Nissan: Leaf becomes a Christmas tree 🎥
NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE For Christmas, Nissan is transforming the all-electric Leaf into a glowing Christmas tree. The one-of-a-kind Tree also shows how to recover energy when braking. Here's a look at how the Leaf is transformed, lamp by lamp, into a Christmas car. Equipped with thousands of LEDs, shimmering baubles and a reindeer, the Leaf shines brighter than [...]
Here you can see how the Leaf is transformed lamp by lamp into a Christmas car.
Equipped with thousands of LEDs, shimmering balls and a reindeer, the Leaf shines brighter than Rudolf's nose. The electric car generates the necessary energy itself.
Brake energy recovery system
With the e-pedal, Leaf drivers can not only accelerate but also decelerate to a standstill. As soon as the driver takes his foot off the pedal, the energy generated during braking flows back into the high-voltage battery, increasing the range. But even in classic driving mode, the braking energy recovery system feeds the battery.
Energy through regeneration
The Nissan Tree's sparkling display is a reminder of this type of energy generation made possible by electric cars: Driving 18,000 kilometers a year, the average driver of a Nissan Leaf regenerates a total of 744 kWh of clean energy - equivalent to about 20 percent of the electricity consumed by a European household, which uses an average of about 3,600 kWh a year.
Electricity for Christmas dinner
Leaf drivers can generate enough energy for 266 Christmas trees with 700 light bulbs that light up for an hour each, 297 ovens to braise Christmas dinner for an hour,
744 televisions showing popular classics for five hours, and 10,783 homes with 1000 LED lights burning for five hours.
