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Nissan is donating Leafs and electric-vehicle charging stations to Middle Tennessee State University. And the good news is that the cars will be able to get to campus from the Nissan factory on a single charge, with plenty of room to spare.
The Japanese automaker will give two Leafs and three charging stations to the university as part of an effort to promote electric-powered vehicle transportation. The vehicles will be used as part of the school's vehicle fleet, while the charging stations will be available to students, faculty and visitors, according to Middle Tennessee State.
The university is located about 15 miles southeast of the Nissan factory in Smyrna, TN. Nissan, whose year-to-date U.S. sales of the Leaf are down 26 percent from a year earlier, will start producing domestic Leafs at the factory by the end of the year and will add a new factory for lithium-ion battery production.
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