Tennessee

2013 Nissan Leaf: Driven Through Tennessee Countryside

After our quick drive of a 2013 Nissan Leaf before the New York Auto Show in late March, we were finally able to spend some extended time with the updated electric car outside Nashville. Our initial impressions remain the same: The Leaf is a perfectly normal, competent compact five-door hatchback...

May 12, 2013 by John Voelcker 30

Volkswagen Installs Huge Solar Array At Chattanooga Plant

January 23, 2013 19

2013 Nissan Leaf Electric Car To Use New, Cheaper Battery Cells: UPDATED

August 27, 2012 20

2013 Nissan Leaf Edges Closer To Production In Smyrna, TN

August 27, 2012 1

Tennessee's Electric Car Rebate Fund Still Healthy

If you live in Tennessee and you're holding out for more electric cars to hit the market, then you could be in luck. So far, only buyers of the Nissan Leaf have been... January 17, 2012 by Antony Ingram 1

Rapid Charging Station Tennessee Gas Station

Tennessee Gas Station First To Offer Rapid Electric Car Charging?

Over the past few months we’ve seen an increase in the number of rapid charging stations getting installed in areas where the 2011 Nissan Leaf is being sold. So far... September 26, 2011 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 5

Nissan lithium-ion battery pack plant under construction, Smyrna, Tennessee, Jan 2011

Nissan: U.S. Built Nissan Leafs Will Be On Time For 2013 Launch

The devastating earthquake and Tsunami which hit Japan back in March not only caused billions of dollars of damage, killed thousands and made many more homeless, but it also... July 11, 2011 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 3

Earthquake To Delay U.S. Assembly of Nissan Leaf Electric Cars?

By far the most ambitious plan to build and assemble electric cars in the U.S. comes not from General Motors or Ford, but from Nissan. Now, it may happen a little later than... June 21, 2011 by John Voelcker

First 2011 Nissan Leaf delivered to buyer, San Francisco, Dec 2010, photo by Eugene Lee

2011 Nissan Leaf Laurels: Euro Car of the Year, U.S. Cell Plant Underway

Initial deliveries of the 2011 Nissan Leaf battery electric car have been fitful, compared to hundreds of Chevy Volts sold each week. But Nissan's first modern mass-produced... January 26, 2011 by John Voelcker 1

ECOtality Blink DC fast charger plugged in

Cracker Barrel Installing EV Charge Points At Tennessee Stores

Cracker Barrel, not exactly the bastion of green technology, has launched a pilot program that will see a number of EV charge points installed at 24 of the restaurant... December 1, 2010 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran 3