Nissan Leaf is 2011 European Car of the Year
29 Nov 2010, 13:21 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / Nissan's big bet on electric cars is starting to pay off, as the Leaf has become the first all-electric vehicle to be honored with the "Car of the Year" award. The Leaf achieved 257 p...
The Nissan Leaf Will Have Low Insurance Premiums
25 Nov 2010, 10:11 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / With all the talk of purchase price, charging costs, tax incentives, congestion charging exemptions and maintenance costs for EVs, there is one vehicle expense that people seem to have forgotten: in...
Chevy Volt Gets 93 MPGE EPA Rating
25 Nov 2010, 09:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / All the pieces of the soon to be war between the Chevrolet Volt PHEV and the Nissan Leaf EV are slowly falling into place. Earlier this week, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the ...
Nissan Leaf Gets EPA Rating: 99 MPG
23 Nov 2010, 06:19 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / And this is where thing begin to become blurry. The rise of the electric vehicle will likely cause headaches for consumers, who, knowing that the Leaf for instance is a pure EV, will have a hard tim...
First Award for the Volt: Green Car of the Year
18 Nov 2010, 19:29 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Chevrolet Volt hasn't even been launched on the market and has already won its first accolade and, why not, the first battle against its archenemy, the Nissan Leaf. The Volt has been named ...
Nissan Shelves Plans for Chinese Leaf
17 Nov 2010, 10:42 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Although most carmakers are quickly turning their attention towards China, one of the largest auto markets in the world, Nissan is yet to make a decision on bringing its all-electric Leaf in the cou...
Nissan Readies Task Force to Supervise Leaf Launch
12 Nov 2010, 17:27 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / Nissan wants to be ready to contain any minor issue regarding its Leaf electric vehicle after its release next month, so it is setting up a rapid reaction task force in the United States to troubles...
Nissan New Mobility Concept Ready to Roll
1 Nov 2010, 14:41 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / While getting ready to forever change the face of the automotive world, Japanese manufacturer Nissan has apparently not concentrated all its efforts to get the launch of the Leaf off with flying col...
Nissan Announces Leaf Price in Switzerland
29 Oct 2010, 06:52 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / One by one, countries all over the world are gearing up to receive the Nissan Leaf, the first global electric vehicle to be manufactured by a major carmaker. This time, it's the turn of Switzer...
Renault-Nissan Enters Ireland
28 Oct 2010, 07:31 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / With only a couple of months left until the market launch of the Nissan Leaf electric vehicle, the efforts made by the Renault-Nissan Zero Emission alliance to ease its entrance seem to have slowed ...
Nissan Technology Square in Johannesburg
22 Oct 2010, 10:06 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Japanese manufacturer Nissan, one of the most active players in the industry in recent years, announced today it plans to showcase its entire technology to the South African customers, through a dis...
Nissan Leaf EV Enters Production at Oppama, Japan
22 Oct 2010, 06:59 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Japanese automaker Nissan announced today it has started production of the new zero-emission Nissan LEAF electric vehicle, at its Oppama facility in Japan. The EV is set to go on sale in its home ma...
Nissan Leaf Trial Begins in Victoria
8 Oct 2010, 08:11 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Japanese manufacturer Nissan announced yesterday it will begin a lengthy five year trial program in the Australian state of Victoria, as part of a government program meant to research into the elect...
The Stig Drives the Nissan Leaf
6 Oct 2010, 12:06 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Now that the mystery surrounding the identity of the Stig has been shattered in not such a pleasant manner, the crowd of automotive enthusiasts had high hopes for the future, mostly because of the f...
Renault–Nissan Expands to Toronto
28 Sep 2010, 04:48 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The French-Japanese alliance for zero emission motoring between Renault and Nissan announced today it has found a new partner, this time in Canada. After a couple of years filled with partnerships s...
Nissan Tops 20,000 Reservations for the LEAF
24 Sep 2010, 05:57 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Things seem to go unexpectedly well for Nissan, as the company’s North American division has already announced it has reached its 20,000th reservation for the LEAF electric car. Nissan had onl...
Detroit Ride-and-Drive Electric Vehicles this October
22 Sep 2010, 06:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The countdown for the entry on the market of electric vehicles is slowly coming to end, yet most of the future EV customers have no idea how EVs drive and ride and, even more, have no means to compa...
Nissan Leaf Offered in Europe through LeasePlan
21 Sep 2010, 08:41 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A major leap for Japanese manufacturer Nissan and its electric Leaf took place this week in Europe, after the carmaker opened the flood doors to new segments of the market by partnering with LeasePl...
Nissan Leaf "new action TOUR" Moves into Phase 3
8 Sep 2010, 08:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The promotion tour announced by Japanese manufacturer Nissan in July and meant to promote the Leaf electric vehicle in Japan has already completed its first two stages in Kanagawa Prefecture, the bi...
Nissan Leaf Pre-Order Process Launches in the UK
6 Sep 2010, 12:01 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The British division of Nissan announced today it is now accepting orders for the Leaf, its all electric vehicle. First off, customers can sign up online via the dedicated reservation website and pu...