A man's hand reaches the handle of a plug after the fast charging of a Nissan Leaf electric car at an electrical charging point offering an EV 30 minute charge at a south London Nissan dealership. The Nissan Leaf (an acronym for Leading, Environmentally friendly, Affordable, Family car is a five-door hatchback electric car manufactured by Nissan and introduced in Japan and the United States in December 2010. The US Environmental Protection Agency official range is 117 kilometres (73 mi), with an energy consumption of 765 kilojoules per kilometre (34 kW·h/100 mi) and rated the Leaf's combined fuel economy at 99 miles per gallon gasoline equivalent (2.4 L/100 km). The Leaf has a range of 175 km (109 mi) on the New European Driving Cycle.
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