Four Special Nissan Leaf Electric Cars To Celebrate 4 Years On Sale

This week marks the fourth anniversary of the first sale of a Nissan Leaf electric car.

Roughly 150,000 sales later, the Leaf is by far the bestselling electric car in the word, and it's often become a poster child for the plug-in electric vehicle segment.

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It all started with a black 2011 Leaf delivered to California resident Olivier Chalouhi on December 11, 2010--but many other significant and unusual examples of the Leaf have appeared since then.

To commemorate the fourth anniversary of its launch, Transport Evolved decided to look back on four special Leafs.

One of them is a 2011 Leaf driven by Washington state resident Steve Marsh. Despite a 130-mile round-trip commute, range anxiety hasn't been much of a concern as Marsh has racked up the miles.

The Leaf currently has more than 100,000 miles on its odometer. While the battery pack has lost about 17 percent of its capacity, the car is still going strong.

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High-mileage Leafs aren't unknown. Many are operated in commercial fleets--including as taxis--proving that electric cars can handle the daily grind.

As one of only a handful of widely-available electric cars, the Leaf has also taken on some bizarre roles over the past four years.