If Nissan had its way, the London 2012 Olympics would have been teaming with electric vehicles. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) had chosen BMW to supply more than 4,000 vehicles for the games, only a small fraction of which will be electric.
Nissan criticizes the London 2012 organizing committee for this move, saying that London missed out on a prime opportunity to build confidence in electric vehicles in the UK. In an interview with Autocar, LOCOG expressed doubts that the city would have a suitable electric infrastructure in place in time for the games.
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