In celebration of World EV Day, Nissan marked the production of the 500,000th Leaf, the world’s first mass-market 100% electric car.
The milestone was achieved at Nissan’s plant in Sunderland, England, almost a decade after the model first went on sale. The plant has built more than 175,000 Leaf cars since it began producing the model in 2013.
With more than 14.8 billion clean-air kilometers driven since 20101, Nissan claims Leaf owners around the world have helped prevent more than 2.4 billion kilograms of CO2 emissions.
