Nissan Leaf News
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For 2016, the model year just ending, the Nissan Leaf electric car got a larger-capacity battery for all but its lowest trim level. The Leaf SV and SL models this year have been fitted with a 30-kilowatt-hour battery, up from the previous 24-kwh capacity, that boosts their EPA-rated range from 84 to 107 miles. The base Leaf S version, the only one with a price below $30,000, continued with the old 24-kwh battery. DON'T MISS: 2016 Nissan Leaf: First Drive Of 107-Mile Electric Car Now, however, very quietly, that turns out to have changed. One of our colleagues spotted a Nissan order guide...
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Canada's first Nissan Leaf electric car driver: still committed after five years
Canada's first Nissan Leaf is still going strong after five years.
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Nissan Leaf electric car on scenic coastal, rural drives in Europe: video
Nissan takes its Leaf electric car on a European tour.
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2016 Nissan Leaf group buy in Montreal signs up 2,800 for low price on electric car
Group purchases of cars and other goods, as a way of driving down the price, are common in other countries—think China—but rare in North America. But over the last two years, they've emerged as a way for electric-car advocates to accomplish several goals at once. Buyers both get better...
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Which electric car excites you the most? Our poll results
This site covers all manner of vehicles, mostly for personal transport, with a focus on energy efficiency, reducing environmental impact, and advanced technologies to do so. When we started daily publication in 2009, our most popular articles were about hybrid cars. Now, our readers' highest...
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Nissan Leaf 48-kWh prototype built to compete in Spanish race series (video)
Nissan employees built a 48-kWh Leaf prototype in their spare time.
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When my son scored a coveted civil engineering summer internship in Silver Spring, Maryland, the chance for an electric-car road trip from our Boston-area home presented itself. Sure, I could have done the sensible thing and taken my trusty 2006 Toyota Prius, but where would be the adventure in that? Instead, I seized the chance to take my 84-mile 2015 Nissan Leaf, throwing myself at the mercy of the scant CHAdeMO fast-charging infrastructure between Boston and Silver Spring, a 1,000-mile round trip. DON'T MISS: Electric-Car Road Trips: Be Prepared, With Charging Apps And Realism (Dec 2014)...
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2016 Nissan Leaf electric cars recalled for passenger airbag fault
Certain 2016 Nissan Leaf electric cars are being recalled to address an electrical fault in their airbag systems.
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Nissan and Renault together now up to 340,000 electric cars built
Nissan and Renault reach another electric-car milestone.
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Are 100-mile BMW, Nissan, VW electric cars already a lost cause?
The continuing tepid sales of the Nissan Leaf electric car, despite a range upgrade to 107 miles, remains one of the puzzles in the plug-in car market. Sure, it's an aging model now in its sixth year with a polarizing design; it lost a huge swath of buyers in Georgia when that state canceled its...
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Nissan Juke, Rogue crossover SUVs to offer all-electric versions?
It's a frequent complaint from car shoppers: all the affordable electric cars are small hatchbacks or sedans, but I want an SUV. Indeed, there's only one all-electric crossover utility vehicle on the market—the Tesla Model X—and that will run you $80,000 or more. Now it appears that...
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Next Nissan Leaf confirmed for 60-kwh battery, 200 miles of range
The next-generation Nissan Leaf will get a larger battery pack.
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The automobile has been with us since 1885, but only over the last 50 years have governments started to face up to its ill effects on the environment. The world's major car markets have mostly now legislated increasing levels of fuel economy and reduced tailpipe emissions not only of gases directly toxic to humans but also of carbon dioxide, a key component of climate change. Still, green cars have always been part of the market—though they haven't always found long-term sales success. DON'T MISS: Nissan Leaf electric vs Toyota Prius hybrid: which is lower on cost, emissions? In...
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Nissan Leaf electric vs Toyota Prius hybrid: which is lower on cost, emissions?
Sometimes, when tucking in for the evening, you can't help but wonder: did I really make the right choice? Could I have done better? Even now, could I still do better? This is the question I ask myself, each evening, when I park my 2015 Nissan Leaf in the garage next to my wife’s 2006 Toyota...
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What hurts Nissan Leaf sales: Tesla Model 3 or Chevy Bolt EV electric cars?
The numbers are in, and for the Nissan Leaf electric car, they're not pretty. Despite a boost in its EPA-rated range from 84 to 107 miles, its year-to-date sales of 4,697 units are down 40 percent on the 7,742 that were sold in the same five months last year. And those were down on the total of...
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Hybrids lose London privileges two weeks from today: here's why
Sooner or later, it can happen in a romance: the two parties decide they're just not that into one another. The state of California dumped hybrid-electric vehicles on July 1, 2011, when it ended the rule that allowed them to use carpool lanes on freeways even with just one occupant. Now the city of...
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2011 Nissan Leaf electric car crosses 150,000 miles of commuting (updated)
Many drivers with a 130-mile round-trip each day to work and back might deem the 73-mile EPA-rated range of a 2011 Nissan Leaf electric car far too little to qualify for the commute. Not Steve Marsh, though. The Washington resident continues to rack up miles in his early Leaf. He crossed 100,000...
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Nissan home energy-storage battery: another front against Tesla?
Nissan is launching a line of energy-storage battery packs called xStorage.
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A Madrid taxi company will receive 110 Nissan Leaf taxis.
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50,000th Nissan Leaf electric car built in U.K. plant
Nissan's Sunderland plant recently built its 50,000th Leaf electric car.
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Nissan Leaf ads poke fun at Tesla Model 3 reservation queue
Nissan pokes fun at Tesla in new print ads.
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Which electric cars offer different battery options, ranges?
Only Nissan and Tesla currently offer electric cars with different battery-pack options.
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Is group buying the key to boosting electric-car adoption?
Group-buying programs have boosted electric-car sales in Colorado and Utah.
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Nissan Leaf withdrawn from New Zealand, electric-car sales plummet
Electric-cars sales in New Zealand stalled after the Nissan Leaf was withdrawn, an advocacy group says.
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