Nissan News Articles
Bose Sound System Comes To Nissan’s Leaf
The now U.S.-built Nissan LEAF will now be available with a custom-designed Bose Energy Efficient Series sound system. This new Bose system will be available on the 2013 model that goes on sale this month. Nissan proudly stated that the Bose system in the LEAF delivers powerful, high-quality audio, but with a significantly smaller and [...]10,000 European Sales For Nissan’s Leaf
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 [...]Nissan Offering Leaf Service Upgrades
Since December 2010, Nissan has sold some 11,000 LEAFs in North America. Now, it’s offering the owners of these cars, a complimentary software update designed to improve the vehicle’s practicality. Said update is designed to improve the accuracy of the LEAF’s on-board range indicator as well as improve time-to charge estimates, providing owners with a [...]Mexico’s Leaf Taxi Pilot Program Well Received
About 70 taxi drivers in México have been driving fully electric Nissan Leafs for more than a year now as part of a pilot program launched in 2011. The project’s objective is to showcase the car’s technology while building experience and evidence of the Nissan Leaf potential under various driving conditions in Mexico. “The car [...]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 [...]Electric Cars: Like Washing Machines or Cell Phones?
Deloitte Consulting said Thursday that pure electric cars will represent less than 5 percent of the car market in 2020. That’s only halfway to the 10 percent mark that Nissan expects. Deloitte’s Robert Hill said the adoption of electric cars will match the slow acceptance of 20th-century consumer breakthroughs like washing machines—not the fast embrace [...]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, [...]Video: Leaf Business Update With Nissan Exec
Nissan is in the midst of launching the second generation of its electric car, the Leaf. With this in mind, and with critics wondering if the sales performances are worth the effort, Nissan has produced a video interview with Billy Hayes, Nissan’s Vice President in charge of global sales of the Nissan Leaf. The video [...]Electric Cars in LA Limelight
All but a handful of cars on the floor of the LA Auto Show, which runs through Nov. 30, have combustion engines—including quite a few diesels—but electric cars are getting their moment in the spotlight at the greenest of US auto shows. Carlos Ghosn, CEO of both Nissan and French carmaker Renault, gave the keynote [...]Electric Cars at Un-Green NY Auto Show
The 2008 New York Auto Show, opening this week, will mostly focus on model redesigns—while pushing hybrids and other fuel-sipping models to the margins. There’s one notable exception: the show will feature a number of electric vehicles, including the Nissan Denki Cube, Subaru R1e, and the Mitsubishi i-MiEV. In recent years, automakers have used major [...]