Nissan Unveils 'LEAF to Home' Power Supply System

Written by Michelle Novo: 09-August-2011

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Hot on the (w)heels of Toyota's announcement about fitting 2012 Prius cars with power outlets to run large household appliances, Nissan has unveiled its contribution to a zero-emission society: a system which allows homes to get electricity from the lithium-ion batteries installed in Nissan's all-electric LEAF.

The system will see electricity stored in the Nissan LEAF's battery distributed to an ordinary household by connecting the car to the house's electricity panel.

With this system, the Nissan LEAF can be used as an electricity storage device for power outages and shortages. The lithium-ion batteries can store enough electricity to power an average household for up to three days.

Nissan's goal is to supply households with a stable amount of electricity throughout the day, thereby reducing the burden on the current power supply.

The ‘Leaf to Home' system will be available in Japan from March 2012.

Nissan hopes to introduce another six electric vehicle models by 2016. The Japanese automaker predicts it will sell 1.5 million electric vehicles over the next six years along with its French partner, Renault. This is an ambitious claim considering Nissan has sold only 11,000 LEAFs globally as of mid-July after its launch last December.