Nissan News

  • 2012 Nissan Leaf

    Happy birthday, Nissan Leaf! Believe it or not, Nissan's electric car is now celebrating its second anniversary. With only relatively small numbers on the road--smaller than Nissan was hoping, anyway--the Leaf still seems like a recently-launched vehicle. But at Nissan's Oppama test track in Japan, the company hosted an event for Leaf owners around Japan and across the world, to celebrate the vehicle and its loyal community of owners. As well as a parade of the few hundred cars which turned up, Nissan had concocted a Leaf-shaped cake and offered passenger rides in the Leaf Nismo RC race car...

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    Nissan Builds First Lithium-Ion Cells For 2013 Leaf Electric Car (Video)

    Just two years after the first Nissan Leaf was sold in the U.S., Nissan said today it has opened a plant in Smyrna, Tennessee, to fabricate lithium-ion cells for electric-car batteries. The first cells built at the plant have completed the necessary aging process, and can now be charged for the...

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    Nissan Leaf Electric Car Owners Cover 100 Million Miles Too

    Two weeks ago, we noted that drivers of the Chevrolet Volt had covered 100 million electric miles. What we neglected to note at the time was that Nissan Leaf drivers are keeping pace, having covered more than 100 million electric miles as well. And it's appropriate to note that total today, just...

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    Green Car Reports 2013 Best Car To Buy Nominee: Nissan Altima

    Not all green cars are hybrids, diesels, or plug-ins. And with new fuel economy regulations now set through 2025, all cars are going to get more efficient--gasoline cars first and foremost. The new 2013 Nissan Altima mid-size sedan has the highest EPA rating for combined gas mileage of any gasoline...

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    Nissan Leaf Breaks Electric Car Convoy Record With 225 Cars

    Agroup of Nissan Leaf owners from around the United Kingdom have broken the world record for the 'largest parade of electric vehicles'. With 225 Nissan Leafs and an overcast, wet Silverstone race circuit, a parade of 225 cars broke the previous record, held by Chrysler with 218 vehicles. Nissan UK...

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    2013 Nissan Leaf Electric Car Revealed In Japanese Trim

    Nissan has revealed detailed specifications of the Japanese-market 2013 Leaf. The updated car, which is set to go on sale in the U.S. early next year, features a host of minor upgrades. The changes are aimed at attracting a few more customers than the current 43,000 who have taken the plunge, since...

  • 2011 Nissan Leaf SL

    For many months, Nissan has said it would sell 20,000 Leaf electric cars in the U.S. by next March. Sales rates didn't seem to support that, and now Nissan has conceded that it won't happen. CEO Carlos Ghosn said that number "would not be reached," in an interview on Bloomberg TV in Mexico City yesterday. The Detroit News reported Ghosn's remarks. Nissan sold 9,674 Leafs in the U.S. during 2011, and had long planned to double that number this year. But from January through October, it sold 6,791 Leafs--15 percent fewer than in the same period last year--although October sales spiked to 1,579...

  • Nissan Leaf electric limo for sale on eBay
    Stretch Nissan Leaf Electric Limo For Sale On eBay: What Would You Pay?

    Want a Nissan Leaf but disappointed that you can't take more of your friends along for the ride? Or don't have space for champagne flutes? The Nissan Leaf limo for sale on eBay could be just the thing to meet your needs. If you think the concept of a Nissan Leaf electric limo sounds familiar, then...

  • 2012 Nissan Leaf
    Nissan: Leaf Sales Lower Than Expected, But We're United Behind It

    Electric cars may be the future, but in the present they're still a risk. Nissan knows this more than most, and at a conference reporting its Q2 2012 financial results, chief operating officer Toshiyuki Shiga says that Nissan would still like to penetrate the market more. However, he also expressed...

  • Infiniti JX Hybrid prototype, Nissan GranDrive test track, Oppama, Japan, Oct 2012
    Nissan Plans For New Hybrid, Plug-In Cars: One Per Year

    Nissan might be investing heavily in its electric car program, but the automaker hasn't forgotten hybrid vehicles completely. In fact, the company is set to launch one hybrid or plug-in car per year for the next few years, allowing it to compete in a market where hybrid vehicles are gaining...

  • 2013 Nissan Sentra SL  -  First Drive, October 2012
    2013 Nissan Sentra: Details, Reviews, Gas Mileage

    If you're in the market for a new Honda Civic, Toyota Corolla or Volkswagen Jetta, you're also in the market for the 2013 Nissan Sentra. While we haven't driven the 2013 Sentra on GreenCarReports yet, our sister site at TheCarConnection has reviewed the car in full--useful for any potential buyer...

  • 2012 Nissan Leaf in the Apple iPhone 4S commercial
    Finally! A Nissan Leaf Global Ad That Everyone Understands

    In a few months’ time, the Nissan Leaf electric car will have been on sale in the U.S. for two years. While a steady--if slow--stream of Leafs have left dealers all over the U.S. since, Nissan, like some of its rivals, has struggled to find the right way of advertising its first plug-in car...

  • 2013 Nissan Leaf Spy Shots

    U.S. production of the 2013 Nissan Leaf moved one step closer to reality earlier this week, when Nissan started eMotor production trials at its factility in Decherd, Tennessee. Located about 70 miles from Smyrna, where Nissan will start official U.S. production of the 2013 Leaf electric car, the motor production line--and its staff--are going through final production test runs before the plant commences official motor manufacturing later this year. Currently made in Japan, the Leaf’s electric motor contains around one mile of copper wiring, and takes Nissan longer to assemble than a...

  • 2011 Nissan Leaf: One Year Drive Report
    2011 Nissan Leaf Long-Term Update: 25,000 Miles, No Woes

    Back in March 2011, we took delivery of a U.K. spec Nissan Leaf as our principal family car. Since then, we’ve kept you up-to-date with the car’s long-term progress, including reports after driving 5,000 miles in it, after covering the 11,000 mile mark, and after one year of ownership...

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    Having Your Gas Car Serviced? Here, Borrow A Nissan Leaf

    These days, most mainstream dealers and garages give you a courtesy , or loaner car while your own vehicle is being worked on. If you’re lucky, you’ll be given a reasonably new demo car, or perhaps even a car comparable with your own. More often than not, you'll end up with the garage's...

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    Nissan Leaf Gets Remote Charger Timer With Leaf Link iPhone App

    Ever since Nissan launched its Leaf electric car in late 2010, it has offered owners the ability to remotely start charging, using its Carwings telematics system and smartphone apps. The Nissan Leaf also has a feature letting owners pre-program a start time for charging and pre-heating, but only...

  • 2013 Nissan Leaf Spy Shots
    2013 Nissan Leaf: Spy Shots Of New, Less-Expensive Model

    With the first 2013 Nissan Leaf electric car expected to roll out of the Smyrna, Tennessee, plant in mid-December, many rumors have been flying about what changes the updated Leaf will have. Now we have the first spy shots showing some of the modifications Nissan has made to create a new, less...

  • 2012 Nissan Leaf
    At $5/Gallon, 2012 Nissan Leaf Electric Car Pays For Itself

    If you're looking to reduce your driving costs, should you buy an electric car? It's a question many have asked in the past, and the results tend to vary depending on the electric car selected, and the cost of driving in your area. As gasoline prices hit $5 per gallon in some areas of California...

  • Ryan Reynolds and Ryan Hall in an ad for the 2012 Nissan Leaf

    Plug-in electric car sales are growing in the U.S., with the Chevy Volt in particular going from strength to strength. The 2012 Nissan Leaf, however, is not doing so well. Despite being one of the earliest electric cars on the market, it's been outsold three to two this year by the Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid. What is it that carmakers do to boost sales? Why, offer incentives, of course! Which is how it comes to pass that you can lease a brand-new Nissan Leaf SL battery-electric car for a mere $139 a month with $2,995 down. The lower-than-ever lease deal is available from Boardwalk Nissan in...

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    Exec Stands Firm on Nissan Leaf Batteries, Previews 2013 (Video)

    Ever since a handful of Nissan Leaf owners in Arizona noticed that their cars had started to suffer from premature battery aging, Nissan has been criticized for its apparent lack of transparency on the subject. Just over a week ago, Nissan announced it had asked electric car advocate Chelsea Sexton...

  • Nissan Leaf Self-Driving Car
    Move Over Google, Meet The Self-Driving Nissan Leaf

    What Google can do with a Toyota Prius, someone else can do with a Nissan Leaf. At least, that’s the message NIssan wants to send after showcasing its own take on Google’s automated car at the 2012 Ceatec exhibition in Japan. As Engadget reports, the self-driving Nissan Leaf can move...

  • 2013 Nissan Sentra
    2013 Nissan Sentra Prices To Start At $16,770

    It’s been just under a month since Nissan quietly released gas mileage figures for its all-new 2013 Sentra compact sedan. Now Nissan has announced pricing for this redesigned sedan. Including a mandatory $780 handling and destination fee, the base-level 2013 Sentra S, with 1.8-liter...

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    Nissan To Reboot Leaf Effort, Asks Electric-Car Fans For Help

    This is a tough period for Nissan and its Leaf electric car. Sales have been stagnant, averaging 500 cars per month this year. More recent concerns by owners in Phoenix over unexpected battery-capacity loss raise the specter of a plug-in car with limited lifespan. Some observers feel that Nissan...

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    2012 Nissan Leaf Lease Now $219 A Month, Incentives Increase

    With ongoing consumer concerns about battery longevity in hot climates, not to mention an all-new 2013 Leaf electric car just around the corner, NIssan has dropped the price of leasing a 2012 model. According to The Washington Post, Nissan started September with enough 2012 Leafs in its inventory...

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