After two years of the Nissan LEAF being on sale, the Japanese automaker announced that it will expand its offering of hybrids with 15 new models by 2015 and will also introduce new electric-vehicles. NIssan said that it will start select electric-versions of Infiniti models by 2014, with a fourth model coming in 2016. Besides [...]
Sales of plug-in hybrid, electric cars and hybrid vehicles in the United States are rising but according to a new study by J.D. Power and Associates, they won’t gain real traction until automakers lower prices and show some real economic benefits of purchasing such vehicles. Read our review on the Chevrolet Volt. While sales of electric [...]
Researchers from University of California, San Diego say that they have figured out a way to better estimate what goes on inside lithium ion batteries. The breakthrough could lead to lower battery costs and faster charging times for lithium-ion batteries used in electric-vehicles. An algorithm has been put together by professor Miroslav Krstic and postdoctoral [...]
In an attempt to save the tumbling sales of the Nissan LEAF electric-car, the company is planning to offer a budget variant of the car next year. The new entry-level trim level will be positioned below the other models and will lose some of the amenities offered on the higher-spec grades. The Nissan LEAF is [...]
Two Nissan Leaf models have been bought back from their owners by the automaker as what the company is calling a “goodwill gesture” due to complaints that the ev’s batteries are aging too quickly. Although they claim the battery loss is expected for all electric vehicles, Nissan has initiated an independent study of the Leaf [...]
The Congressional Budget Office estimates that federal policies to promote the production and purchase of electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids, will have a total budgetary cost of about $7.5 billion through 2019. The CBO said that that 25 percent of that cost will go in the form of tax credits for buying electric vehicles. Read [...]
Word out of Japan has it that the 2013 Nissn LEAF will got upgraded range and a second, entry-level model. Reports suggest that the 2013 Nissan LEAF, that will hit dealerships at the end of this year, will have a range of 155 miles. The extra range will be achieved by “improving the efficiency of [...]
After Nissan recently divulged that it would we putting more focus on its Nismo performance division, specifics are now beginning to materialize about what’s brewing in their garages. Several new models are getting the Nismo treatment, which Nissan executive vice president Andy Palmer explains will be receiving “a power hike of around 15 percent, but [...]
Just behind the release of it’s police car version this month in Portugal, Nissan has just debuted a 2012 Nissan Leaf Limo at the Embassy Suites hotel in Nashville, Tennessee. Nissan itself describes the vehicle as “the world’s first road-worthy, licensed, street-legal electric limousine.” It serves its function well, as despite the model’s limited electric [...]
Yes, this is the first fleet of 2012 Nissan LEAF police cars and they are currently hitting the streets of Portugal to fight crime. Portuguese police authorities say the vehicles will be used for policing large urban areas of the country. Check out more news on the Nissan LEAF. “We pride ourselves in being the [...]
