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2013 Nissan Leaf Final Ratings Issued: 115 MPGe, 75 Miles Of Range

It often takes awhile to get gas-mileage ratings onto the EPA's official website, and it's no different with electric-car efficiency numbers. Now we have the final ratings for the 2013 Nissan Leaf compact hatchback: It's rated at 115 MPGe, up from the 99 MPGe for 2011 and 2012 models. MPGe stands...

May 15, 2013 by John Voelcker 9

Nissan Leaf Wants Apps, Needs Your Data To Make Them Work

May 15, 2013 2

2013 Nissan Leaf: Driven Through Tennessee Countryside

May 12, 2013 30

2013 Nissan Leaf Electric Car Gets IIHS 'Top Safety Pick' Rating

May 9, 2013 1

Nissan Slashes Leaf Price To Sell Electric Car In Australia

Nissan should be pleased with its Leaf sales over the first few months of this year--not only is it beating last year's monthly rate, but it's on a level with the previously... May 3, 2013 by Antony Ingram 5

Nissan To Tackle Plug-In Hybrids, Fuel Cells As Well As Electric Cars

Nissan's Leaf is one of the highest-profile electric cars on the market, but the automaker is working on other alternative-propulsion vehicles, too. According to What Car... May 1, 2013 by Antony Ingram 2

Watch A 2013 Nissan Leaf Being Built In Tennessee (Video)

We always love seeing how electric cars are made. There's something fascinating about watching a car go right from the metal presses to rolling out of the factory. In recent... April 29, 2013 by Antony Ingram 21

2014 Nissan Versa Sedan: Pricing And Specification Revealed

It may not be fast, it may not be pretty, but the Nissan Versa Sedan has one overriding virtue--it's cheap. That continues for the 2014 model year, as pricing remains... April 24, 2013 by Antony Ingram 3

2013 Nissan Leaf at Nissan U.S. Headquarters, Franklin, Tennessee

Best-Selling Nissan In Portland: Leaf Electric Car--Due To Electric Highway?

We've already asked whether the Tesla Model S sells more units than the equivalent BMW, Audi or Mercedes--and now Nissan is outselling regular vehicles with its Leaf. Not... April 23, 2013 by Antony Ingram 7

Are Electric Vehicles Really Zero-Emission: Yes or No?

As the owner of the first Nissan Leaf electric car sold in Maine, it is my pleasure to give slide presentations to various groups about the history, benefits, and personal... April 22, 2013 by Marc Lausier 70

2014 Cadillac ELR revealed at 2013 Detroit Auto Show

U.S.-Built Electric Cars To Get U.S.-Made Battery Cells Too

While the number of plug-in electric cars built in the U.S. is steadily increasing, the lithium-ion cells in their batteries have mostly come from overseas. But this turns... April 22, 2013 by John Voelcker 9

Nissan Leaf Customers Get Battery Leasing Option In Europe

In America, if you want a new electric car, you go to a dealer and buy one. You might have to wait a bit of course, but generally your money gets you access to both the car... April 11, 2013 by Antony Ingram 11

Nissan Leaf's Great-Grandfather: The Tama EV

You might think high gasoline prices are a problem now, but at least it's relatively easy to get hold of. The same couldn't be said in Japan after the end of World War II... April 2, 2013 by Antony Ingram 4

2013 Nissan Leaf Electric Car: Updates, Video At NY Auto Show

Later today, we'll find out how many 2013 Nissan Leafs the company delivered last month. March was the first month that Nissan's electric car reached dealerships in volume... April 2, 2013 by John Voelcker 12

2014 Nissan Pathfinder Hybrid: Video From New York Auto Show

Last week's New York Auto Show had a number of green vehicles, but there were relatively few new production models there that truly qualified as green. So a new hybrid model... April 1, 2013 by John Voelcker

2014 Nissan Pathfinder Hybrid: Full Details From NY Auto Show

The 2014 Nissan Pathfinder enters its second year as a seven-seat family crossover with a new model added: the first-ever Pathfinder Hybrid, a direct shot across the bows of... March 27, 2013 by Antony Ingram

Nissan CEO Talks Electric Car Sales And Chinese Production

Carlos Ghosn is a busy man. In charge of the Renault-Nissan Alliance, his remit includes the diverse product lines of each company and most recently, each carmaker's electric... March 26, 2013 by Antony Ingram 9

2013 Nissan Leaf Real-World Range: Is It Any Higher?

it might not have been the number people were hoping for, but at 75 miles, an extra two miles of EPA range for the 2013 Nissan Leaf still represents an improvement. Even more... March 20, 2013 by Antony Ingram 23

2013 Nissan Leaf 'Facts' television ad, frame capture

2013 Nissan Leaf TV Ad: Selling Electric-Car Fun, Finally!

The 2013 Nissan Leaf electric car has some lofty sales goals associated with it--certainly higher than the 9,750 deliveries that Nissan averaged each year in 2011 and 2012... March 14, 2013 by John Voelcker 16