Canada's FleetWise EV300 Gets 500 LEAFs
10 Dec 2010, 11:33 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / Nissan Canada announced it will commit 500 LEAFs for sale to Toronto Atmospheric Fund (TAF) FleetWise EV300 Partners, with initial deliveries beginning in the second half of 2011. "In order ...
Nissan Leaf, the Way It Comes to Be
6 Dec 2010, 10:00 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Last week, we got the chance to take a sneak peak at GM's Volt production process, as the US-based carmaker tried to get us closer to the way the plug-in hybrid model comes together. Today, it&...
Nissan Leaf Japanese Launch Date Revealed
3 Dec 2010, 15:10 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / Nissan announced today that its Leaf electric vehicle will be released on the Japanese market on December 20, followed by the US and European market releases in 2011. The Leaf will go on sale in oth...
Car of The Year 2011: just another Eurovision
3 Dec 2010, 08:47 UTC · By: Charles Darveight / It’s already a known fact that the Nissan Leaf has been voted as European Car of the Year for 2011. It was a very close call, at Alfa Romeo Giulietta’s loss. To be precise, the 100% elec...
Nissan is Expanding UK Dealer Network for LEAF
1 Dec 2010, 13:56 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Nissan has announced its dealer network that will be supplying the 2011 LEAF electric vehicle. Delivery of the car should start in March 2011 in the UK. However, the chosen branches are fully capabl...
Nissan Leaf Becomes a Coupe
30 Nov 2010, 11:07 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Automotive producers are making an incredible amount of marketing efforts to promote their vehicles. As the market becomes more mature, the public is paying less attention to conventional marketing,...
Ravi Brar Appointed ECOtality CFO
25 Nov 2010, 15:22 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / One of the biggest players on the soon to be electric vehicle infrastructure market, ECOtality, announced today the appointment of Ravi Brar to the position of chief financial officer. Brar, until r...
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...
U.S. Nissan Dealers Installing Charging Infrastructure
1 Nov 2010, 17:07 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The Nissan LEAF is preparing to reach U.S. consumers, as the vehicle will hit the American market next month.Nissan announced today that it has completed a special EV program that included select de...
2011 Green Car of the Year Finalists Announced
22 Oct 2010, 08:53 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The five finalists for the 2011 Green Car of the Year have been announced today, with the winner to be revealed at the upcoming Los Angeles Auto Show on November 18, 2010. The finalists include the ...
Microsoft Launches Windows Embedded Automotive 7
20 Oct 2010, 12:35 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Microsoft had just announced availability of the Windows Embedded Automotive 7 to select automakers, a platform designed to support the development of new infotainment systems. Key features include ...
Nissan LEAF Debuts Valeo LED Low Beam Headlamps
3 Oct 2010, 07:30 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / A new product coming from automotive suppliers Valeo and Ichikoh has had its world premiere on the Nissan Leaf electric vehicle at this year’s Paris Auto Show. The cost-effective LED headlamps...
Nissan Leaf to Receive a Facelift for the UK
27 Sep 2010, 13:20 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / One of the most important vehicles for Nissan right now is the Leaf EV, as this represents the future of a new direction for the automotive producer. The company is determined to make all the nec...
Renault Nissan Alliance Throwing Electric Party in Amsterdam
22 Sep 2010, 12:47 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / “Wee’d (excuse the typo, please) rather have electric vehicles!” This is what we think Amsterdam officials were thinking when they decided to take a cigarette break and sign an ele...
Chevrolet Volt Beats Nissan Leaf in autoevolution Poll
19 Sep 2010, 11:39 UTC · By: Tudor Raiciu / Let’s get eco, but not too eco. Our simple two-option poll has revealed that mankind is not exactly ready to go completely electrical, even if it has to pay less for it. Though not exactly a ...
UK Revs Up Charging Infrastructure
2 Aug 2010, 07:40 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After last week the British government gave a green light to an incentive program aimed at encouraging its citizens to buy electric vehicles, the country is now getting ready to step up efforts to g...
Nissan Leaf-Based Electric Sports Car Coming
19 Jul 2010, 13:03 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The world of electric performance vehicles promises to become much more populated in the future. While most of the customers that are searching for an electric-powered vehicle that can offer adre...
ECOtality EV Project Launches in LA and Washington
18 Jun 2010, 08:38 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Perhaps one of the biggest electric vehicle support programs in the US has been announced yesterday by EV solutions provider ECOtality. Set to deploy in Los Angeles and Washington, 2600 Chevrolet Vo...
Nissan Opens New Training Center in North America
17 Jun 2010, 06:50 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The North American division of Nissan opened yesterday the Livermore Training Center, a new facility aimed at providing dealership technician product training for the Northwest region (Northern Cali...
Nissan North America Names New Vice President for Marketing
23 May 2010, 09:27 UTC · By: Alexandru Radu Chis / In a bid to reshape their advertising strategy, Nissan North America Inc. (NNA) has just announced Jon Brancheau as the company’s new Vice President – Marketing - Nissan Division, effect...