22 Jun 2012, 09:33 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / According to greencarreports.com, the battery pack of the Nissan Leaf is already starting to lose some of its capacity, around 8.3% of the total, or one of the 12 bars showing the state of charge, a...
19 Jun 2012, 09:31 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Nissan Leaf isn’t the only exciting new car to be released in Australia this week. It is followed by the very competent (and great looking in green with its roof black) Skoda Fabia RS. The...
19 Jun 2012, 09:05 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Nissan Leaf has just gone on sale in Australia, making it only the second all-electric car to be sold on the continent, following the launch of Mitsubishi’s iMiEV, in August of 2011. At th...
19 Jun 2012, 08:16 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Nissan Leaf has proven itself to be the word’s first proper mass market (-ed) EV. Nissan are a good few years ahead of the competition, a situation which represents the vision of Carlos Gh...
18 Jun 2012, 10:31 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / It’s the equivalent of carrying a canister of gasoline in the trunk of your petrol-powered car - the emergency EV power supply which you can take with you anywhere, has been developed by a Ch...
18 Jun 2012, 08:56 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Nissan Leaf is only the second production all-electric vehicle to be sold in Australia. First off, the Australian press release talks about the car’s range and limitations straight off the...
13 Jun 2012, 15:24 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The use of EVs has been promoted in South America by the Alliance, an understanding based on agreements between Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Columbia, Puerto Rico and Mexico in an effort to evaluate th...
6 Jun 2012, 16:55 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Brazilian city of Sao Paulo, the 7th larges in the world, with a population of over 11-million, has begun a Nissan Leaf Taxi pilot program in an effort to gather data for a future, larger scale ...
6 Jun 2012, 14:26 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Honda FIT EV was unveiled at the Los Angeles Auto Show, in November 2011, when the manufacturer announced that the car would be available for lease on year later, at €318 ($399) per month.
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4 Jun 2012, 15:26 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Chevrolet Volt is an undeniable success, and having sold 7,671 cars in 2011, Chevrolet are aiming much higher in 2012, having already managed to convince 7,057 customers so far this year.
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29 May 2012, 08:35 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Within its first year, a vehicle loses on average, around 30% of its value, and after two more years, some cars lose up to 50%, or more. However, investing in an all-electric Nissan Leaf is a safe b...
28 May 2012, 10:27 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Despite Renault being all for the development of EVs and getting them onto the market as quickly as possible, and their group partners, Nissan with their Leaf being already there, its a tad strange ...
25 May 2012, 12:47 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Reducing one’s carbon footprint is the IT thing these days, and, to promote it in Scotland, some of the local authorities have adopted the Nissan Leaf as their daily driver, so a first batch o...
18 May 2012, 11:51 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / US driver are embracing EVs more by the day, and even more so in Los Angeles than in any other American city. Apparently, L.A. drivers travel further than in any other city, and they also charge mor...
14 May 2012, 14:25 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Will Ferrell makes one heck of a George Bush impersonation, but that doesn’t mean he swings that way in the environmental side of things. In fact, he’s so keen on the environment that he...
14 May 2012, 13:56 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Nissan Leaf has established itself as the reference vehicle in the sector, and with good reason, as it’s genuinely a good and well engineered car. Renault, however, have announced that the...
10 May 2012, 13:17 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Nissan Leaf was the first properly engineered electric car available for the masses. It sales figures are decent and on the rise, so Nissan has decided that it’s time to expand their EV ra...
9 May 2012, 16:07 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The danger of a high voltage electric shock is ever present in the minds of the people who drive today’s all-electric cars. Couple that with the fear of running out of juice and it may not be ...
27 Apr 2012, 12:04 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Nissan hasn’t exactly impressed with sales of the all-electric Leaf in America, despite the government incentives. However, the US isn’t the only place were EV are encouraged, as places ...
23 Apr 2012, 16:08 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / As most carmakers are heavily investing in diesel technology, Nissan is holding its ground with its plug-in electrics. Having sold nearly 10.000 of its battery-powered Leafs in 2011, Nissan is confi...