Chevy Volt Allowed to Use Fast Lanes from 2012
3 Sep 2010, 08:58 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The perks of owning a Chevrolet Volt (or, in the long run, any electric or plug-in hybrid vehicles) keep on coming. Aside for the already announced incentives for buyers, actually owning one will al...
Nissan EV Movement Expands to Jordan
2 Sep 2010, 11:03 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / With only a few months left before the Leaf electric vehicle hits the market, the Japanese who manufacture it, Nissan, are still fighting to secure a good place for the vehicle in the market. The la...
Nissan Leaf Gets Incentives in Hawaii
2 Sep 2010, 10:58 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After back in May Japanese manufacturer Nissan announced it has added the state of Hawaii to the list of markets where the Leaf electric vehicle will be sold in, the end of August brought news of se...
Nissan Leaf Gets Its Colors and Trims
2 Sep 2010, 09:14 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As the official launch date for the first all-electric vehicle to be marketed worldwide approaches, Japanese manufacturer Nissan announced it is now opening the customization books for those who hav...
Nissan US to Spend More on Advertising
16 Aug 2010, 13:37 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Facing fierce competition from local carmakers when it comes to marketing its products, the Japanese from Nissan (as did the ones from Toyota, for that matter and, even better, South Korean manufact...
Renault Nissan's CO2-Free Island in Yakushima
6 Aug 2010, 09:04 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The efforts made by the French-Japanese alliance Renault Nissan to promote their line of electric vehicles is reaching new levels, after the two partners signed an agreement with Kagoshima Prefectur...
Portland GE Opens US' First Quick Charge Station
6 Aug 2010, 07:52 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The first quick charging station for electric vehicles in the US became operational this week in Portland, Oregon. Operated by Portland General Electric (GE), the station is capable of recharging an...
Renault-Nissan, Daikyo to Test Chargers for Condominiums
3 Aug 2010, 06:54 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As the last pieces of the puzzle fall into place and the Nissan Leaf is getting ready to take its place in the automotive world, one of the last problems for EV owners is about to get solved. Renaul...
Nissan Leaf Available for Order in Europe
30 Jul 2010, 08:54 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Japanese electric vehicle manufactured by Nissan is now available for order in Europe, only a few days after the carmaker announced the roll out plan for the US and the 8 years, 100,000 miles wa...
Enterprise Rent-A-Car to Buy 500 Leafs
28 Jul 2010, 12:35 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / One of the biggest orders for the new Nissan electric vehicle comes from Enterprise Rent-A-Car, who decided to buy 500 of them and rent them to its customers starting January 2011. The rental compan...
Nissan Leaf Battery Warranty: 8 Years or 100,000 Miles
27 Jul 2010, 20:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Talk about a twist... A week after American manufacturer GM dropped the bomb and announced an 8 years or 100,000 miles (160,000 km) warranty for the battery of its Volt PHEV, Japanese manufacturer N...
Chevy Volt to Be Priced at $40,000
27 Jul 2010, 14:38 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / An exciting day for the electric and plug-in hybrid electric segments of the automotive industry today, as American manufacturer GM is getting ready to announce the pricing for the new Volt PHEV at ...
Nissan Leaf "new action TOUR" Phase Two Announced
26 Jul 2010, 12:23 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Two weeks after Japanese manufacturer Nissan announced it will kick off, on July 31, the "new action TOUR" for the Leaf electric vehicle, the second phase of the project was made public to...
2011 European Car of the Year Nominees
22 Jul 2010, 13:32 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / One year of hard work is about to be repaid for some of the manufacturers on the automotive scene, as the nominees for the 2011 European Car of the Year awards have been announced by the organizers ...
Nissan Surveying Buyers on Leaf Battery Warranty
21 Jul 2010, 14:56 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Last week, American manufacturer GM shocked the automotive world by announcing a 8-year or 100,000-mile (160,000 km) warranty for the battery it will fit into the Chevrolet Volt. Aside for the fact...
Nissan to Enter GSEP Initiative
21 Jul 2010, 12:13 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The efforts made by Japanese manufacturer Nissan in conjunction with its French partner Renault for promoting green motoring is starting to pay off, as the carmaker has been named one of the compani...
Nissan Leaf "new action TOUR" Starts on July 31
5 Jul 2010, 12:27 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Several months after Japanese manufacturer Nissan kicked off the US tour of its Leaf electric vehicle, a similar endeavor is currently gearing up in Leaf's home country, Japan. Dubbed "the...
Nissan Leaf, Charged in Portugal
30 Jun 2010, 14:40 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / No less than three premieres took place in Portugal yesterday, when the first Nissan Leaf in the country was plugged into the country's first electric vehicle charging station for the first tim...
The Renault Nissan Alliance Expands to Taiwan
24 Jun 2010, 07:36 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The efforts made by the Renault-Nissan alliance to develop the required infrastructure for the future electric vehicles the two will launch in the years to come continue with the announcement of the...
Nissan Joins Renault for Germany's Electric Goals
22 Jun 2010, 06:40 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The partnership French manufacturer Renault has with German electric utility company RWE Efficiency grew even stronger yesterday, after Renault's automotive partner Nissan announced it is joini...