.

Nissan LEAF can’t stop winning awards. The latest comes from the Canadian Government, which has declared the world’s best- selling electric vehicle one of the winners of its 2013 ecoENERGY for Vehicles Awards.

With more than 50,000 examples on the globe's roads and two years of real-world zero-emissions experience behind it, the next chapter in the Nissan LEAF story is about to begin.

Sydney has become the latest major city to offer its employees a fleet of zero-emission Nissan LEAFs. The recent delivery of ten LEAFs, the single largest order in Australia, reaffirms the New South Wales city's commitment to green initiatives – and serves as an example to its 4.6 million inhabitants.

We’ve already got cars that park themselves… but this is something different. At the touch of a button this Nissan LEAF can do the school run or even take you to work. By itself…

But although it sounds like something from a science fiction movie, the aptly named RobotCar is a deadly serious research project being undertaken by the University of Oxford in the UK.

Entrepreneur and environmentalist Rob Wilder uses solar energy from his home to power his zero-emission Nissan LEAF and explains how other Renault and Nissan electric vehicle owners can do the same thing.

Drivers of the future are getting a taste of the car of the future. Driving instructor Paul Tomalin has taken delivery of a pure electric Nissan LEAF, becoming the first in the UK to use an EV to teach learners how to drive.

Today the 100% electric Nissan LEAF marked another milestone in the history of EVs as it passed the 50,000 sales mark, reinforcing its position as the best selling electric vehicle of all time.