Nissan News
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The Renault-Nissan Alliance's plans for future electric cars are beginning to come into focus. The two automakers have dominated global battery-electric car sales with the Nissan Leaf and Renault Zoe, as well as lower-volume models like the Nissan e-NV200 and Renault Kangoo ZE electric vans. But many of the automakers' electric models are due for redesigns, and the two carmakers are also expected to emphasize lower costs in a bid to compete in developing markets like China and India. DON'T MISS: Nissan Leaf leases can extend until all-new 2018 electric car late this year: updated With that in...
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Nissan e-NV200 beats Renault Kangoo ZE in electric van sales in Europe
The Renault-Nissan Alliance continues to lead all other automakers globally in sales of battery-electric cars. The Nissan Leaf is the best-selling electric car in history, while the Renault Zoe now leads the European market for cars with plugs. But Renault-Nissan's electric-vehicle dominance isn't...
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Nissan Leaf leases can extend until all-new 2018 electric car late this year: updated
More Nissan Leaf electric cars were sold in 2014 than in any model year before or since, fully 30,000 of them. That means a whole lot of three-year leases are coming due this year. Now Nissan is offering to extend those leases—and in the process, it's given us a little more information on the...
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Nissan Juke concept to get e-Power series hybrid system as well
Nissan is a leader in electric cars, but the Japanese automaker has been slow to adopt competitive hybrid technology. In a move that could potentially rectify that situation, Nissan unveiled its new e-Power series-hybrid system in Japan late last year. The system was first demonstrated in a Nissan...
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Fuel-cell range extender for Nissan e-NV200 electric taxis announced by Symbio
Advocates of battery-electric and hydrogen fuel-cell cars are often at odds over which powertrain technology is the more practical solution to reducing emissions. But French firm Symbio continues to experiment with ways to combine the two. It fits hydrogen fuel cells as range extenders for...
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2015 Nissan Leaf: one year later, owner offers pros and cons
Sometimes being a revolutionary requires a lot of personal sacrifice, and sometimes it doesn’t. After one year of driving of a 2015 Nissan Leaf electric car, I was surprised to find that daily driving with a gasoline car requires more sacrifice than with my electric. Like most people, before...
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It's the long-missing member of the trio, the last of three affordable electric cars with 200-plus miles of range expected to go into production this year. But until now, we've heard almost nothing about the 2018 Nissan Leaf. All we knew was that the second generation of the world's highest-volume electric car would have more mainstream styling and a version with at least 200 miles of range. SEE SPY SHOTS HERE: 2018 Nissan Leaf spy shots Now the first spy shots of a "mule" test vehicle have emerged. Ten separate images were published within the last 24 hours on Motor Authority and various...
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With Mitsubishi, Renault-Nissan is world's largest maker of all-electric cars
The controlling interest in carmaker Mitsubishi it acquired last year has helped the Renault-Nissan Alliance to solidify its position as the global leader in sales of battery-electric cars. The Nissan Leaf is the best-selling all-electric car in history, while the Renault Zoe has achieved...
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Electric Nissan Leaf hearse: greenest way to travel the last mile
They may be painted the customary black, but why shouldn't hearses be green? Most people take their final journeys in hearses based on large luxury sedans, usually Cadillac or Lincoln models in the U.S. But a U.K. funeral home has teamed with an aftermarket company to create a more efficient and...
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BMW, Nissan fund EVgo fast-charging network expansion: 670 dual-standard sites open
At the end of 2015, BMW and Nissan announced that the two companies had partnered to fund the installation of 120 DC fast-charging stations for electric cars across 19 states. All the sites had one or more 50-kilowatt stations with a pair of charging cables: one with the CHAdeMO connector that...
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2017 Nissan Rogue Hybrid: gas mileage review
Last year, Nissan sold almost 330,000 Rogues in the U.S., making it by far the brand's most popular model. For 2017, the compact crossover utility vehicle has added a new model, a hybrid that competes with the very successful Toyota RAV4 Hybrid—of which 44,000 were delivered last year. We...
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2018 Nissan Leaf: what we know so far about next electric car (updated)
The Nissan Leaf is by far the highest-volume electric car ever sold, with total sales now having passed 250,000 units. First launched in 2011, the Leaf got some updates for the 2013 model when production for North American sales moved from Oppama, Japan, to Smyrna, Tennessee. It got a battery...
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Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn today confirmed that a second-generation Nissan Leaf electric car is coming "in the near future," though he didn't specify a date or model year. The new Leaf will come with Nissan's ProPilot technology, which permits the car to drive itself autonomously within a highway under certain circumstances. Ghosn noted that more than 250,000 Leafs have been sold globally since its December 2010 launch, making it by far the world's highest-volume electric car. DON'T MISS: Nissan takes a different approach to fuel cells: ethanol Those Leafs collectively have covered more than 3...
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Mitsubishi electric cars to use Nissan-Renault platforms: report
Mitsubishi, Renault, and Nissan may soon share a common electric-car platform.
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Nissan and Renault to share common electric-car platform in future
The Renault-Nissan Alliance's best-selling electric cars could share a common platform in the future.
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Electric cars in unlikely places: central Oregon ski shop
A central Oregon ski shop explains why it bought a Nissan Leaf electric car.
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Nissan offers 2G Leaf owners a $199 3G upgrade, with just 24 days left
Nissan will offer owners of older Leaf electric cars an upgrade to preserve telematics system functionality.
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The 2017 Nissan Leaf enters the new model year largely unchanged.
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2017 Nissan Versa Note gets updates before LA Auto Show
The 2017 Nissan Versa Note gets styling updates, but no mechanical changes.
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Is Infiniti now ready to launch an electric car, after all?
Infiniti may build an electric car in response to Chinese demand.
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Nissan Leaf S quietly gets 30-kwh battery upgrade, higher price
For 2016, the model year just ending, the Nissan Leaf electric car got a larger-capacity battery for all but its lowest trim level. The Leaf SV and SL models this year have been fitted with a 30-kilowatt-hour battery, up from the previous 24-kwh capacity, that boosts their EPA-rated range from 84...
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Nissan emergency truck concept: electric-car battery for rescue power
The Nissan Navara EnGuard concept has two battery packs charged by its diesel engine.
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New Nissan Micra debuts in Paris, not for US but Canada perhaps
While Nissan sells many different types of vehicles in the U.S., there's one that's globally very popular that has never shown up in the States. That would be the Nissan Micra, a smaller car than the Versa sedan and Versa Note hatchback, the largish subcompacts that are its smallest U.S. offerings...
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