16 June 2014

Nissan's electric van launches soon

Nissan's electric van, the e-NV200, will go on sale in European markets this month at €20,610 (in France), writes Brian Byrne. The price is subject to reduction by government grants and subsidies wherever it is sold.

Built in Barcelona in Spain, the van will have a rated range of around 190km on a charge.

It will be the second of four zero-emissions vehicles planned by Nissan for launch by 2017.

No sales targets have been mentioned, but Nissan-Renault's original target of 1.5m EVs by 2017 has now been pushed back by up to three years.

With the Nissan Leaf accounting for most of the 150,000 EVs sold so far by the two companies, the e-NV200 now joins a range that includes the Leaf, and Renault's Zoe, Fluence, Kangoo van and the Twizy quadricycle.