With more than 147,000 all-electric Nissan LEAF vehicles on roads around the world, Nissan is researching ways to put some of the 3.6 million kilowatt hours of available battery storage to work in ways other than driving, adding more value for LEAF owners.

As part of a milestone project introduced today by the U.S. Air Force and the California Energy Commission at Los Angeles Air Force Base, the U.S. Department of Defense is deploying 13 Nissan LEAFs in a vehicle-to-grid program, the first such program in the United States to include LEAF. Nissan LEAF will also be included in similar projects at other U.S. bases.