Tesla Pledges Nissan Leaf Rival
27 May 2013, 15:22 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / With the Model S already enjoying success on the luxury market and the Department of Energy loan paid in full nine years early, Tesla Motors is looking to offer a totally new electric car. Aware ...
Nissan Leaf Reaches 25,000 US Sales
15 May 2013, 14:44 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / After Nissan started making Leaf EVs in North America, sales of the revolutionary car have skyrocketed to new highs, reaching record monthly levels in March and a 23.5 percent year-over-year sales i...
Nissan LEAF Becomes a Police Car in West Midlands, UK
9 May 2013, 16:07 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / After seeing the Dubai Police's supercar fleet, it is now time to become reasonable and travel to the UK, where the West Midlands Police has ordered a batch of 30 units of the Nissan LEAF. I...
Tesla Posts $11 Million Q1 Profit
9 May 2013, 12:12 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / US automaker Tesla Motors has announced its first quarter 2013 financial results, posting a profit for the first time in the company’s 10-year history. According to a report released yester...
Nissan Leaf Earns IIHS Top Safety Pick
8 May 2013, 09:55 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The new all-electric 2013 Nissan Leaf has earned the “Top Safety Pick” designation from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). Assembled in the United States, the company...
Nissan UK Goes Green with Nissan Leaf EV Purschase
1 May 2013, 12:32 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / After careful deliberation of their options, the Nissan Leaf was chosen as the official green car by Microsoft UK, the first electric car o join its staff company car scheme. The Leaf will feel w...
SimCity Game Implements Nissan Leaf Charging Stations
28 Apr 2013, 09:07 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Full electric vehicles are slowly starting to expand into the digital world to further advertise their capabilities and Eco-friendly performance. After people were given the possibility to drive...
Nissan Leaf Joins Fire Rescue Service
26 Apr 2013, 13:00 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Yes ladies and gentlemen, the days when every car is electric, from the taxi to the fire engine, are upon us. NIssan UK has just announced its Leaf electric hatchback has just joined the County Durh...
Nissan Leaf EVs Enter Electric Vehicle Taxi Trials · Video
22 Apr 2013, 15:59 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / New York mayor Michael Bloomberg wants to see one that one in every three taxis in the Big Apple runs on electricity by the end of the decade. As the winner of a major contract to supply the city wi...
Ghosn Visits Norway, says Leaf Being Used as Daily Driver
11 Apr 2013, 14:33 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Nissan Leaf might have been designed and built in Japan, but it's the European country of Norway that became its second home. Yesterday, we told you how the EV grabbed 1.7% of the total ...
British-Built Nissan Leaf Pricing Announced
11 Apr 2013, 12:30 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The new Sunderland-built Nissan Leaf EV will arrive on the British market with over 100 improvements, a battery leasing program and with prices starting from £20,990 (after receipt of the plug...
Norway, a Top Market for the Nissan Leaf EV
10 Apr 2013, 12:51 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / It seems Norway has pretty much adopted the Nissan Leaf. A report coming from the Japanese automaker says 17 in every 1000 cars there is a Leaf during 2012, the first full year of sales. That mig...
Nissan Sunderland Plant Starts Production of Leaf EV · Video
28 Mar 2013, 12:41 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Nissan Motors Manufacturing UK has one more very important car rolling off the production line today. The same factory responsible for the very successful Qashqai crossover is now also making the 10...
Nissan Leaf Gains New Look and Longer Range
27 Feb 2013, 12:57 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Japanese automaker Nissan has revealed the updated version of its all-electric Leaf model to be sold in Europe starting June 2013. Built at Nissan's plant in Sunderland, the facelifted Leaf ...
Romania Announces Subsidy Program for Green Cars
20 Feb 2013, 13:05 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Better late than never is the catch phrase that best describes Romania's decision to finally offer subsidies to people who want to but eco cars. The country's government has voted on a ...
Nissan Sold Over 50,000 Leaf EVs Worldwide
15 Feb 2013, 10:56 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Nissan Motor Company announced on Thursday that the electric Leaf model sales passed the 50,000 unit mark worldwide, making it the best-selling EV of all-time. In an era still overwhelmed by oil ...
Former Volvo Boss Makes Gloomy Forecast on Electric Cars
6 Feb 2013, 16:50 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Electric vehicles will not become mainstream sellers within the next 15 years, according to former Volvo boss Stefan Jacoby, who points out that hybrid powertrains are the only sustainable solutions...
Nissan Opens Efficient New Paint Plant in Tennessee
31 Jan 2013, 18:00 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The blank shell you see in these pictures belongs to a seven-seater crossover built for Infiniti, yet it holds a lot more value than that. It's the first to roll off Nissan's newest and...
Nissan Leaf Nismo Confirmed for Limited Production Run - Won`t Get Any Extra Performance
25 Jan 2013, 10:30 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Nissan has officially announced that a sportier-looking version of the Leaf all-electric vehicle will be going into limited production, primarily for the Japanese market. The information comes court...
UK - Nissan Leaf Buyers Will Now Pay £2,500 Less
23 Jan 2013, 10:02 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Electric cars are slowly gaining acceptance in the UK, but with not that much interest from the government, sales of such vehicles are slow to pick up. Thankfully, the automakers themselves, through...