The New York Times featured the efforts put together by Nissan in the wake of the devastating earthquake and tsunami, donating pure electric EV vehicles that would work the best to help relief efforts. Immediately after the catastrophe, power was restored significantly quicker than fuel was available, making the donated vehicles uniquely qualified to offer assistance.
View the complete article here, and some highlighted excerpts are available below, and offers a new light on the abilities and possibilities of EV vehicles in city/government situations, along with their practicality for individual owners.
"There was almost no gas at the time, so I was extremely thankful when I heard about the offer," said Tetsuo Ishii, a division chief in the environmental department in Sendai, which also got four Nissan Leaf electric cars. "If we hadn't received the cars, it would have been very difficult to do what we needed to."
Mr. Ishii and other officials in Sendai assigned the cars strategically. Two were used to?
