Having delivered the first batch of Nissan Leaf vehicles to 
Europe on Thursday, Japanese manufacturer Nissan announced its expansion plans in Europe. Building on the agreement partner Renault had with the Spanish autonomous region Castilla y Leon (the French auto maker will be manufacturing here an electric vehicle starting this year), the car maker revealed today it would be delivering the Leaf to the region as well.
Through the memorandum of understanding signed with the local authorities, Nissan will also work to create and develop a charging infrastructure. The authorities will try and provide future Leaf customers financial and non-financial incentives, including tax credits and subsidies for home charging units.
In all, the province will install 900 public charging points by 2015, 300 of which will be on the streets. By the end of 2011, the first year of the Leaf on the market, the car maker expects to make use of 40 charging points above ground and 60 underground, in parking lots.
“Castilla y Leon will be the first Spanish region to mass produce a 100 percent electric car when Renault, with whom we signed an agreement last year, starts producing here in late 2011. Our Regional Strategy for EVs includes measures to boost consumer demand and industrial activities linked to such cars,” said
Tomas Villanueva, economic vice president of the regional government.
“We are also investing in the necessary charging infrastructure to guarantee the success of this new mode of transportation. Together with Nissan and Renault, the two leading global automakers in electromobility, we now have a solid partnership for advancing the market."
Through the memorandum of understanding signed with the local authorities, Nissan will also work to create and develop a charging infrastructure. The authorities will try and provide future Leaf customers financial and non-financial incentives, including tax credits and subsidies for home charging units.
In all, the province will install 900 public charging points by 2015, 300 of which will be on the streets. By the end of 2011, the first year of the Leaf on the market, the car maker expects to make use of 40 charging points above ground and 60 underground, in parking lots.
“Castilla y Leon will be the first Spanish region to mass produce a 100 percent electric car when Renault, with whom we signed an agreement last year, starts producing here in late 2011. Our Regional Strategy for EVs includes measures to boost consumer demand and industrial activities linked to such cars,” said
Tomas Villanueva, economic vice president of the regional government.
“We are also investing in the necessary charging infrastructure to guarantee the success of this new mode of transportation. Together with Nissan and Renault, the two leading global automakers in electromobility, we now have a solid partnership for advancing the market."
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