Nissan spins up new plant to revitalize EV batteries
At a small plant meant to help revitalize a town devastated by the 2011 earthquake, Nissan Motor is providing its costly electric vehicle (EV) batteries new life as they pass their peak performance. International automakers are finding ways to make cheaper EVs and extend the life of their batteries, which can represent up to one-fifth
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Nissan sells 300,000 Leafs in 7 years, remains top selling of EV
Nissan Leaf remains king of EVs In spite of looking a little odd when it was introduced, the Nissan Leaf has become the world’s best-selling electric car, with over 300,000 of them flying showrooms since 2010. The Leaf went far for itself by being the first really economical, mass-produced electric vehicle. At a time when
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BMW prepares to mass produce electric cars by 2020
Germany’s BMW is preparing to mass produce electric vehicles by 2020 and will to have 12 different models by 2025, it stated on Thursday, as conventional makers race to overtake U.S. electric car leader Tesla. Vehicle buyers avoided electric vehicles due to their high expense and restricted operating range until Tesla revealed the Model S
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Nissan’s self-driving car drives in Europe’s streets for first time
Assisted by video cameras and radars, and working out traffic and roundabouts, a self-driving Nissan car took to the streets of London on Monday for the Japanese automaker’s first European tests of an autonomous car. Taking a trip at approximately 50 miles (80 km) per hour and moving from local streets to a significant multi-lane
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With New Hybrid, Nissan Offers Cheaper Journey With Electric Cars
Nissan Motor has taken a draw back from gasoline hybrids having its Note e-Power model, which is expected by automaker to act as a gateway for drivers who will later switch to all-electric cars. This move will also reduce Nissan’s costs. Nissan’s Leaf, all-electric car launched in 2010 and is the world’s top-selling electric vehicle
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Nissan eco-friendly taxis to be used in Amman, Jordan
Nissan has agreed to a historical Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Greater Amman Municipality in Jordan for supplying the Kingdom with its first 100 Nissan LEAF and Nissan e-NV200 electric automobiles. The automobiles, to be provided by Bustami & Saheb (BSTC), Nissan’s special distributor in the Kingdom, will be run by Amman’s Al Mumayaz
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Mahindra e2o electric car launches in UK, to cost $18,463
Indian auto maker Mahindra has introduced its e2o electric automobile in the UK. e2o has a claimed range of 79 miles. A three-door hatchback with 4 seats, it has been developed specifically for easy urban travelling and is also available to buy online now, with deliveries beginning in May. The e2o is the successor to
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2014 Leaf gets a 180 USD price bump, Nissan wants to double U.S. sales
The Nissan Leaf has received a minor price hike of 180 USD for the 2014 model year in U.S. Nissan plans on selling the 2014 Leaf in the same S, SV and SL trim levels and the base model will now come with a price of 28,980 USD (excluding 850 USD destination & handling charges)
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2013 Europe Specific Nissan Leaf makes Geneva debut
Manufactured at the company’s plant in England, the 2013 Leaf has several issues to improve the car’s variety and usability. As far style is concerned, a new front fascia reduces the drag coefficient from 0.29 to 0.28. Though it is much less, it still works with a new high voltage unit which consists of a
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Nissan Leaf price reduced by 3000 EUR
Nissan has officially made a significant 3,000 EUR reduction in the price of the electric Leaf developed specifically for Europe. This development follows a similar exercise in the US where the price of the leaf was slashed by 6,400 USD, the after effect of this price reduction is that it would be cheaper to afford
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Nissan Esflow Sports Coupe Concept makes Geneva debut
The idea behind the conceptualization of the Electric Zero Emission Sports car is not new. Several motor shows had presented many concepts that were based more or less on the just mentioned idea. But even said so, the implementation of such design has been scanty. Very few implementations had featured a tested and efficient drive
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Tesla Model S sedan will employ low cost battery to to remain profitable
Telsa Motors Inc is going to install cheaper batteries on its Model S Sedan in a move that the company believes will make the vehicle cheaper. This in turn will ensure company’s profit bells continues ringing. They are comparing the sales figures with that of the Leaf Car from Nissan Motor Co. The price of
Nissan Leaf
I don’t know what the hell Nissan was thinking when they came up with the name Leaf for their new car. But whatever the reason, the vehicle is coming to production. According to Nissan, 50,000 people signed up for updates about the vehicle and according to the company itself they will begin to take pre
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