Japanese Prime Minster Shinzo Abe Rides in Autonomous Nissan
9 Nov 2013, 13:16 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / If you thought president Obama was showing too much support for electric vehicles, just take a look at what’s going on in Japan. The country’s Prime Minster, mister Shinzo Abe, is showin...
Nissan to Build Leaf Electric Vehicles in China in 2015
7 Nov 2013, 09:57 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Reports from Chinese media state that Nisan is seeking to produce the Leaf electric car locally two years from now. As you can see from the photo above, there is something a little different abou...
Nissan Leaf Electric Vehicle, the Best Selling Car in Norway
5 Nov 2013, 08:47 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Even though they have substantial oil reserves offshore, Norway is not buying Ferraris and Bentleys by the bundle like the folks in Dubai. Thanks to heavy subsidization from the very oil money that ...
Nissan Leaf Sales Top 30,000 in Japan
10 Oct 2013, 09:58 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / It might still be an oddity in most countries, but in Japan, where adoption of electric and hybrid vehicles is high, the Leaf is a common sight. Sales of the EV have officially surpassed the 30,0...
Nissan Demonstrates Autonomous Drive Vehicle in Japan
7 Oct 2013, 07:45 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / After making the semi-autonomous Leaf road legal in Japan, Nissan went on to demonstrate their all-new fully autonomous vehicle at the 2013 Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies (CEATEC) show...
2013 Nissan Leaf Acceleration Test from Norway
23 Sep 2013, 13:38 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Norway is probably the country with the highest electric car adoption rate in the world. The smart government there which has made lots of money from offshore pockets of crude oil is actually invest...
Nissan to Expand Electric Lineup to 5 Models
2 Sep 2013, 08:48 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Japanese automaker Nissan has announced plans to expand its global electric vehicle production lineup to five models. Speaking during a product preview in the United States, Carla Bailo, senior ...
Nissan Pledges Autonomous Production Car by 2020
28 Aug 2013, 07:45 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Nissan plans to introduce a production self-driving automobile by 2020, company CEO Carlos Ghosn announced earlier this week at the company’s American headquarters in Irvine, California. Na...
Nissan Leaf Sales Reach 75,000 Units
23 Aug 2013, 14:20 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Nissan has sold the 75,000th Leaf electric car this month, the Japanese automaker revealed at the Nissan 360 event in California. The announcement comes exactly six months after Nissan celebrated de...
Nissan Leaf Demonstrates New Autonomous Driving Technology
22 Aug 2013, 13:58 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Japanese automaker Nissan has unveiled two new autonomous driving technologies using its all-electric Leaf vehicle at the Nissan 360 event. The first new feature, which is called Around View Mon...
Renault-Nissan Alliance Sells 100,000th EV
23 Jul 2013, 15:40 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The Renault-Nissan Alliance has sold its 100,000th electric vehicle, two years and seven months after the first Nissan Leaf was shipped to its customer in December 2010. The 100,000th EV, which is a...
Nissan Needs More Leafs in the US
15 Jul 2013, 14:54 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The days when the Nissan Leaf used to struggle on low sales seem to be a thing of the past, with the Japanese automaker now selling more than 2,000 units a month, four time more when compared to las...
Nissan Adding Leaf Fast Chargers to 100 US Dealerships
9 Jul 2013, 11:26 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Nissan is putting some of its hard-earned money from the Leaf project back into electric mobility and is getting ready to add 100 fast charging station at well placed dealerships to increase access ...
The New Nissan Leaf: Feel the Surge of Excitement
5 Jul 2013, 11:36 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / With a better looking, better equipped Micra, a much better Note that we can actually take seriously and a new Qashqai, Nissan's compact car segment is finally where it should have been all alo...
Nissan Leaf Remains Congestion Charge Exempt in London
1 Jul 2013, 08:14 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / With the car now produced a little cheaper in Britain and congestion taxes rocketing to sky-high levels, we'd think long and hard about buying a Nissan Leaf if we had to go anywhere near London...
The Nismo Leaf Is an Awesome Tuned Electric Vehicle
26 Jun 2013, 08:14 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / You'd think that EVs are cars for super-sensible people who cut their showers short to consume less water and eat soy beans twice a day… boring people in short. But in Japan people see e...
Nissan Offering Battery Upgrade for Old Leaf EVs
21 Jun 2013, 11:51 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Seeking to secure its position as the biggest mass-market seller of electric vehicles, Nissan Motor Co. said it will offer a battery upgraded to owners of the early Leafs sold in the US. The prog...
Used Nissan Leaf EVs Are Really Cheap on eBay!
6 Jun 2013, 11:55 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Nissan proudly announced about a month ago that they had sold no less than 25,000 Leaf EVs in United States so far. That might sound like a lot, but it's only a drop in the ocean compared to th...
10,000th Nissan Leaf Delivered in Europe
1 Jun 2013, 07:33 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / These photos were taken at a dealer even in France where a customer has taken delivery of the 10,000th example of Leaf EV ever to be sold in Europe. The car’s now belongs to Sylvie Lailler, a ...
Watch a Nissan Leaf Race Car Do Electric Donuts
28 May 2013, 12:05 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / What would you call donuts 'baked' by an electric vehicle? Organic? Low Fat? Who knows, all we care about is "wow" factor of watching an electric vehicle with rear wheel drive do...