With the Nissan Hypermini the Japanese constructor tested Nissan in the late 1990s are still underdeveloped at this time electric drive technology in vehicle in a subcompact car. The main problem of this generation of electric cars: The batteries were big and heavy and did not save enough energy to provide the necessary coverage. With the market launch of the more powerful and compact lithium-ion batteries, the developers then had the opportunity to their first major production model to design with pure electric drive: the Nissan Leaf. End of 2010, the five-seat compact car in Japan celebrated its premiere. By 2012, the Nissan Leaf was introduced in the markets in Europe. The launch of the zero-emission vehicle was there equal associated with an award ceremony. The Nissan Leaf was awarded as Car of the Year and was the first electric vehicle that received the award.
The Range of the Nissan Leaf 2012
Up to 160 km of the Nissan Leaf should be able to travel with charged batteries. After that, the batteries had to be recharged seven hours with standard power, or half an hour with power. Important to know: The range figures stated were to be understood as average. The actual range of electric cars depend both on external factors such as the temperature and the operating current sapping vehicle equipment such as the air conditioning. At best, the Nissan Leaf managed in the various tests of its trial operation routes 222-47 kilometers. However, the on-board computer the driver of the Nissan Leaf constantly informed about the remaining battery capacity, so that time power was refueled with appropriate infrastructure.
The Battery Technology of Nissan Leaf 2012
The Nissan Leaf had about 190 battery cells in lithium-ion design, weighing about 300 kilograms and was installed in packages under the vehicle floor. The advantage of this placement: The weight affected the center of gravity distribution and thus a positive effect on the driving stability. In addition, the storage space in the cargo compartment must not be restricted, so that there were about 330 liters in the Nissan Leaf for payload available. For the battery of the Nissan Leaf, the manufacturer was a warranty of eight years or 160,000 kilometers. A disadvantage of the technique: Depending on the number of charges the total lifetime of the batteries at the time of the launch was still limited to around ten years.
The Performance of the Nissan Leaf 2012
The electric motor presented the Nissan Leaf up to 80 kW (109 hp). Thus, the first built in large-scale electric car manufacturer achieved depending on driving conditions a top speed 145-160 kilometers. From the prior 1.5-ton Nissan Leaf accelerated in about 11.3 seconds to 100 km / h. The Nissan leaf 2012 is one great vehicle to drive.