The Nissan Leaf and the Chevy Volt are both going to debut at around the same time on the sales floor. So which one should you choose (if you can find one available)? Lets start out by pointing out the differences. The Leaf is an entirely electric car with a stated range of 100 miles [...]

Nissan’s all electric vehicle, the Leaf, has sold out well before the first one will roll off the line. “We have 13,000 orders in the US and 6,000 orders in Japan,” Ghosn said at a news conference in Detroit, the US auto industry capital. Ghosn said that all of the US orders had come from [...]

At the Tokyo Motor Show, Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn has confirmed that Nissan, Renault’s Japanese alliance partner, will boast a lineup of at least three electric vehicles in the next few years – and a fourth vehicle is also possible. We already know about the Leaf hatchback that was unveiled back in August. In addition, [...]

Nissan’s Land Glider electric vehicle tilts from side to side, allowing the car, still an experimental concept model, to sway and swerve, almost like a motorcycle.Nissan Motor Co. project design director Takashi Nakjima says Land Glider is designed to be a “personal city commuter.” The Land Glider has sensors to calculate speed and level of [...]

It appears that Nissan has the Chevrolet Volt clearly in the crosshairs with the announcement that it will begin taking reservations for the 2011 Leaf, its new electric car, starting in spring 2010. However, critical details, such as pricing and the cost of a deposit, are still being finalized, said the automaker. Nissan credits “strong [...]

Nissan’s first EV, the Leaf, is set to go on sale in the not too distant future.  Some people are concerned that the Leaf, along with the bevy of other EVs that will be hitting the road next year will pose a risk because of how quiet they are. Most people, especially the blind, can [...]

The Leaf, Nissans first foray into the EV market is expected to have a range of 100 miles when it is new.  The Leaf uses rechargable Lithium-ion batteries, and like all rechargable batteries they lose some capacity over time. Nissan is expecting, assuming that the average driver puts 12-15 thousand miles per year on the [...]

Nissan opened their new headquarters today in Yokohama, Japan.  As a part of that grand opening they unveiled the complete design of their new electric car, the leaf.  The car will use zero gasoline and has a reported range of around 100 miles. “Just as leaves purify the air in nature, so Nissan Leaf purifies [...]

Nissan has been developing their EV for some time now.  We were shown the EV fully functioning inside a Tiida body.  Now we have a taste of what the shape of the new EV will look like. Nissan plans to unveil the new EV on August 2, coinciding with the opening of their new headquarters.

We talked earlier about Nissan doing R & D on electric vehicles.  It seems they are further along than any of us predicted.  They have been keeping a tight lip about their EV program – until today.  Nissan showed the world a prototype EV built into their Tiida compact already on sale.  The exterior will [...]