Nissan LEAF confirmed as UK's fastest growing small family car

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Automaker says November sales were over double levels seen in the same month last year

The Nissan LEAF is the UK's fastest growing small family car, the automaker said this week, with sales of the all-electric vehicle (EV) last month reaching over double their November 2015 levels. According...

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