Nissan’s alliance partner, Renault, has been confirmed as official Technical Partner of Spark Racing Technology to supply the Formula E cars to be entered in the FIA Formula E Championship. The agreement was signed by Patrice Ratti, Renault Sport Technologies Managing Director and Renault SAS representative; Alejandro Agag, CEO of Formula E Holdings; and Frédéric
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The Nissan Leaf has won the Environment Award at the 2013 Fleet World Honours awards at a ceremony held at The Royal Automobile Club, Pall Mall. The Leaf fended off competition from rival electric and hybrid manufacturers to win one of the most significant UK fleet awards. The Fleet World Honours Car Awards are open
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Hyundai, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan and Toyota are uniting with the Energy Department on a new public-private partnership called H2USA, which will focus on advancing hydrogen infrastructure to support more transportation energy options for U.S. consumers, including fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs). Named after the chemical symbol for hydrogen, the H2USA partnership brings together government agencies, gas
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Chevrolet announced May 14 that it is entering the small cargo van segment with the City Express to meet the demands of customers in an emerging commercial vehicle segment. GM will procure the vehicle from Nissan and distribute it through the Chevrolet dealer network. The 2015 City Express, based on the Nissan NV200, is Chevrolet’s
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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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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
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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
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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
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Two Nissan Leaf have been delivered to Microsoft UK. The pair is thus becoming the first 100 percent electric cars to join its staff company car program. Looking for ways to reduce its vehicle fleet carbon footprint, Microsoft UK ran five weeks of competitive internal trials with other electric car manufacturers. The trial involved inviting
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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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