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Nissan News Articles

How To Buy a Nissan Leaf: Four Easy Steps

How To Buy a Nissan Leaf: Four Easy Steps

Batteries Included. Nissan announced today that the Nissan Leaf will be available to consumers via lease or sale, in a single transaction that includes the battery. Pricing is not yet available, but the company outlined the steps to acquiring the pure electric five-passenger Leaf. 1Register Interested people can register for information about the Nissan LEAF [...]
Nissan Wins Japanese Industry Prize for Hybrid Technology

Nissan Wins Japanese Industry Prize for Hybrid Technology

In Japan, Nissan Motor Co has been awarded the Contribution Prize of the Ichimura Prizes in Industry. Hosted by the New Technology Development Foundation, the Ichimura Prizes in Industry award is now in its 44th year and is given to domestic individuals or organizations that show outstanding leadership in the field of new technologies. This [...]
Nissan Leaf Details Revealed in National Tour

Nissan Leaf Details Revealed in National Tour

The Nissan Leaf on display in Walnut Creek, Calif., on Nov. 24, 2009. The national tour for the all-electric Nissan Leaf continues to make its way across the country. We were able to see the five-seat 100-mile-range car yesterday in Walnut Creek, California—a few days before it arrives at the 2009 San Francisco International Auto [...]
West Midlands Police Charging With Leaf

West Midlands Police Charging With Leaf

Criminals won’t be the only ones charged now that West Midlands Police (WMP) took delivery of 30 Nissan Leafs in the UK’s largest corporate Leaf deal to date. Ten local policing units (LPUs) will run three “diary car” Leafs each: the cars will be used to attend pre-arranged meetings with victims of crime and locals [...]
Sentra Named Most Affordable Sedan

Sentra Named Most Affordable Sedan

The newly redesigned 2013 Nissan Sentra has been named “Most Affordable Compact Sedan of 2013.” After assessing 11 compact sedans equipped with six key features and factoring in five years of fuel costs, the Sentra sits atop the Cars.com list with $730 separating it from the next most affordable car on the list. According to [...]
Nissan Heading To Le Mans With Electric Technology

Nissan Heading To Le Mans With Electric Technology

As it was announcing its plans for the performance Nismo division, Nissan announced its return to Le Mans with a race car incorporating electric technology. Nissan said it will return to the Le Mans 24 Hours in 2014 with an innovative project that promises to continue the pioneering spirit of last year’s Nissan DeltaWing experimental [...]
Video: Leafs In Mexico

Video: Leafs In Mexico

While the fully electric Nissan Leaf has been zooming across the country of Mexico for months, it is only later this year that Mexicans will be able to own one. So far, only taxi drivers and government officials in Mexico City and in Aguascalientes are driving them. Soon those in Mexico who want to drive [...]
Nissan Leaf Goes To Sun Youth Organization

Nissan Leaf Goes To Sun Youth Organization

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, [...]
Canadian Leaf Sales More Than Double In February

Canadian Leaf Sales More Than Double In February

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 [...]
Advanced High Tensile Strength Steel Coming In Nissans

Advanced High Tensile Strength Steel Coming In Nissans

Nissan will incorporate a significant amount of its Advanced High Tensile Strength Steel in its future vehicles, including electric vehicles. Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. announced March 12 its plan to expand the use of Advanced High Tensile Strength Steel (AHSS) in to up to 25 percent of the vehicle parts (measured by weight) installed in its [...]

 

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