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TOKYO, Japan - Nissan has admitted that customers in the US and its home market Japan have reported problems re-starting their all-electric Leaf vehicles after switching off the motor.
A Nissan spokesman said: "We are studying the cause of the problem - the fault poses no accident risk."
Nissan's launch of the Leaf in Japan and the US in December 2010 was seen as a bet on drivers' readiness to embrace the first globally mass-produced electric car, its name an acronym for Leading Environmentally-friendly Affordable Family car.
6000 LAUNCH ORDERS
It enjoyed a crescendo of industry buzz in the build-up to its launch and was the first electric vehicle to win European Car of the Year.
The Japanese automaker received 6000 pre-launch orders in Japan and 20 000 in the US.
Nissan and its French partner Renault have staked their future on electric vehicles and plan to launch several models by 2014 to meet rapidly rising demand for more environmentally friendly personal transport.
They have invested the equivalent of R40-billion the programme.
A Nissan spokesman said: "We are studying the cause of the problem - the fault poses no accident risk."
Nissan's launch of the Leaf in Japan and the US in December 2010 was seen as a bet on drivers' readiness to embrace the first globally mass-produced electric car, its name an acronym for Leading Environmentally-friendly Affordable Family car.
6000 LAUNCH ORDERS
It enjoyed a crescendo of industry buzz in the build-up to its launch and was the first electric vehicle to win European Car of the Year.
The Japanese automaker received 6000 pre-launch orders in Japan and 20 000 in the US.
Nissan and its French partner Renault have staked their future on electric vehicles and plan to launch several models by 2014 to meet rapidly rising demand for more environmentally friendly personal transport.
They have invested the equivalent of R40-billion the programme.
