Nissan has unveiled the new Leaf electric car set for launch later this year. It is the first model to be launched under Nissan’s EV36Zero blueprint for

Third generation Nissan Leaf is aimed squarely at European consumers and will be built at the UK's largest car plant.

Nissan is betting on a new version of its Leaf electric vehicle (EV) to revive its fortunes, having gone from mass-market EV pioneer to laggard since its first model entered showrooms in 2010. The Japanese carmaker's third-generation Leaf was launched on Tuesday and will go on sale in the United States in the autumn,