Posts Tagged ‘nissan leaf ev’

  • Nissan LEAF Arrives in the UK on Eco-Carrier
    The first shipment of Nissan LEAF EVs for Europe arrived on Thursday in North East England, on the maiden voyage of the ‘City of St. Petersburg’, Nissan’s brand new energy-saving car carrier for transporting vehicles in Europe. The 67 Nissan LEAF EVs are destined for customers in the UK and Ireland. The City of St. Petersburg has a sleek and semi-spherical bow which...
    by at February 3rd, 2011 at 04:02 pm
  • Video: Assembling the Nissan LEAF and Chevrolet Volt
    Shot inside Nissan’s plant in Oppama, Japan, and GM’s Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant captures the production of the Nissan LEAF and Chevrolet Volt in detail. Assembling the Nissan LEAF Nissan LEAF’s lithium-ion battery modules are manufactured at the Automotive Energy Supply Corporation operation in Zama, Japan, which is a joint-venture of Nissan and NEC....
    by at December 4th, 2010 at 01:12 am
  • Nissan LEAF: 99 MPG Equivalent
    Nissan LEAF electric car will have a window sticker of 99 miles per gallon in combined city and highway driving based on government testing, the automaker said Monday. After completion of five-cycle testing, the EPA has rated the Nissan LEAF with an MPG equivalent of 106 mpg in city driving and 92 mpg on the highway for a combined 99 MPGe. This calculation is based on...
    by at November 22nd, 2010 at 04:11 pm
  • Nissan Adds Noises to LEAF Electric Car
    Nissan has invited nearly 500 people to drive its new Nissan LEAF electric car at the company’s Oppama test track in Japan over the next week. Media, Nissan shareholders, government officials, analysts and some of the first customers to place reservations for Nissan LEAF will get the chance to experience the benefits of this practical, affordable and fun to drive...
    by at June 12th, 2010 at 05:06 am
  • Nissan Breaks Ground on Smyrna Battery Plant
    Nissan broke ground Wednesday on a electric car battery plant, as part of its plan to start building Nissan LEAF in Smyrna, Tennessee. The battery plant is part of a $1.7 billion investment in electric car battery and LEAF assembly capacity in Smyrna, funded mainly by a $1.4 billion U.S. government loan. The $1.4 billion federal loan to Nissan is part of a $25 billion...
    by at May 26th, 2010 at 01:05 pm
  • Nissan Leaf Electric Car
    The Nissan Leaf is an electric car announced by Nissan in last August at Nissan’s Yokohama headquarters. Designed as a four-to-five seat hatchback, Nissan says the Leaf is not just for use as a specialty urban runabout, but rather, it was designed as an everyday vehicle – a “real car” whose 160-kilometer+ (100 mile) all-electric range meets the needs of 70% of...
    by at January 27th, 2010 at 06:01 am