14 DAY TRIAL // The all-electric Nissan LEAF is a fairly popular ride these days, especially among those who care about the environment and are very much preoccupied with limiting climate change and global warming.
Although LEAF is a backronym for Leading, Environmentally friendly, Affordable, Family car, it looks like husbands and wives, maybe mothers and fathers, are not the only ones interested in taking Nissan's green ride out for a spin.
On the contrary, Business Green tells us that a safari park in the United Kingdom now has its very own all-electric Nissan LEAF, and could not be prouder or happier about it.
The park is named Knowsley Safari, and is located close to the city of Liverpool. By the looks of it, staff here take great pride in their work to protect the environment and educate others about the urgency to curb pollution.
The park even has a so-called Learning and Discovery team whose members often travel to local schools and talk to students about the Knowsley Safari's working agenda. Sometimes, they even bring animals such as snakes and spiders along.
Until being handed its new all-electric ride by the local Nissan dealer in Liverpool, the park had to put its Learning and Discovery team behind the wheel of a regular car. Each year, this car covered about 10,000 miles (16,093 kilometers).
Talking to the press, staff at Knowsley Safari has explained that this car that the team used to drive to local schools released a great deal of emissions. However, now that it has been replaced by the Nissan LEAF, the park's ecological footprint has considerably improved.
More so given the fact that the electricity needed to keep the all-electric four-wheeler up and running comes not from conventional sources, but is instead provided by solar panels installed within the safari park's perimeter.
“We operate in accordance with a strict sustainability plan and in that regard the Leaf is a winner too. It fits very neatly with the overall message the Learning and Discovery Team are delivering at schools across the region,” says Richard Smith, head of visitor services at Knowsley Safari.
“So many other businesses and individuals could be enjoying the environmental and economic benefits of the model as well and I'd encourage them to take a test drive and see how easily it could meet their needs.”
“Even when it's charged from a domestic socket rather than from solar panels, the Leaf costs just two pence per mile to run and it's hard to argue with that,” adds Nissan Liverpool General Sales Manager, Mike Thomas, who would like to see more organizations embrace the company's all-electric ride.