Nissan Leaf News
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Nissan is recalling 2013 through 2015 Leaf electric cars because of an issue that could affect cold-weather braking performance.
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Why I bought a new Nissan Leaf electric car 2 hours from home: $8,500 net cost
If you’re looking to spend $8,500 on a car, you’re probably going to bring home something with close to six digits on the odometer. Unless, that is, you buy a brand new electric car deep in the heart of oil and gas country. That’s what I did, and that’s how I wound up...
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Nissan: your electric car is the fuel station of the future (video)
Nissan believes future electric cars will be more connected to grid infrastructure.
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Nissan Leaf connectivity update will replace vanishing 2G network
Nissan will upgrade telematics equipment in existing Leaf electric cars as AT&T retires its 2G network.
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How I got a new 2015 Nissan Leaf electric car for $16K net: indecision
Sometimes my liberal environmentalist side fights with my fiscally conservative side, and my decision-making suffers as a result. I’ve wanted an electric car for the past 30 years. But in the 1980s, they were conversions with lead-acid batteries that were both expensive and impractical. Later...
John Briggs -
U.K. Plant To Assemble Larger Battery Packs For Next Nissan Leaf
Nissan said yesterday it will invest £26.5 million ($37.9 million) in its battery plant in Sunderland, England, to produce "advanced" battery cells for the next-generation Leaf electric car. The announcement may end rumors that Nissan would outsource production of lithium-ion cells and...
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Carlos Ghosn has never really been known as a man with frequent warm and ready smiles for all comers. Under most circumstances, the man who runs not only global automaker Nissan but the Franco-Japanese Renault-Nissan Alliance displays a serious, thoughtful countenance. But as he inspected the 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV during last week's Detroit Auto Show, more than one observer suggests that he did not look particularly happy. DON'T MISS: First Drive: Chevy Bolt EV 200-Mile Electric Car Development Vehicle As photos posted on Facebook by Gary Lieber of the San Francisco Bay Area Nissan Leaf...
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Renault-Nissan CEO Ghosn Welcomes Bolt EV, More Electric-Car Competitors
Nissan embraces more electric-car competition.
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2016 Nissan Leaf: First Drive Of 107-Mile Electric Car
Electric-car buyers have eagerly waited for the 2016 Nissan Leaf, whose SV and SL models now offer a higher range, rated by the EPA at 107 miles. That's up from the 84 miles of last year's Leaf, and so we eagerly accepted a short-term loan of a new 2016 Leaf SL to test the car ourselves. The bottom...
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How Bad Was Nissan Dealer When Buyer Wanted A Leaf Electric Car? THAT Bad
Five years after the first modern mass-market electric car launched, stories of recalcitrant car dealers continue to surface from buyers. Walk into a dealership, explain that you want to buy an electric car ... and then endure a litany of reasons why you don't. But a meticulously documented...
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Five Years After Launch, 200,000th Nissan Leaf Electric Car Sale Coming Up
Nissan expects to deliver the 200,000th Leaf in January.
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More Than 500 Nissan Electric Cars In Taxi Service Now
Nissan says more than 550 Leaf and e-NV200 taxis are operating in Europe now.
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For the rest of the year, consumers in the northern part of Colorado state can take advantage of a remarkable discount on the world's best-selling electric car. Through December 31, the dealership Tynan's Nissan is offering $9,007 off the retail price of a 2015 Nissan Leaf with an 84-mile range rating. Combined with state and Federal income-tax credits that total $12,700, that brings the effective price of a 2015 Leaf to just a bit more than $10,000. DON'T MISS: Incentive To Buy Used Electric Cars Added For Some California Buyers Colorado has one of the most generous remaining state...
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Will Nissan Leaf Offer Autonomous Driving Just Like A Tesla?
With the IDS Concept that Nissan showed at the recent Tokyo Motor Show, the automaker hinted that Nissan may be readying a suite of autonomous technologies—and a language through which the car will communicate with the driver and with its surroundings. And while it might be tempting to see...
Bengt Halvorson -
Nissan's 60-kWh, 200-Mile Battery Pack: What We Know So Far
Will the next-generation 2018 Nissan Leaf offer an option that could provide 200 miles or more of real-world driving range? Based on the concept car and prototype battery pack that officially bowed this past week, coinciding with the Tokyo Motor Show, it’s increasingly likely. Nissan’s...
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Nissan IDS Concept: Autonomous Electric Car At Tokyo Motor Show
At the Tokyo Motor Show, Nissan has revealed a concept car that gives a glimpse of what electric-car ownership could be like many years into the future—and, perhaps, provides a few more hints of what’s in store for the second-generation Nissan Leaf. Called the Nissan IDS Concept, it...
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Nissan's Tokyo Autonomous Concept: Next Leaf Electric Car--Or Not?
As we head out to the Tokyo Motor Show, the teaser photos and previews are starting to come in thick and fast. One from late last week was a shadowy image issued by Nissan of an autonomous electric concept car, which is scheduled to debut Tuesday night at 8 pm Eastern (or 9 am the next day in...
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U.K. Reviews Of 2016 Nissan Leaf: More Range, Higher Price, No More Panache Than Before
The 2016 Nissan Leaf gets mild praise from European reviewers.
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The 2016 Chevrolet Volt, for which deliveries began just this week, is going into attack mode against the Nissan Leaf and Toyota Prius in a set of new ads. But in one of those ads, it almost feels as if GM is attacking its own (upcoming) product. They build on focus-group-themed ads that Chevy has launched against Ford, and its new F-150. ALSO SEE: Tesla Delivered 11,580 Cars In Q3; Can It Meet Full-Year Goal? In that one—the “grizzly bear spot,” as it’s come to be known—members of a focus group are asked if they’d use the steel cage or the aluminum cage...
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2016 Nissan Leaf: How Does It Compare To 2012 Model On Price, Equipment, Range?
How has the Nissan Leaf changed over the years?
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2016 Nissan Leaf Range: 107 Or 155 Miles? Why Test Cycles Can Be Deceptive
Suppose you could buy a new 2016 Nissan Leaf rated not at 107 miles but 155 miles. That would be a far more desirable car, wouldn't it? Well, you can--but only in Europe. The punchline is that the two cars are identical. What differs is the rating procedure used to calculate the range of an...
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2016 Nissan Leaf Offers 107-Mile Range With 30-kWh Battery; Leaf S Unchanged
The 2016 Nissan Leaf electric car will offer a choice of two different battery sizes, with a new larger 30-kilowatt-hour pack giving an EPA-rated range of 107 miles on the mid-level SV model and the top SL trim level. The new 107-mile Leaf models will cost $35,050 for the Leaf SV (up from $32,950...
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Electric-Car Driver To Plant Trees In 48 States On Cross-Country Trip
A Nissan Leaf owner plans to drive across 48 states in support of National Drive Electric Week.
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2016 Nissan Leaf's Two Batteries: 84 Miles Base, 110 Miles For Top Trims, Dealer Says
With many 2016 model details already released by other makers, the specs of the 2016 Nissan Leaf electric car remain conspicuously absent as the U.S. heads toward its Labor Day holiday. But a posting by a Nissan dealer in Indiana suggests that high-end models of the coming year's Leaf will feature...
John Voelcker