General Motors said that it is sticking to its 2011 U.S. sales forecast of 10,000 Chevrolet Volt units, despite some rather slow sales. The Detroit automaker must sell as many in the final two months of the year as it did in the first 10… but things aren’t looking that bad. GM sold a total [...]
Nissan is moving forward with its all-electric vehicle technology. The brand has used the same technology used in the Leaf to create three commercial trucks, which debuted at the Tokyo Truck Show this year. The e-NT400 Cabstar Concept can travel 62 miles between charges per Japan’s JC08 fuel economy testing. It was created for operation [...]
Nissan has been doing well with the electric powertrain market and the Nissan Leaf. But to make sure that they remain the leader, Nissan’s CEO Carlos Ghosn has set some pretty ambitious sales goals for “zero-emissions” cars. In a small press conference, the head-honcho of the Japanese brand said that he wants Nissan to sell [...]
The Nissan LEAF, according to the EPA’s fuel-economy testing, lets owners drive a total of 73 miles. Nissan’s own internal test using the LA-4 cycle, shows the LEAF’s driving range to come in at 100 miles on a single charge. While driver’s who have range-anxiety want at least 200 to 300 miles between charges, Nissan [...]
Given a sub $20,000 price tag and a propensity to sip fuel rather than swill it, one might think that an attractive and aggressively marketed midsize car would far outsell a smaller, $35,000 car with a range of just 100 miles, but it hasn’t. Interestingly, the Nissan Leaf outsold the Suzuki Kizashi by 1754 units [...]
To increase driver accessibility, Nissan North America, Inc. has reduced the cost for its home charging system for the Nissan Leaf. The AeroVironment developed system can be bought at Nissan dealers, and comes installed, with a price tag of $1,818. Nissan didn’t cut quality with costs, however, and says that the station is the same [...]
One fact that will always hold electric-cars back from being adopted by the masses is the amount of time it takes to recharge the battery that powers the electric-motor. Yes, going from 0 to 80 percent on a high-voltage outlet takes 30 minutes – but that’s still quite a while for people on the go. [...]
While sales of the Nissan LEAF slowed in September, the fully-electric cars still maintains a comfortable lead over GM’s Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid. Click here for more news on the Nissan LEAF. In September, Chevrolet sold a total of 723 units of the Volt, up from 302 units delivered in August. GM attributed August numbers [...]
Nissan’s LEAF has been around with us for some time now. However, it has only been available in certain areas around the country. But because Nissan has just about achieved delivery of its 7,000 example, Nissan has just announced that they’re expanding the LEAF’s offerings to other markets in the US. Orders began today for [...]
Nissan’s all-electric LEAF continues to outpace the Chevrolet Volt in monthly sales, however, General Motors says all that will change really soon. GM sold a total of 302 units of the Volt in August while Nissan managed to sell a total of 1,362 units of the LEAF. So far, GM has sold 3,172 Volts year-to-date [...]
