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Last week I took a ride in a friend’s new Nissan Leaf, which may be the perfect urban car. It has adequate performance and can more than keep up with traffic, even on the interstate. It is essentially noiseless. Its range is limited, but more than adequate for trips around a city. It has a quite spacious storage capacity. Best of all, it’s pollution free. The only thing that’s missing is the “zoom.” [...] People are getting excited about the Nissan Leaf. Sales, orders and reservations are going strong. Last September Nissan reported that 20,000 reservations have been received. That total is now up to 26,000. While that is an impressive number, to date there have only been about 10,000 sold and a reported 12,400 cancellations on the reservations. [...] Batteries recycled to store energy for the grid [...] Green funding news – by GreenWise staff [...] Auto journalists put the all-electric Nissan LEAF through its paces on three powdery test courses in Shibetsu, Hokkaido, this week, in the freezing temperatures of northern Japan. [...] There’s often a sense of sticker shock when a single option pushes past the $2,000 mark. Perhaps that’s why auto makers like to dress up these big features as option “packages,” to make it seem like you’re getting more than just a rear DVD player or pricey GPS system. With plug-in electric vehicles, ordering up a $2,000+ charger (installed) for your garage is almost mandatory in pure battery electric vehicles, and a popular option for Volt buyers. [...] Nissan North America and ABB, the world’s biggest maker of power-transmission equipment, have announced an agreement to test used lithium-ion electric-vehicle batteries – such as those in the Nissan Leaf battery-electric vehicle – for possible energy storage uses for utility companies and community power sources. [...] The Nissan Leaf just got a little greener. Nissan is exploring ways on how to reuse the electric car’s lithium-ion battery packs once it can no longer power the emissions-free car. [...] At some point during the 2012 Detroit Auto Show, Nissan sold its 10,000th Leaf in America. Not bad for an all-electric car that has been on sale for just over a year and is not yet available in all 50 states (this landmark will be achieved by March, though). Brendan Jones, the Leaf’s marketing and sales strategist for Nissan North America, was understandably enthusiastic: “From a Leaf perspective, 2011 was a great year and very positive for the company. [10,000 sales] is more EVs than have been sold in the United States – and 20,000 globally – than all the other OEMs combined throughout the world. So that’s an outstanding achievement.” [...] he Nissan LEAF is a great car. It’s probably the best car we have ever owned. Getting accustomed to the range issues has been a small challenge, but a fun one. For example, I’ve learned that taking surface streets instead of the highway really saves “fuel.” And whenever possible, I avoid hills. [...] NASHVILLE (AP) — The state of Tennessee is buying five Nissan LEAF electric vehicles as part of a clean energy initiative. [...] As with all new products, analysts are quick to analyze its success after its first year of sales. When Nissan reported that its Leaf electric vehicle sales tallied 9,674 units last year, industry analysts even claimed that the poor sales proves that a market does not exist for electric propulsion. [...] ur Nissan LEAF was delivered June 10, 2011. It now has about 5,900 miles on it. In the time we have owned it, we have made trips from our home in West Hills to Santa Monica, Culver City, Downtown Los Angeles, LAX and Century City, as well as many trips to visit our grandchildren and their parents, our daughter and son-in-law, in Studio City. On occasion, we did run low on “fuel” and just made it to our charging station in our garage. [...] MTS has added two battery-powered, zero-emission Nissan Leaf electric cars to its line of eight eco-friendly vehicles. The Nissan Leaf received the recognition at the New York International Auto Show as being the 2011 World Car of the Year and is globally the first cost-effective, all-electric, mass market vehicle. In Manitoba there are four Nissan Leaf cars and in Canada, there are 111. [...] Asia’s biggest car event, Auto Expo 2012 starting from 7th January at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, will play host to several auto companies showcasing and launching their vehicles. Among them is the Japan’s auto giant Nissan which is all-set to give tough competition to its counterparts by exhibiting the new model, Leaf electric vehicle, at the event. [...] London, UK (PRWEB UK) 25 December 2011 [...]
[...] The Nissan Leaf is perhaps the first mass-produced family-sized pure electric car. Not only does it have enough interior and boot space to justify the tag of a family car, the Leaf — as the name suggests — is totally ‘green’ too, since it uses no fossil fuels at all. [...] Yep, it’s almost the end of the year, which means reams of roundup stories from all your favorite auto websites. Nope, we’re not that different: We’ve got one too. Here’s our take on the five most important stories—or perhaps themes—of 2011 in the growing world of green cars. [...] Nissan of Canada has officially opened its online Nissan LEAF reservation system to the general public. Now, all Canadians who live within about 40 miles of the 27 Nissan LEAF certified dealers across Canada have the opportunity to purchase Nissan’s electric hatchback. [...] MURFREESBORO — The Rutherford County Industrial Development Board approved the issuance of $35.7 million in bonds Wednesday to finance Nissan’s auto factory upgrades. [...] Buyers can now pick up pure electric car without online pre-registration [...] In the 1960′s there was the muscle-car wars, and in the 1980′s it was all about who can sell the most minivans. Now its time for the green-car wars, to see who can sell the most plug-in hybrid or fully electric cars. [...] |
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