Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield, Contributing Writer
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2011 Nissan Leaf, 520 Miles, 2 Days: Here's HowWe all know electric cars like the 2011 Nissan Leaf were designed to satisfy the daily driving needs of 90% of the population. For most cars, that translates to a life in or near a large metropolis, where daily commutes are between 10 and 40 miles. But with rapid charging capable of fast-charging...
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2011 Nissan Leaf Wins World Car of The YearOver the past year we’ve seen the 2011 Nissan Leaf win plenty of awards, including the accolade of European Car of The Year and even GreenCarReports’ Best Car to Buy 2011. But while its main competitor, the 2011 Chevrolet Volt, may have more awards to its name than Nissan’s first...
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Google, DOE Electric Car Charging Station Map Growing RapidlyOne of the challenges facing electric car owners wanting to venture further than the range their electric cars can provide on a single charge is where to find either an outlet or a purpose-built electric vehicle charging station to replenish their car’s battery pack. Until recently there was...
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BMW Exec Trashes Electric Cars, Tax Credits at Launch of ActiveEIn the rulebook of product promotion, remembering to not say horrible things about your product has to be number one. It’s a shame BMW North America President and CEO Jim O’Donnell seems to have forgotten that fact while taking part in a public event. Speaking on Monday at an event in...
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Earth Day: Coulomb Offers Free Electric Car Charging PassesIf you’re an electric car owner living within the many hundreds of publicly available electric vehicle charging stations installed by Coulomb Technologies then you may be interested in what the infrastructure company has planned to celebrate Earth Day 2011. As part of the celebrations...
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What links a 1985 novel about a drug-addicted rich boy with the 2011 Nissan Leaf?
Nothing, or something? It turns out to be both.
You see, the 1985 novel Less Than Zero, later dramatized in 1987 as...
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2011 New York Auto Show Preview: Nissan Leaf Nismo RC ConceptIt might be just three days away from its official unveiling at the 2011 New York Auto Show, but Nissan just can’t help sharing its latest electric vehicle a little early. Called the Nissan Leaf Nismo RC - that’s Racing Competition - the all-electric race-prepared car looks a little...
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Laguna Seca ReFuels Electric Car Racing, Everyone Welcome (Video)There’s something really wonderful about hearing the wind rush past your electric car accompanied by only the whine of an electric motor pushed to its very limit, tires squealing on the blacktop. If you agree with us you’ll be pleased to hear that drivers of everything from production...
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Tesla V Top Gear: Top Gear’s Track Record With Electric CarsIt’s been two weeks since Californian electric automaker filed papers against the BBC’s Top Gear for libel in relation to a segment the popular entertainment show did on Tesla’s all-electric Roadster back in 2008. By now you’re probably familiar with the details of the case...
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(Video)Range-Extended Electric Car Set to Tackle 2012 Dakar RallyGenerally accepted as one of the world’s toughest endurance races the 32-year-old Dakar rally is seen by many as the pinnacle of the automotive race calendar. The race, which has claimed the lives of more than 50 competitors and many local residents in its short history is traditionally...
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Coda Automotive Needs Funding to Finish Delayed Electric SedanWhat does $50 million buy you? We can think of plenty of good things we could do, but according to Californian electric car firm Coda Automotive, $50 million is how much it needs to bring its four door all-electric sedan to market. According to The New York Times, Christopher Rose, the...
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We’ve talked before about how all major electric cars on the market today have to undergo just as rigorous a water testing as their gasoline counterparts.
But just like the many people who ask...
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Daimler Adds Bosch To Electric Car Collaborative ProjectsYou’d be forgiven for thinking that German automaker Daimler was trying to build its own little electric car empire. Not only does it have active electric car projects running with Nissan-Renault, BYD and Tesla, but it has now announced intent to work on a project with the automotive arm of...
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BREAKING: 2011 Nissan Leaf Start Failure - What You Need to KnowA few days ago, we started hearing mumblings on the electric car grapevine which suggested that all was not well again with the 2011 Leaf, Nissan’s first ever all-electric production hatchback. It all began at the end of last month, when a 2011 Nissan Leaf owner reported that his car stopped...
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2011 Nissan Leaf One Week In: Five Things We LikeAs you may have seen earlier this week, I’ve been a proud owner of a 2011 Nissan Leaf since late last month. Today marks ten days since we took delivery. We’ve already shared the five things that we hate about the 2011 Leaf, so now it’s time to share the things we really like...
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It’s Official: DBM Energy’s Electric Car Battery Is RealRemember the controversial 2010 Audi A2 converted by German battery firm DBM Energy? The car hit the headlines last year when it apparently travelled 375 miles on a single charge. Powered by the latest battery technology, the car’s creators even claimed a 6 minute recharge time. But before...
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Nissan: Electric Car Goal Only Possible With Governmental HelpPresident Obama’s goal of 1 million hybrid and electric vehicles on the roads of the U.S. by 2015 may sound like a tall order given the slow sales rollout of plug-in cars for the first few months of 2012, but as we’ve discovered before, it isn’t impossible. Now Nissan, makers of...
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Despite what GM wanted you to think when it first launched its brand new 2011 Chevrolet Volt, its four-seat extended range electric car or plug-in hybrid does consume gasoline.
But it turns out that...
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LG Finishes Electric Car Battery Factory, Leads Battery WarSouth Korean electronics giant LG has just finished what it claims is the world’s largest lithium-ion battery plant for electric vehicle traction batteries. Capable of producing enough lithium ion batteries to put 100,000 electric cars on the road LG’s chemical devision LG Chem is keen...
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Wheel of Fortune Solves the Puzzle With 2011 Chevrolet VoltWe all know about the Wheel of Fortune contestant Caitlin Burke who solved the TV show’s prize puzzle with one letter and won herself a luxury Caribbean holiday, but what about driving away in a new car? This week, the long-running quiz show is greening up its act, offering a 2011 Chevrolet...
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Tesla Electric Roadster Triumphs in Monte Carlo For Second Year RunningThere’s something quite fun about winning a competition two years in a row, especially if you’re preoccupied with impending court cases. So when its sexy two seat all-electric Roadster sport romped home in first place at the Fifth Monte Carlo Alternative Energy Rally Tesla’s board...
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Electric Car Noise Generators Don't Work in the Real WorldEarlier this year we heard that the a United Nations committee on noise levels in plug-in vehicles was about to mandate that all plug-in cars be made to emit artificial noises when traveling at low speed. But as we’ve illustrated in the past, we’re not entirely convinced that forcing...
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2011 Nissan Leaf One Week In: Five Things We HateA week ago I took charge of my very own 2011 Nissan Leaf. The U.K. equivalent of the 2011 Nissan Leaf SL ordered by our own Marty Padgett last year, it includes a level 3 fast charge port and 12v solar panel as standard. But with over 560 miles now on the clock shared between two drivers and a...
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