2. Nissan Leaf

The Nissan Leaf is a compact 5-door hatchback 100% electric car to be produced by Nissan. The Nissan leaf will have an estimated range of 100 miles (160 km) and with a top speed of 90 mph (145 km). This 5-door hatchback has been in production since late 2009 and is expected to hit the market as early as December of 2010 in North America & Japan and will be followed by some countries in Europe, Australia and China by late 2011 early 2012. The price of the Nissan leaf will vary from $33,000 dollars in the US up to ¥3.76 million yens ($44,600 dollars) in Japan. The Nissan Leaf is widely believed to be the world's first affordable zero emission electric vehicle.



The Nissan Leaf will have 3 levels of charging, two charging receptacles 120 and 220 V AC and a third DC connector for high-voltage quick charging. Using the 120 V receptacle will charge your batteries from empty under 20 hours and the 220 V will charge your batteries from empty under 8 hours. Using level 3 will recharge you batteries from empty to 80% in only 30 minutes.