Latest order gives AVIS Europe’s biggest EV fleet

AVIS Denmark has placed an order for 401 Nissan e-NV200 vans and 60 units of the Nissan LEAF. Along with the 400 Nissan LEAF electric cars ordered in 2014, AVIS now has the largest electric vehicle fleet in Europe with 861 vehicles.

Director of electric vehicles for Nissan Europe, Jean-Pierre Diernaz, commented: "We are very happy to be working with AVIS again to create a lease offering for customers in Denmark. With big companies like AVIS in Denmark and DHL in Italy placing significant orders for Nissan electric vehicles we can see that more people are realising the unique combination of driving comfort, low running costs and zero emissions is very appealing."

AVIS Denmark managing director, Kasper Gjedsted, believes the company can build upon the previous success of the Nissan LEAF and appeal to new customers as a result of the deal: "We had great success already with the Nissan LEAF in Denmark and we leased all of the units we purchased from Nissan very quickly, which has led to us ordering more. To follow up that success we have decided to add the e-NV200 vehicle to broaden our offering and appeal to new types of customers."