Nissan Canada Foundation gave a Nissan Leaf to the Sun Youth Organization in order to help its Disaster Assistance program. The car was handed over to the organization Tuesday May 14 at Cité Nissan in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The fully electric, zero-emission, five-passenger car will be used to ensure vulnerable families have food, hygiene products,
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Nissan Canada revealed its sales results for April and the compact Sentra as well as the electric Leaf are raising in popularity. Nissan Sentra sales jumped 127.8 percent and was the strongest seller in Nissan’s line-up with 1,433 units sold. Meanwhile, sales of the Nissan LEAF EV totaled 48 units, up 28.0 percent over last
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The Auto Shanghai 2013 auto show is a couple of weeks away and Nissan looks forward to the global unveiling of its new concept car, named Friend-ME. To be unveiled on April 20, the Friend-ME concept is, according to Nissan, designed for the vibrant, young generation in China, one of most exciting segments in the
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Nissan has reported Canadian monthly sales and, at 5,635 total unit sales of all Nissan models, February performance is down 11.1 percent over the same month last year. Although the brand as a whole is down, the Leaf electric vehicle is performing well, with a total of 37 units sold in February 2013. This is
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Following its unveil in Detroit, Nissan celebrated last week the Canadian launch of the Versa Note at the Canadian International Auto Show held in Toronto. The second-generation of Versa hatchback will go on sale at Nissan’s U.S. dealerships in June 2013. Each new Versa Note will come equipped with an advanced 1.6-liter DOHC 4-cylinder engine
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Nissan just announced the all-new 2014 Nissan Versa Note and the Resonance Concept will make their Canadian debuts at the Canadian International Auto Show in Toronto (CIAS) mid-February. The Resonance concept was created at Nissan Design America in San Diego, Calif. Nissan said it features an open, airy architecture highlighted by a unique “floating” roof
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Today during the Detroit Auto Show Nissan announced that its 2013 Leaf – now being built in Smyrna, Tenn., for the U.S. market – has a starting MSRP of $28,800 for the new S trim level. This price lowers entry to the Leaf by $6,000. Nissan says the 2013 Leaf is the lowest priced five-passenger
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General Electric is rethinking its plan that was first stated in 2010 to purchase 25,000 electric vehicles. According to a Bloomberg report, GE’s corporate fleet services customers want choices beyond EVs; and with the current price of natural gas at one of the lowest points seen in the last five years, the company is looking
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Ford’s updated Escape line due early next year will lack a hybrid option but yesterday the company said its pending 2012 Focus Electric and 2013 C-Max Hybrid and C-Max Energi plug-in hybrid will offer best-in-class efficiency. Citing “expected” mileage figures, the Focus Electric is said to achieve 100 MPGe. Of the C-Max Energi, Ford says
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