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After 13,000 miles behind the wheel of an all-electric Nissan Leaf, I have a few observations to pass along to those of you still tethered to your least favorite gas station. Here's the main one: Driving electric is the future, and the future is now. There has been lots of ink spilled these past...
The compact crossover segment is one of the hottest segments right now, and every automaker wants its share of the sales pie, including Nissan. The 2012 Rogue is Nissan's... February 1, 2012 by Joel Feder 1
Science fiction used to be all about the flying car, but nowadays that idea has fallen out of favor. In its place, we've recently seen an influx of electric cars on our... January 25, 2012 by Mark Chatterley 6
Prior to this winter, Nissan has only sold its all-electric Leaf hatchback to customers in moderate climates. But just as Nissan North America was celebrating selling its... January 23, 2012 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 3
Nissan might have ended 2011 a with sales of its all-electric Leaf a few hundred cars short of its 10,000 unit target for the year, but there are now over 10,000 Leafs on the... January 20, 2012 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 7
In the aftermath of the last year’s devastating Japanese earthquake and tsunami, more impetus has been given to the idea of turning electric cars -- and their battery... January 19, 2012 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 2
Isaiah Mustafa has ruined advertising. He may not have written his own monologues for those popular Old Spice ads, but Mustafa's deadpan delivery and sublime quirkiness have... January 19, 2012 by Richard Read 8
If you plan to get a Nissan Leaf or Mitsubishi i (or already have one), and you live in Portland, Oregon, consider yourself fortunate. The same goes for a handful of places... January 17, 2012 by Bengt Halvorson
Okay, so an electric van isn't as exciting as a hybrid supercar like the Acura NSX concept, or even a fuel-efficient, sporty compact like the 2013 Dodge Dart - but it's still... January 10, 2012 by Antony Ingram
When we wrote last year about the 2011 Nissan Leaf being waterboarded for your safety, little did we know an even sterner test was about to challenge the safety of Nissan's... December 26, 2011 by Antony Ingram 3
Just before Nissan officially launched the all-electric Leaf hatchback, it came out with a dizzying list of simulated range predictions based on all kinds of road and weather... December 22, 2011 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 12
As we count down the days to the Detroit Auto Show media preview (24 days from today), the announcements of new cars and concepts are now coming in regularly. Or should we... December 15, 2011 by John Voelcker
Since the Nissan Leaf first launched a year ago, we’ve seen leaf enthusiasts produce a whole range of unofficial modifications for the all-electric hatchback, ranging... December 15, 2011 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 7
This time last year, the Nissan NV200 delivery van wouldn't have meant much to many of us, sold only in Japan and Europe as a rival to models like Ford's Transit. Since... December 13, 2011 by Antony Ingram
How do you mark the first year of sales of an electric car? You sing Happy Birthday to it, of course. At least, that’s what Nissan North America chose to do to mark the... December 12, 2011 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 3
Believe it or not, December 12 will mark one year since Oliver Chalouhi of Redwood City, California became the first U.S. owner of a production 2011 Nissan Leaf. For some... December 7, 2011 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 7

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