Toyota’s consistency as a green company has been confirmed by a third successive top ranking in the annual Best Global Green Brands report. This report was published June 12 by international brand consultancy Interbrand. Interestingly, automotive brands make up 50 percent of this year’s top ten. The report gauges the gap between public perception of
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In light of weakened Chevrolet Volt sales that have seen Nissan Leaf sales push ahead this year, GM is offering various discounts on its “extended-range” EV. Combined with all potential government incentives and discounts, the net result may be the Volt is the recipient of the highest percentage of money off from any car in
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The new Nissan Leaf will show up in Camada with a new base trim level and a revised price. Nissan has announced that Canadian pricing for the new 2013 Nissan Leaf will start at a Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) of $31,698 for the newly-added S grade. This makes the Leaf S the lowest priced
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On Tuesday, speaking at a shareholders’ meeting in Mountain View, Calif., Tesla CEO and co-founder Elon Musk said 2016 is the year to watch for an electric car costing half what an entry level Model S does, and with 200 miles range. “A significant improvement in technology is needed to have a compelling affordable electric
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Resale valuation for the 2013 Nissan Leaf is expected to average 35 percent of its sticker price after 36 months compared to 40 percent previously set by Kelley Blue Book (KBB) for 2011/2012 models. According to Automotive News, which interviewed Eric Ibara, KBB’s director of residual value consulting, post-lease residual values and wholesale auction prices
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Nissan’s Leaf has now doubled its Canadian sales year-to-date, when compared to May 2012. The Leaf found 31 buyers during the month of May 2013 in comparison to 23 in May 2012; this brings the 2013 year-to-date sales of Nissan’s electric car to 235 units, which represents a 100.9 percent increase in comparison with the
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May sales of Nissan’s all-electric Leaf saw it finishing with 2,138 units sold, a 319.2-percent year-over-year increase and making this its second-best sales month since its December 2010 launch. This follows the same result achieved the month prior, and April’s 1,937 units sold was only briefly the Leaf’s second-best sales month, but Nissan is on
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Along with General Motors reporting the company’s highest overall sales month since September 2008, the Chevrolet Volt’s sales crested higher to 1,607 units sold in May compared to 1,306 units sold in April. May’s results do however lag 4.3-percent behind the Volt’s May 2012 score of 1,680 units sold, and follow Nissan’s all-electric Leaf’s May
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According to Nissan, a certain nurse from Paris, France known simply as Mrs. Lailler, has become the 10,000th Nissan Leaf customer in Europe, further cementing Nissan’s assertion that the zero emission car is the best-selling electric vehicle of all time. Mrs. Lailler will be driving her Nissan Leaf on visits to patients and using it
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While Nissan dove head first, sink-or-swim, into the EV waters with its Leaf in late 2010, Honda has demonstrated it prefers to dip its toes in first, then perhaps its calves, and while the water may still be chilly, it is getting in deeper with its Fit EV. First launched in California and Oregon in
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