The Nissan Leaf is the best-selling electric car in Europe and Renault wants to launch another model

Not long ago we saw a list of the ten best-selling electric cars in Spain. On that list, the top model was the Renault Zoe, although closely followed by the Nissan Leaf. Across Europe as a whole, however, the Japanese model reigns over the entire European market. Nissan has recorded sales of 26,000 units in the first 8 months of the year to customers across the territory.

One tends to think that large fleets are the ones interested in this type of vehicle, which translates into fuel savings for these customers. In reality, though, only 6,000 Nissan Leaf units have gone to companies. The rest, some 20,000 cars, have been delivered to private customers, which is quite interesting.

The European countries where the presence of the Nissan Leaf has grown the most are Austria, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain. Norway deserves a separate mention, where the Nissan Leaf is not only the best-selling electric car, but its sales exceed those of combustion-engine cars. It sounds strange, I know, but Norway has pursued a policy that has made electric cars very popular.

The features of the new Nissan Leaf place it well above the previous version and make it an efficient car, with technology designed to make it a connected and very safe vehicle, as it holds five Euro NCAP stars. But the battle to be the best-selling electric car continues, and manufacturers are encouraged to keep building this type of vehicle.

Renault is partner of Nissan, and together they are achieving the best electric car sales results in Europe. The CMF-EV platform§h33# will arrive soon, which Nissan and Mitsubishi already share. This platform will be used to build, under the Renault badge, a compact electric car that will complement the Renault range in every segment.

The B-segment is covered by the Renault Zoe, the A-segment will have the newly unveiled K-ZE, and with this new compact electric project it will also cover the C-segment. That said, it will presumably be a crossover, because Renault rightly considers that this is the segment for this type of car that is growing the most.

Nissan and Renault are playing their cards well so that the vehicles of both brands remain the sales leaders in Europe.

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