NISSAN sellers are getting ready for the arrival of a brand new sort of numberplate this autumn.

The plates are being introduced in particularly for electrical automobiles and have an attention-grabbing inexperienced flash on the left-hand facet to spotlight the truth that EVs are emission-free.

As 70-plate fashions are being launched at Nissan sellers, trial inexperienced numberplates have been fitted to point out electrical automobile clients how they might look once they hit the highway later this 12 months.

The initiative was introduced by Transport Secretary Grant Shapps in June as a part of a wider plan to drive a ‘inexperienced financial restoration’ after the turmoil brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.

The inexperienced numberplates will make it simpler for vehicles to be recognized as zero-emission automobiles, serving to native authorities design and implement new insurance policies to encourage folks to personal and drive them.

For instance, drivers may gain advantage from native initiatives akin to cheaper parking and free entry into zero-emission zones.

Mr Shapps mentioned the plates may additionally ‘enhance consciousness of cleaner automobiles on our roads and present folks {that a} greener transport future is inside our grasp’.

Nissan has been within the forefront of EV analysis and improvement for a few years now – the emission-free LEAF hatchback was launched a decade in the past and the beautiful new Ariya is simply across the nook. LEAF is able to travelling as much as 239 miles on a single charge.

A Nissan spokesman mentioned:

‘Something that encourages electrical automobile use is to be inspired and we predict the inexperienced plates will show extremely helpful when it comes to elevating consciousness of the advantages of emission-free motoring.’

An actual date for the introduction of the inexperienced numberplates has but to be introduced however the Division of Transport confirmed as we speak they are going to be arriving this autumn.