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The Nissan Leaf (also formatted "LEAF" as a backronym for leading environmentally-friendly affordable family car) is a compact five-door hatchback electric car manufactured by Nissan and introduced in Japan and the United States in December 2010, followed by various European countries and Canada in 2011.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) official range for the 2016 model year Leaf with the 30 kWh battery is on a full battery charge, while the trim with the smaller 24 kWh battery is, the same as the 2014/15 model year.

Leaf battery packs can be charged from fully discharged to 80% capacity in about 30 minutes using DC fast charging.

The BMW i3 is a five-door urban electric car developed by the German car manufacturer BMW.

The i3 is part of BMW's "Project i" and was launched as a new brand.

The i3 is BMW's first zero emissions mass-produced vehicle due to its electric powertrain, and BMW is the first company to launch a volume production vehicle on the market featuring carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer to improve the vehicle's energy consumption.

Until November 2016, the BMW i3 was the most fuel efficient EPA-certified vehicle of all years regardless of fuel type, while the i3 REx continues to rank as the most efficient EPA-certified current year vehicle with a gasoline engine in terms of its combined gasoline/electricity rating.

CHAdeMO is the trade name of a quick charging method for battery electric vehicles delivering up to 62.5 kW of direct current (500 V, 125 A) via a special electrical connector.

The Chevrolet Volt is a plug-in hybrid manufactured by General Motors, also marketed in rebadged variants as the Holden Volt in Australia and New Zealand, and with a different fascia as the Vauxhall Ampera in the United Kingdom and as the Opel Ampera in the remainder of Europe.

An electric car is an automobile that is propelled by one or more electric motors, using electrical energy stored in rechargeable batteries or another energy storage device.

Electric motors give electric cars instant torque, creating strong and smooth acceleration.

They are also around three times as efficient as cars with an internal combustion engine.

The first practical electric cars were produced in the 1880s.

Electric cars were popular in the late 19th century and early 20th century, until advances in internal combustion engines, electric starters in particular, and mass production of cheaper gasoline vehicles led to a decline in the use of electric drive vehicles.