When you pop the hood on a Nissan LEAF™, you may notice a few things are missing. For instance, there's no starter, no alternator or sparkplugs, in fact there's no engine in the traditional sense. That's because there's no gas. Nissan LEAF™ runs on electricity, and though that's been around for a long time, we like to think of it as the new fuel.
To use the new fuel to run a car, you need a piece of technology called an inverter. It works a bit like a fuel pump in a traditional engine by getting fuel to the motor, but in this case, the fuel isn't gasoline; it's electricity, stored in Nissan LEAF's™ battery.
And just as you control the flow of gas in a traditional car, you control the flow of electricity in the Nissan LEAF™ with a pedal. Press down, it increases, and you speed up. Let up on the pedal, it decreases, and you slow down.
It's a simple principle. Simple and familiar.
And the way we see it, simple and familiar is a great way to think about the new fuel, and the new car as well.
