autoevolution
 

SEARCH TERMS:

1,022 results
search sections:
news
cars
moto
spyshots
ev/hybrid
renderings
testdrive
Nissan LEAF Earns 5-Star NHTSA Rating
Nissan LEAF Earns 5-Star NHTSA Rating

26 Jul 2011, 05:42 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / After scoring top ratings in IIHS and Euro NCAP tests, the Nissan LEAF is again at the center of attention in respects to the safety it provides. The Japanese electric car has just been awarded a fi...

 
Nissan Leaf Electric Motors to Be Manufactured at Decherd Plant in Tennessee
Nissan Leaf Electric Motors to Be Manufactured at Decherd Plant in Tennessee

21 Jul 2011, 09:06 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The North American division of Nissan today announced it has picked out the manufacturing site for the Leaf’s electric motor. Starting in early 2013, the Decherd, Tennessee, powertrain assembl...

 
2012 Nissan LEAF Ready for Launch in New US Markets
2012 Nissan LEAF Ready for Launch in New US Markets

19 Jul 2011, 15:59 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The 2012 model year Nissan LEAF is to be launched to U.S. consumers, the company’s North American arm announced today. The upgraded variant, with additional standard equipment including quick ...

 
North America Gets Its First EV Charging Roadside Assistance Truck
North America Gets Its First EV Charging Roadside Assistance Truck

19 Jul 2011, 06:22 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / As the popularity of electric vehicles is on a rise, the American Automobile Association (AAA) saw the necessity to introduce North America's first roadside assistance truck with the capability...

 
First EV Highway in U.S. to Be Built in Washington
First EV Highway in U.S. to Be Built in Washington

14 Jul 2011, 07:44 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / The times when electric cars struggled to catch up to consumer needs such as autonomy have faded away recently, thanks to the breakthroughs achieved in matter of energy cells. The wheel turned and n...

 
Nissan Stores Solar Power Using LEAF Batteries
Nissan Stores Solar Power Using LEAF Batteries

13 Jul 2011, 15:24 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / When a combustion engine reaches the end of its lifecycle, it’s bound for the scrap heap, but Nissan has found a way to give the electric storage system in end-of-life LEAF batteries into some...

 
Nissan Celebrates 4,000 Leaf Deliveries, Test Drive Tour Kicks Off
Nissan Celebrates 4,000 Leaf Deliveries, Test Drive Tour Kicks Off

11 Jul 2011, 06:23 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The North American division of Nissan announced today that consumers have the chance to test drive the all-electric Leaf in 26 cities across the United States, as the model reached the milestone of ...

 
Nissan LEAF Sprints Past Chevrolet Volt in First-half Sales
Nissan LEAF Sprints Past Chevrolet Volt in First-half Sales

7 Jul 2011, 06:50 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / There are a lot of other electric vehicles coming this year, but somehow the race between the Nissan LEAF and the Chevrolet Volt has captured everyone’s imagination. People are naturally curio...

 
Nissan Scores Green Car Guide Manufacture Award
Nissan Scores Green Car Guide Manufacture Award

6 Jul 2011, 14:33 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Nissan has been awarded Green Car Guide’s Greenest Manufacturer of the Year Award for showing real commitment to the environmental cause with its LEAF electric vehicle. Usually, the award is g...

 
Mitsubishi Introduces Two New Budget i-MiEV Versions
Mitsubishi Introduces Two New Budget i-MiEV Versions

6 Jul 2011, 13:21 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Japanese manufacturer Mitsubishi decided to release two new versions of its electric i-MiEV, which are to battle competition such as the Nissan Leaf in its home market. The company has thus announce...

 
Infiniti Prepares Concept to Challenge Audi A3 and Lexus CT200h
Infiniti Prepares Concept to Challenge Audi A3 and Lexus CT200h

5 Jul 2011, 14:37 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / Nissan is reportedly preparing the setting for a new entry into the Infiniti family. The new model will be an entry-level Infiniti that will fit below the G series and will compete against models su...

 
Nissan LEAF Bags First Pikes Peak Electric Production Class Trophy
Nissan LEAF Bags First Pikes Peak Electric Production Class Trophy

28 Jun 2011, 07:35 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / This weekend’s 89th edition of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb saw clear skies and good weather, a perfect setting of the all-electric Nissan LEAF to shine and enjoy its glory, as it h...

 
Nissan LEAF to Set EV Speed Record at Goodwood... in Reverse
Nissan LEAF to Set EV Speed Record at Goodwood... in Reverse

23 Jun 2011, 12:55 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / {img1]Nissan wants to show British show-goers at the 2011 Goodwood Festival of Speed that there’s more to the LEAF that just its efficiency, so it’s going to set a new EV record up the f...

 
Nissan LEAF US Deliveries to Reach 1,500 Record, Ghosn Says
Nissan LEAF US Deliveries to Reach 1,500 Record, Ghosn Says

15 Jun 2011, 12:46 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The cold war over market supremacy in the ego-friendly segment between Nissan’s pure electric Leaf and GM’s extended range Volt got really hot when the the Japanese carmaker started maki...

 
Ryan Reynolds Promotes the Nissan LEAF
Ryan Reynolds Promotes the Nissan LEAF

15 Jun 2011, 10:17 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Ryan Reynolds is an American actor that has steadily moved up the ranks from comedies to action movies such as Blade and X-Men Origins. We love the guy for his sense of humor and we’re eagerly...

 
Nissan LEAF Nismo RC Racer Hits the Track
Nissan LEAF Nismo RC Racer Hits the Track

10 Jun 2011, 12:27 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Nissan’s little electric racer is starting to look more interesting than ever, as a video showing the LEAF Nismo RS testing on the Sodegaura Forest Raceway this weekend was recently been relea...

 
Honda CR-Z Hybrid Racer Coming to Le Mans... Sort of
Honda CR-Z Hybrid Racer Coming to Le Mans... Sort of

9 Jun 2011, 07:50 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Even though no Japanese carmaker has been a serious contender at Le Mans for some years, most want to capitalize on their past success there. Mazda has taken things back to the early 90s, announcing...

 
JAF to Offer Roadside Assistance Charging for EVs
JAF to Offer Roadside Assistance Charging for EVs

6 Jun 2011, 08:43 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As it is about to become the electric vehicle nation-capital of the world, Japan is increasing its efforts to make EVs happen, stick, and eventually replace internal combustion engines altogether. T...

 
Chevy Volt Gets Five-Star NHTSA Rating
Chevy Volt Gets Five-Star NHTSA Rating

5 Jun 2011, 12:17 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / GM's car of the moment, and of the future, as it hopes, the Chevrolet Volt, managed to score yet another victory in the battle for the hearts and pockets of the EV-loving Americans by passing, ...

 
Nissan Leaf NISMO RC to Flex Its Muscles at Le Mans
Nissan Leaf NISMO RC to Flex Its Muscles at Le Mans

3 Jun 2011, 08:15 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In what is hoped to be the first in a series of guest-star appearances at various racing events across the globe, the souped up version of the electric Nissan Leaf, the NISMO RC, will make its first...