Since its launch in December 2010, Nissan’s Leaf which is now assembled in Tennessee, has become the best-selling electric vehicle in the world, and has just crested past 25,000 units sold in he U.S. with 62,000 sold globally. In the process of getting there, Nissan has opened up a dialogue with its owners to help
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As Nissan seeks to get the word out that EVs can make sense now, it is expanding its quick charger network in a shared initiative with Car Charging Group, Inc. The initial goal will be to deploy 48 super-quick, high-voltage DC chargers in California and strategic places on the East Coast. The exact placement in
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You have your solutions, and then there are elegant solutions. The “solution” is an electric car itself, such as a Chevy Volt, Spark EV, Nissan Leaf, etc., but the “elegant solution” could be maximizing the value and fleshing out a complete cradle-to-grave and beyond paradigm for post consumer batteries. As a case in point, Nissan
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With its adjacent battery manufacturing and assembly plants now operational in Smyrna, Tenn., Nissan has established a state-of-the-art manufacturing process in the U.S. The electric car, launched in December 2010, had its best sales month in March this year with 2,236 units sold and Nissan is set up to produce as many as 150,000 per
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Nissan’s 2,236 Leafs sold in March was its best U.S. sales month since its December 2010 launch, and while it’s questionable whether April will equal this, Nissan is looking well beyond month-by-month results, and is showing itself to be committed for the long haul. This week, timed with Earth Day on April 22, Nissan hosted
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March sales numbers for all-electric and plug-in hybrid cars are not all in yet, but it appears the Nissan Leaf’s 2,236 units sold tops them all letting it also finish third for this year’s first quarter. The Tesla Model S took second for March with an estimated 1,950 – and it also placed number one
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Imagine you can cut your commute time to work in half, increase your productivity at home and in your job, all with a car that is almost free to lease. These are the words from a video produced by Nissan describing a new reality for employees at Evernote in Redwood City, Calif. Evernote is a
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Starting this month, the city of Rio de Janeiro has its own electric taxi program with an initial pair of Nissan Leaf. The program is a partnership between the Rio de Janeiro City Government, Nissan do Brasil (NBA) and Petrobras Distribuidora. In the first phase, two Nissan Leaf taxis will be available in Rio. By
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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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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
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