Nissan Café opens to celebrate 3 billion EV kilometres
Nissan Leaf owners have reached a staggering three billion kilometres worldwide, saving nearly 500 million kilograms of CO2 emissions.
The Japanese automobile manufacturer celebrated the announcement by opening a ‘pay with energy’ pop-up café in Paris.
The Nissan Electric Café was opened to the public in the capital, for a limited time only, 16-18 December. The Nissan café offered customers the opportunity to use innovative technology to produce their own energy. This energy was then used as a currency to pay for goods and services at the café – this allowed customers to experience the electric lifestyle.
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The photo illustrates the Pavegen electro-magnetic induction tiles to generate power and try out the Pavegen photo-pod, where customers are challenged to jump to produce enough energy for a snap.
The pop-up featured technologies that mirror Nissan’s Intelligent Mobility. It includes xStorage Home unit – which is an energy storage system designed to give customers greater control over when and how they use energy in their homes, this enables them to avoid expensive tariff periods.
“When we introduced the world’s first mass-market electric vehicle, the Nissan Leaf, it triggered a new wave of interest in zero emission technology and was the first step on our path to achieving Intelligent Mobility,” said Gareth Dunsmore, Director of Electric Vehicles, Nissan Europe,
“Since then, our electric vehicles have grown in popularity, and today our Leaf customers have reached a landmark moment having collectively driven over three billion kilometres, saving almost 500 million kilograms of CO2 emissions. But electric vehicles are just one element of Nissan’s vision. Our pay with energy café is the perfect way of showcasing how we can potentially revolutionise the way in which we generate and utilise energy. We want to allow people to experience for themselves how new technologies such as xStorage Home can benefit their lives today, as well as help improve the lives of future generations.”
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With the opening of the café, Nissan launched Electrify The World – a new digital community platform. This platform will be used to inspire conversations about sustainability and cleaner living on all Nissan’s social media accounts.