The carmaker orientate Nissan said its flagship car, dedicated to electric mobility, exceeded the production volumes of the Bluebird model at the British plant in Sunderland. Let's find out why this data is to be kept in mind.

All those who are young, if anything , do not remember perfectly the legendary Nissan Bluebird. We are talking about a car that defined the history of the Japanese house. It was produced from 1955 until 2001 on a world scale and even until 2007 in China.

We are talking about a compact car, 3 volumes, which has also been declined in a Coupé, and various sports forms. It was a truly iconic vehicle for the oriental house Nissan. There are not many cars that have defined the history of a car manufacturer and above all over so many decades.

Clearly it has been remodeled in line and shape over the course of almost 60 years , but when you say Nissan Bluebird, surely people of a certain age know very well what we are talking about. She has also appeared in many US films and in many television series. To make a comparison, it can be defined as the Fiat Panda or the Fiat 500 of the Nissan house.

And it is therefore something important, if the Leaf, Nissan's flagship electric car, has already surpassed the production volumes of the Bluebird.

Data in hand means that around 187,000 units had been produced for the old Nissan vehicle. Currently, around 195,000 Nissan Leaves have been produced at the British plant in Sunderland.

While it once took about 22 or 24 hours to build a car, it currently takes just 10 hours to build a Nissan Leaf from scratch. So observing a new car, which takes up the space in terms of sales volumes of a car that has been positioned on the market for over 50 years, is certainly something very interesting.

Nissan Leaf by the way was one of the most awarded cars for the Nissan automaker. In fact, it won the coveted "European Car of the Year" award in 2011, "World Car of the Year" in 2011 and "Car of the Year Japan" in 2011 and 2012. Adding up all the different series, currently the number of Leaf in circulation on all the roads of the world by far exceeds half a million units.

This is a truly exceptional figure as there are not many cars that have at least half a million units positioned on the ground.

This news is to be considered part of a revolution that Nissan has initiated in the past years and which is pursuing with extreme strength. In fact, by 2030, it is committed to distributing only electrified vehicles in the most important markets. Furthermore, by 2050, the Japanese carmaker is committed to achieving carbon neutrality in all operations within the company and within the life cycle of its products.

To do this, it has developed an expansion plan in renewable energy production at the Sunderland plant. If all plans are successful, the approximately 37,000 solar panels would bring the share of renewable energy produced locally from renewable sources to 20%.

We will therefore see the new developments of Nissan Leaf and above all the sustainable mobility of the Japanese brand.

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