Nissan will test electric Leaf in a Russian winter. For this experiment did not originally designed for low temperatures to warm hatchback: near the batteries are installed extra heaters.
The company has not yet convinced that this measure will be sufficient to ensure that the car has passed the test: may need additional measures.
The final decision on the withdrawal of the Russian market electric car, too, is still pending. In many ways, it will depend on how you cope with Leaf frost, but this is not the only reason for hesitation in the Nissan does not believe that electric cars will be in any appreciable demand in a country where there are no electric charge and elektrozapravok accounts of ordinary everyday the wall outlet.
However, the example of Mitsubishi says the opposite: i-MiEV, while remaining the only electric vehicles on the market in Russia enjoys greater demand than in many European countries.
autonews.ru
The company has not yet convinced that this measure will be sufficient to ensure that the car has passed the test: may need additional measures.
The final decision on the withdrawal of the Russian market electric car, too, is still pending. In many ways, it will depend on how you cope with Leaf frost, but this is not the only reason for hesitation in the Nissan does not believe that electric cars will be in any appreciable demand in a country where there are no electric charge and elektrozapravok accounts of ordinary everyday the wall outlet.
However, the example of Mitsubishi says the opposite: i-MiEV, while remaining the only electric vehicles on the market in Russia enjoys greater demand than in many European countries.
autonews.ru