Nissan Is Fully Charged With 'Innovation In Electric Vehicles' Honour At Annual Carbuyer & Alphr 'Car Tech' Awards

November 29, 2017 by Nissan

London, UK (November 29, 2017) – Nissan has been awarded top honours at the second annual Carbuyer & Alphr Car Tech Awards for its role in the innovation and growth of the electric vehicle segment.

Nissan received the 'Innovation in Electric Vehicles' Award not just for its all-electric models, but also for its work in developing EV infrastructure and driving wider improvements across the EV industry.

The Car Tech Awards judging panel commented; 'Electric vehicles are more in the public's conscious than ever before and no mainstream manufacturer is doing more to grow the market and infrastructure than Nissan. The winner of our Innovation in EVs award not only builds the world's best-selling electric car, but its wider thinking is remarkable. It's planning a 20% increase in outdoor charging points in Europe, readying the second-generation Nissan LEAF and, perhaps most interestingly, working on bi-directional charging, a clever system allowing LEAF owners to draw power from the grid to charge their car and sell power back to the grid at peak times for others to use.'

Alex Smith, managing director, Nissan Motor (GB) Ltd. added; 'Since 2010, Nissan has led the charge for mass-market, electric vehicle adoption. We've proved the technology to consumers, supported charging infrastructure development and evolved EVs beyond transport into energy storage and connected services. With the second-generation Nissan LEAF arriving in 2018, we're seeing unprecedented interest in our all-electric line-up. This is a very exciting time for the EV market.'

This latest recognition follows the newly-unveiled new Nissan LEAF already being presented with a CES Best of Innovation award for Vehicle Intelligence and Self-Driving Technology and CES honouree for Tech for a Better World at the Consumer Electronics Show's Best of Innovation awards.

Now in its second year, the Car Tech Awards is a celebration of the best in-car technology launched over the past 12 months, judged by experts from Carbuyer and Alphr. From driving assistance systems to safety innovations, the awards seek to deliver advice to car buyers on both technological advances and driver 'must haves': reliability, value for money and practicality.

In October, Nissan unveiled the all-new Nissan LEAF in Europe, the next generation of the best-selling zero-emissions electric vehicle. Embodying Nissan's Intelligent Mobility vision, the new model has been reinvented to offer greater range (up to 235miles (NEDC) on a single charge), dynamic design, advanced driver assistance technologies and enhanced connectivity.

A unique version is on sale now in the UK – the new Nissan LEAF 2.ZERO limited edition. This version is the first model in Europe to be fully equipped with Nissan's ProPILOT technology. Priced at £26,490 including Government Grant, cars will be delivered from the beginning of 2018.

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About Nissan in the UK

•Nissan Sunderland Plant produces the Nissan Qashqai, Juke, Infiniti Q30 and the 100% electric Nissan LEAF

•Production of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles began in 2012

•Total plant volume since 1986 stands at more than 9 million units with 80 per cent of production exported to over 100 markets worldwide

•Total investment made and announced since then is over £4.0 billion

•507,436 units were produced at Sunderland plant in 2016

•Employment in Nissan's UK design studio (Paddington, London), technical centre (Cranfield Bedfordshire), manufacturing plant (Sunderland, Tyne and Wear) and sales and marketing operations (Maple Cross, Hertfordshire) now totals more than 8,000.

•A further 28,000 jobs in Nissan's UK supply chain and 4,000 in its UK dealer network takes the total British jobs supported by Nissan to more than 40,000

About Nissan in Europe

Nissan has one of the most comprehensive European presences of any overseas manufacturer, employing more than 17,000 staff across locally-based design, research & development, manufacturing, logistics and sales & marketing operations. Last year Nissan plants in the UK, Spain and Russia produced more than 660,000 vehicles including award-winning crossovers, commercial vehicles and the Nissan LEAF, the world's most popular electric vehicle. Pursuing a goal of zero emissions and zero fatalities on the road, Nissan is leading the field with its vision of Intelligent Mobility. Designed to guide Nissan's product and technology pipeline, this 360 degree approach to the future of mobility will anchor critical company decisions around how cars are powered, how cars are driven, and how cars integrate into society. Nissan is positioned to become the most desirable Asian brand in Europe.

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About Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.

Nissan is a global full-line vehicle manufacturer that sells more than 60 models under the Nissan, INFINITI and Datsun brands. In fiscal year 2016, the company sold 5.63 million vehicles globally, generating revenues of 11.72 trillion yen. In fiscal 2017, the company embarked on Nissan M.OV.E. to 2022, a six-year plan targeting a 30% increase in annualized revenues to 16.5 trillion yen by the end of fiscal 2022, along with a core operating profit margin of 8% and cumulative free cash flow of 2.5 trillion yen. As part of Nissan M.OV.E. to 2022, the company plans to extend its leadership in electric vehicles, symbolized by the world's best-selling all-electric vehicle in history, the Nissan LEAF. Nissan's global headquarters in Yokohama, Japan, manages operations in six regions: Asia & Oceania; Africa, the Middle East & India; China; Europe; Latin America; and North America. Nissan has a global workforce of 247,500 and has been partnered with French manufacturer Renault since 1999. In 2016, Nissan acquired a 34% stake in Mitsubishi Motors. Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi is today the world's largest automotive partnership, with combined annual sales of more than 10 million vehicles a year.