250 Nissan Leafs to Be Used for Free in Osaka, Japan
3 Jul 2012, 11:24 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Osaka is Japan’s second largest industrial and manufacturing center, after Tokyo, and it is home to as many as 8.8 million people. However, new and stricter emissions regulations for the area ...
Nissan Leaf Receives Updated Range and Route Calculating Applications
3 Jul 2012, 09:01 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While things may not be going so well for the Nissan Leaf in warm places, like Texas and Arizona, customers in areas with milder climates are still enjoying their EVs without any loss of battery cap...
Nissan Leaf Reversing World Record Successfully Achieved at Goodwood
2 Jul 2012, 14:24 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / After having previously reported that Terry Grant was going to take the Nissan Leaf backwards over the the distance of 1.6 km (1 mile), driven around the Goodwood hillclimb course. Well, earlier thi...
Mitsubishi i: 4-Star NHTSA Rating, Below Volt & Leaf
28 Jun 2012, 10:15 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The federal crash test results for the Mitsubishi i have arrived and everybody wants to know how the vehicle did compared to its green competitors, the Nissan Leaf and the Chevy Volt. According t...
Stunt Driver Terry Grant Explains Leaf Reversing Record Attempt
27 Jun 2012, 11:43 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Having previously reported that Nissan were bringing the Leaf to the Goodwood Festival of Speed in order to set the world record for the fastest time over a distance of one mile, while driving in re...
Nissan Leaf to Set World Reverse Speed Record at Goodwood
25 Jun 2012, 15:59 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Nissan Leaf, being an EV and having no gearbox, is (theoretically) able to go backwards just as easily and as quickly as it can go forward. To prove this, Nissan will be organizing a record-brea...
Who Needs EV Fast Chargers When We Have Dutch Ingenuity?
25 Jun 2012, 12:33 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The problem of charging EVs Like the Nissan Leaf, and more specifically the long time needed for a full charge, along with the limited range are two of the main downsides of owning an all-electric c...
Nissan Leaf Arizona Battery Problem Thickens
25 Jun 2012, 12:07 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / We previously reported that many Nissan Leaf owners from Arizona were reporting the loss of one of the 12 battery capacity bars, after only a year of use, despite Nissan’s official claims that...
Carlos Ghosn May Be Leaving Nissan
25 Jun 2012, 10:53 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Carlos Ghosn was named CEO of both Nissan and Renault in May 2005, becoming one of the most powerful people in the automotive world. However, despite being highly successful at pretty much everythin...
Ride in Nissan Leaf Limo
25 Jun 2012, 09:48 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Nissan Leaf has finally reached ‘maturity’. No self-respecting car should be considered ‘ripe’ before getting a bespoke limo version. Also, judging by the video, the effo...
Dongfeng-Nissan to Build New Chinese Plant
25 Jun 2012, 09:28 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Nissan’s Chinese partner, Dongfeng Motor Co. Ltd. have announced the building of an all-new plant in Dalian, Liaoning Province. The building costs for the plant are expected to be around the $...
Nissan Leaf Can Power Your Home Too!
22 Jun 2012, 12:00 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Nichicon Corporation has developed a system through which a Nissan Leaf can be connected to the power grid of your house, much like the “Leaf to Home” system, with the added benefit of b...
Nissan Leaf Owners Report Loss of Battery Capacity
22 Jun 2012, 09:33 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / According to greencarreports.com, the battery pack of the Nissan Leaf is already starting to lose some of its capacity, around 8.3% of the total, or one of the 12 bars showing the state of charge, a...
Nissan Leaf Needs Australian Government Support for Success
19 Jun 2012, 09:05 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Nissan Leaf has just gone on sale in Australia, making it only the second all-electric car to be sold on the continent, following the launch of Mitsubishi’s iMiEV, in August of 2011. At th...
Tennessee Plant Opening to Double Leaf Sales, Say Nissan
19 Jun 2012, 08:16 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Nissan Leaf has proven itself to be the word’s first proper mass market (-ed) EV. Nissan are a good few years ahead of the competition, a situation which represents the vision of Carlos Gh...
Nissan Leaf Goes on Sale in Australia
18 Jun 2012, 08:56 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Nissan Leaf is only the second production all-electric vehicle to be sold in Australia. First off, the Australian press release talks about the car’s range and limitations straight off the...
Chevy Volt Sales Exceed 7,000 in 2012
4 Jun 2012, 15:26 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Chevrolet Volt is an undeniable success, and having sold 7,671 cars in 2011, Chevrolet are aiming much higher in 2012, having already managed to convince 7,057 customers so far this year. Con...
Nissan Leaf Predicted to Retain 95% of Its Value After One Year
29 May 2012, 08:35 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Within its first year, a vehicle loses on average, around 30% of its value, and after two more years, some cars lose up to 50%, or more. However, investing in an all-electric Nissan Leaf is a safe b...
EVs Accounting for Only 0.2% of New Car Sales in France
28 May 2012, 10:27 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Despite Renault being all for the development of EVs and getting them onto the market as quickly as possible, and their group partners, Nissan with their Leaf being already there, its a tad strange ...
Local Scottish Authorities to Use 12 Nissan LEAFs
25 May 2012, 12:47 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Reducing one’s carbon footprint is the IT thing these days, and, to promote it in Scotland, some of the local authorities have adopted the Nissan Leaf as their daily driver, so a first batch o...