World Food Programme and International Committee of the Red Cross to experience the 100% electric Nissan LEAF for 6 months

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. and Fleet Forum today handed over a 100% electric Nissan LEAF to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the World Food Programme (WFP), signaling the start of the Electric Vehicle Demonstrator Programme. 

From June 13 to June 22, the Renault-Nissan Alliance was in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for Rio+20 to demonstrate that EVs are a real and affordable solution for sustainable transportation. The Alliance ran an EV shuttle for the UN delegates and had its EVs on display at the HSBC Arena where the public could sign up for test drives.
See our recap video here:

This cheeky Nissan LEAF decided to have a bit of fun and pulled up to a gas station. These brave attendants did their best to find a way to refill the car, little did they know that LEAF is no ordinary car ...

Dr. Awni Behnam, president of the International Ocean Institute and former, longtime UN diplomat, took a ride in Nissan LEAF and Twizy at Rio+20.

In this video interview, he talks about the need for both clean modes of transportation, as well as energy sources in order to combat C02 emissions. He also describes his amazement at how quiet electric vehicles are and how he believes they can go a long way in improving our quality of life.

On June 18, Toshiaki Otani, Managing Director for the Renault-Nissan Alliance Battery Business, met with Brazilian media in the morning before attending a UN co-sponsored conference on electric mobility at the headquarters of Electrobras Furnas, the largest renewable energy maker in Brazil.

At the “Global Forum on Electric Mobility: Greening Transport for Sustainable Development,” Mr. Otani spoke about the arrival of the age of zero-emission mobility and the need for the public and private sector to work together for a sustainable transport future.

Our Renault Fluence Z.E. and Nissan LEAF have been working hard shuttling UN delegates around all day. So we decided to give them some time off and take them to the beach.
They had a lot of fun but got held up in Ipanema... and not by the traffic.

Meet Krystal Laymon – here at Rio+20 from Columbia University in New York City - and find out how much she enjoyed her first ride in a zero-emission car, a Nissan LEAF.
 

A fleet of electric vehicles from the Renault-Nissan Alliance will shuttle United Nations delegates at its Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro, the world’s largest environmental summit.

More than 50,000 delegates, including 400 from the UN, are expected to attend the summit - nicknamed “Rio+20” - to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the United Nations’ Earth Summit in Rio, where countries agreed to a blueprint for economic growth, social equity and environmental protection.

Welcome to Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where the Alliance is running an EV shuttle service for the United Nations delegates. Close to the RioCentro Convention Center where most of the high-level Rio+20 talks are taking place, you will find the HSBC Arena. This is where Nissan LEAF, Renault Kangoo Z.E. and Twizy are on display and where you can sign up for a zero-emission test drive. 

Here is Mia Nielsen introducing our activities in Rio.

Zero-emission vehicles will have a role to play at the upcoming United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development - also known as Rio+20 - in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

From June 13-22, a fleet of electric vehicles from the Alliance - Nissan LEAF, Renault Kangoo Z.E. and Renault Fluence Z.E. - will be used for shuttling UN delegates in and around the city. The vehicles will also be made available to the delegates for test driving.