About a month ago, Toyota started selling the Prius Plug-in Hybrid without much advertising – however, the power of the Prius-brand came through for Toyota and helped it surpass sales over the Nissan LEAF and the Chevrolet Volt. In April (2012), Nissan sold only 370 units of the LEAF while Chevrolet sold 1,462 units of [...]
Nissan North America announced yesterday that it is expanding the availability of its all-electric Nissan LEAF to U.S. customers for the 2012 model year. However, it also announced that the 2012 Nissan LEAF will be getting a price bump of $2,420. The 2012 Nissan LEAF had a starting price tag of $33,630 including delivery, the [...]
According to a new study by the Union of Concerned Scientists, drivers of electric-vehicles like the Chevrolet Volt and Nissan LEAF may save as much as $1,200 a year comported to gasoline powered compact cars. Read our review on the Chevrolet Volt. With gasoline hitting $3.50 a gallon, drivers who plug cars into electric outlets would save [...]
Nissan’s Colin Lawther, vice president of Nissan engineering in Europe, says that the company plans on giving the next LEAF electric-car a more European design and may also lower the price of the EV. “We’ll fine tune the car for the European customer from a design point of view,” Lawther said. Click here for more [...]
Next time Bob Lutz defends the Volt you better listen and not argue back. In March 2012, Chevrolet sold a total of 2,289 Volt units, up from 1,023 in February and 608 in March 2011. The figure also tops the previous high-sales mark set by the Volt in Dec. 2011 at 800 units. Read our review [...]
The Chevrolet Volt and Nissan LEAF for doesn’t seem to stop popping up in the automotive industry news section. Following counting last month’s figures, General Motors said that Chevrolet Volt sales rebounded in February (2012), with sales coming in at 1,023 units, up from a low 603 units in January. The figure also helped the [...]
Nissan announced today that starting tomorrow, the Nissan LEAF will be the first electric-car to be available in all U.S. market nationwide. Click here for our review on the Nissan Leaf. “More than 22,000 LEAFs are on the roads globally, having driven more than 30 million miles,” said Brian Carolin, senior vice president, Sales & Marketing, [...]
After egmCarTech’s trip to the 2012 North American International Show, we walked away with a little bit of an epiphany. But before I get to that, we were expecting there to be a huge influx of new cars with alternative powertrains. In other words, I personally was expecting every make to be pitching their push [...]
The Nissan Leaf was given an unfortunate opportunity to test its durability with the disaster that struck Japan back in March this year. Over twenty Leaf models endured the tsunami without fire or battery damage thanks to a steel casing and additional protection. “Considering how they were tossed around and crushed, we think that is [...]
Following the launch of the all-electric Nissan Leaf, the automaker declared that it is planning to launch three additional EV’s to join it. In addition to the Leaf, Nissan has decided to release an electric model for commercial use as a van or taxi, and a luxury sedan for Infiniti, leaving one spot left open for debate. [...]
