The new Leaf electric car from Nissan is expected to be a big hit when it is released and the firm is confident that the model will sell out quickly.

Orders started being taken for the environmentally-friendly sedan, which can travel up to 100 miles before requiring a re-charge, last week and the firm believes that interest in the vehicle already bodes well for its future.

Some 6,635 people have registered to purchase the electric car by Saturday (April 24th), which is more than ten per cent of the expected production figures for the first year alone.

Dave Mingle, senior director of customer management and business strategy for Nissan, said: "We had 2,700 reservations in the first three hours. It exceeded what we expected, though we knew from what the hand-raisers were telling us this is an exceptionally passionate crowd."

The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association recently said that an increasing number of EU member states are turning to CO2-based taxation or incentives to get more people to take up electric vehicles.

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