Nissan Named National Drive Electric Week Sponsor Until 2017

Jun 12, 2015

Nissan has just been named by Plug In America as the exclusive automotive sponsor of National Drive Electric Week until 2017. With its fifth anniversary coming this September, the largest yearly organized event featuring plug-in vehicles will involve a variety of activities including test-drives in various U.S. cities and more.

“Nissan is a driving force in the plug-in vehicle industry, with the top-selling electric vehicle, Nissan LEAF, and with investments in charging infrastructure and consumer education,” said Tom Saxton, Plug In America’s Program Manager for National Drive Electric Week. “Nissan’s support of National Drive Electric Week helps Plug In America with our efforts to rapidly increase adoption of EVs of all kinds in cities across the U.S.”

National Drive Electric Week is centered on the mindset that a drive in a clean plug-in car will trump everything and convince gasoline powered drivers to make the switch. The event started in 2011 and has grown from 29 cities to over 150 cities in both the U.S and other countries. The Sierra Group, Plug In America, and the Electric Auto Association work together to put on events that feature different electric and hybrid cars from a variety of automakers.

Nissan and the company’s fully electric LEAF have exclusively sponsored the event for the past two years. The LEAF tops electric car sales throughout the world with over 178,000 sales throughout the globe and 80,000 in the United States. The LEAF can seat up to five people and can drive an EPA-estimated* 84 miles on a full charge with MPGe ratings up to 126 city, 101 highway, and 114 combined.

*2015 EPA Fuel Economy Estimate 126 city, 101 highway. Based on EPA formula of 33.7 kW/hour equal to one gallon of gasoline energy, EPA rated the LEAF® equivalent to 126 MPG measured as gasoline fuel efficiency in city driving, and 101 MPG in highway driving. Actual mileage may vary with driving conditions — use for comparison only. 2015 EPA range of 84 miles.