NISSAN has been showing the world just how strong its commitment is to combating air and noise pollution.
It co-hosted a conference entitled “The Liveable City” in Brussels yesterday that showed how electric vehicles will play a key role in creating sustainable and liveable cities. Nissan’s leadership in the segment is of significant importance, and along with alliance partner Renault it discussed its dedication to realising these objectives.
Since Nissan launched the Nissan LEAF – the world’s first mass-produced all-electric car – in 2010, it has cemented its position as the global leader of zero-emissions vehicles and has sold more 111,000 units globally, resulting in more than 1 billion km of road being driven without producing any combustible emissions or damage to the atmosphere.
Nissan has further bolstered its dedication to EV leadership with the recent launch of the 100 per cent electric e-NV200 van (pictured) to the market. The e-NV200, which is produced at Nissan’s plant in Barcelona, is set to revolutionise urban commercial and public transport.
The e-NV200 is one of three new vehicles being produced at the Barcelona plant over the next two years. The new Nissan Pulsar will be the next product to roll off the line at the factory later this year, followed by the launch of a new pick-up van in 2015.
According to the United Nations, levels of CO2 in the atmosphere need to be below 450 molecular parts out of a million. The use of combustion and hybrid engines will not reach this, so Nissan’s EV leadership position is central to achieving healthier and more habitable cities.
The conference was held in conjunction with the Catalonian delegation to the European Union as part of the EU’s Sustainable Energy Week, which ends tomorrow.
It was attended by panellists from the city councils of Barcelona and Amsterdam, private sector organisations EON and Bouygues, as well as representatives from civil society groups Polis and The Climate Group.