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Nissan may delay electric Leaf production in US

Nissan may be forced to delay US production of its electric Leaf and is falling short of this year's goals as a result of the devastating Japanese earthquake, a key executive said Monday.

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created Jun 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Drivers of Nissan's electric Leaf report problems

Japanese auto giant Nissan on Monday said customers in the United States and Japan had reported problems restarting their all-electric Leaf vehicles after switching the motor off. ...

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created Apr 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

This years Nissan Leaf has battery issues

(PhysOrg.com) -- Only an extremely small amount of new cars go from the lot to the road without owners having some kind of problems. It seems that one part or another will invariably cause problems. As it ...

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created Mar 16, 2011 | popularity 1.8 / 5 (4) | comments 10 | with audio podcast weblog

Meet the family with both a Chevy Volt and a Nissan Leaf

The Chevy Volt and the Nissan Leaf are slowly putting cars on the road, mostly in California, as the companies ramp up production and start delivering to their patient customers. GM handed out 281 Volts in February (928 ...

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created Mar 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Greenest cars: Natural gas Honda Civic GX, Nissan Leaf electric and, just barely, Chevrolet Volt

For a list of the greenest 2011 model-year vehicles, there sure are a lot of traditional gasoline engines among the top 12 cars ranked by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy.

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created Feb 21, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 8

Nissan turns new Leaf with all-electric car

At first glance Nissan's Oppama plant looks like any other. But a closer look reveals workers inserting lithium-ion batteries and electric motors in every sixth vehicle on the production line.

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created Jan 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Nissan Leaf deliveries 'see slow start'

Nissan Motor had delivered only 60 units of its Leaf electric vehicle in Japan as of Friday, Kyodo News reported, despite already taking 6,000 orders due by the end of March.

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created Jan 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

World's first buyer of all-electric Nissan Leaf takes car home

Whooshing down Highway 101 toward his home in Redwood City, Calif., from San Francisco on Saturday afternoon, Olivier Chalouhi was a happy man - the world's first buyer of the all-electric Nissan Leaf to take ...

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created Dec 20, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Nissan rolls out Leaf electric car in Japan

(AP) -- Nissan showed off its Leaf electric car Friday, trumpeting its zero-emission technology and practicality with video of the hatchback zipping through snow and water.

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created Dec 03, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Nissan hopes zero-emission Leaf will electrify drivers

Billed as the world's first mass-produced electric car, this month's launch of the Nissan Leaf is expected to send a jolt through an auto industry racing to build greener vehicles.

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created Dec 02, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 37

Nissan sells out electric Leaf before it hits US showrooms

US consumers looking to get Nissan's all-electric Leaf will have to wait another year, after dealers sold this year's entire shipment before the zippy sedan even hit showrooms, the Japanese automaker said ...

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created Nov 02, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 8

5 reasons to like the Nissan Leaf

Surprise, the Nissan Leaf is great fun to drive. Well, it's not all that much of a surprise: I'd driven two other cars with the Leaf technology under the hood, but this was my first go-round (through Central ...

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created Oct 11, 2010 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (17) | comments 28

Incentives sweeten price for all-electric Nissan Leaf

The all-electric Nissan Leaf hatchback will cost $32,780 when it hits showrooms in December, the Japanese automaker said Tuesday.

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created Mar 30, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (10) | comments 9

Nissan's 'Leaf' to challenge Toyota's Prius (Update)

Nissan's upcoming all-electric car could outsell hybrids like Toyota's Prius even though it can't drive more than about 100 miles (160 kilometers) without stopping to recharge, a senior executive said.

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created Aug 06, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (8) | comments 4

Nissan rolls out electric car at new headquarters

(AP) -- Nissan Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn drove quietly out of the Japanese automaker's soon-to-open headquarters Sunday in the first public viewing of its new zero-emission vehicle.

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created Aug 02, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (18) | comments 19


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