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. [...]
Just days before the Nissan LEAF’s one-year anniversary, the Japanese automaker announced that it will be expanding the availability of the all-electric car into new U.S. markets. Nissan today re-opened reservations and has begun taking orders from the general public for the 2012 Nissan LEAF in Delaware, Indiana, Louisiana, Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island. [...]
As of yesterday, Nissan Motor Co, Ltd. has started commercial sales of its latest quick charger in Japan. At half the volume of the previous model, the new quick charger still maintains all of the performance of its predecessor, and features simplistic technology and design with electric circuit technology. Nissan will be installing 400 of [...]
Nissan has created a new, floor-mounted wireless charging station for the Leaf that will be available for both public and private installation. Click here for our review on the Nissan Leaf. The new charging station works by the driver driving over the floor where the system is installed, where the charging station will recognize the Leaf [...]
Prospective EV buyers and traveling EV owners should be excited by this announcement: Nissan, partnered with Coulomb Technologies, is putting the finishing touches on a public, nationwide charging network. Locations are now on the Nissan Leaf website and will be increasing in number as demand grows. Though the Leaf is not sold in all 50 [...]
Nissan North America, Inc. has joint up with SunPower Corp. in order to educate Nissan Leaf owners on the benefits of having a SunPower residential solar power system in their home. “Solar power is a reliable, cost-effective technology for homeowners today,” said SunPower President and CEO Tom Werner. “High efficiency SunPower systems are guaranteed to [...]
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 [...]
