Plugs and Cars

MARCH 19, 2011

Nissan may have to ship engines from Tennessee to Japan. GM and Nissan production in the US is being disrupted by lack of Japanese parts. Honda is extending the shut down at its shuttered plants. Worries about Prius supply has already increased the average price by the consumer by $1,800. Source: NYTimes ].

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Plugs and Cars

DECEMBER 11, 2010

Olivier Chalouhi, owner of the first LEAF sold in the world with Carlos Tavares, Nissan Executive Vice President for the America. Olivier at the wheel driving off to the Nissan event in San Francisco Civic Center. Caravan of LEAFs headed to SF as seen from my RAV4 EV. Olivier surrounded by the media outside SF City Hall.

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Plugs and Cars

MARCH 19, 2010

Then a couple of years ago Carlos Ghosn had some sort of epiphany and announced Nissan's belief in the inevitable electrification of cars, and Nissan's intention to lead the transition. Hundreds of thousands of Nissan all-electric cars would be manufactured in Asia, America and Europe within a very few years.

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Plugs and Cars

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

That's still a good $10,000 more than the Nissan LEAF. Tags: coda nissan leaf battery electric car. But Coda has an ace up its sleeve. With a 33.8kWh lithium battery pack, nearly 10kWh larger than LEAF's, it could have significantly greater range. But the proof is in the pudding. Source: AutoBlogGreen.

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Plugs and Cars

MARCH 30, 2010

The Nissan LEAF, the first all-electric car to be mass marketed by a major automaker, will come in around $25,000, with help from the federal tax credit of $7500. Tags: nissan leaf battery electric car. At 25% of the cost of a Tesla, we're no longer talking about a car for millionaires. More info at NissanUSA.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2009

Along with one large automaker (Nissan), infrastructure providers and utilities, FedEx is among the founding members. Tags: us-china electric vehicles initiative fedex nissan electrification coalition. Comprehensive does not begin to describe Electrification Roadmap , the report they have issued.

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Plugs and Cars

DECEMBER 28, 2010

That's obviously less car for about the price of a Nissan LEAF. Add in the federal tax credit, and the electric two-seater is down to around $28,000. If they can deliver quickly enough to California, a rebate of $4000 - 5000 should kick in as well. But if you haven't ordered one yet, there could be quite a wait.

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Plugs and Cars

OCTOBER 24, 2007

Car Makers Take Sides Nissan-Renault continue talking up small all-electric cars. White suggests Honda is lining up with Nissan, seeing a future not in hybrids but rather electric cars. Tags: joseph white honda nissan GM electric car Takeo Fukui plug-in hybrid tokyo motor show toyota. Hybrid or All-Electric?

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Plugs and Cars

APRIL 24, 2011

Nissan has begun to put a real all-electric car on the market. Their own customer polling a long time ago showed a plug was at the top of Prius drivers' wish lists. Surely there's a market for their plug-in hybrid. But the bar has been raised in two unexpected directions.

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Plugs and Cars

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

But when Nissan's luxury brand Infiniti announces an EV for 2013, they get the benefit of any doubt. Or the Toyesla RAV4 EV redux, for that matter. Putting together an electric car is not rocket science, and there are many reasons other than actual plans to commercialize to go ahead and build a few.

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APRIL 13, 2011

The Nissan LEAF will arrive in Norway soon, and is also available with the fast charge connector. The Mistsubishi iMiev, with a CHAdeMO connector, is currently the best selling small car in Norway. It is also available rebadged as the Citroen C-Zero and Peugeot Ion.

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Plugs and Cars

MARCH 4, 2009

Nissan down 38%. General Motors Corp, which is racing to complete a restructuring plan this month to keep it from bankruptcy, led the sinking industry lower with a 53 percent drop in sales. The results mark the 16th consecutive monthly drop in auto sales. Ford down 48%. Chrysler down 44%. Toyota down 37%. Honda down 38%.

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Plugs and Cars

DECEMBER 28, 2007

With its modest volumes, it also remains unclear how Think will cope when bigger competitors such as Renault/Nissan and Daimler come to market with their own electric cars. If Nissan or Mercedes are to make a serious electric offering in the same time frame, we'll have to hear something soon.

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OCTOBER 4, 2007

Puregreencars.com reports Renault's (and Nissan's) Carlos Ghosn sees electric city cars in their future. Seems like further confirmation of my previous Nissan post (cnet), and the rumors of a renewed interest by European automakers in electric city cars. Three to four years away, apparently.

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Plugs and Cars

DECEMBER 11, 2009

The Nissan rep touted the imminent LEAF, although without the enthusiasm of the Nissan employees I've met over the recent months. The representative from Honda, the most consistently pro-fuel cell automaker, said FCVs are "not yet ready for mass production" and that much work needs to be done "before even slight volume increases."

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Plugs and Cars

JULY 20, 2009

Of course, Nissan and Mitsubishi, which have announced plug-in electric cars, will also be able to take advantage. Ontario has announced a $10,000 rebate for plug-in electrics, and Toyota wouldn't benefit as they delay general release of their own plug-ins. Crying foul, they claim the rebate is back-door support for GM's Volt.

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Plugs and Cars

JUNE 4, 2009

Nissan appears intent on opening up a market for mid-price range electric cars within two years. Tags: biofuels nissan GM zev mandate cafe standards barack obama battery electric car. I write a column for the Electric Auto Association newsletter, Current EVents. Here's my June column. Plug-in cars are inevitable. No plug, no deal!

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Plugs and Cars

APRIL 3, 2012

With the Nissan LEAF and the Chevy Volt, you get nameplate cars that have been well-received by the press and most importantly, their drivers. If you have one, it’s time to convince someone else. With the Mitsubish i, you get maximum efficiency and cute practicality.

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Plugs and Cars

OCTOBER 10, 2007

Unlike many electric prototypes - Nissan's Pivo comes to mind - the G4e looks like it could appear in showrooms today. Another auto maker is suggesting the future is with electric cars. CNet is reporting Subaru will be showing an electric car prototype at the Tokyo Auto Show later this month.

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Plugs and Cars

JANUARY 11, 2010

BMW has recognized that they simply teed up GM and Nissan to benefit from the MINI E experience. Today they announced officially that MINI E "pioneers" will be able to extend their leases until 2011.

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Plugs and Cars

JANUARY 18, 2010

With the DOE investment in some fast chargers as part of infrastructure development in the five Nissan/Etec Leaf target regions, Level III is happening faster than might have been expected. Fast charging will extend the range of pure EVs when deployed by freeways.

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Plugs and Cars

DECEMBER 22, 2006

He likes the Nissan Altima Hybrid well enough. In December, Nissan announced its "Green Program 2010," projecting a line of hybrids, plug-in hybrids and all-electric cars utilizing lithium-ion batteries of its own manufacture. Calls it a "Camry hybrid in tight jeans."

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Plugs and Cars

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Do you plug in your Tesla (or Nissan LEAF or Chevy Volt)? You're going out of town for a few days and recall a few spots at the airport parking lot that have a regular 110-volt electric outlet on the wall. Are you "stealing" power? Solar Dave thinks you are.

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Plugs and Cars

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Nissan LEAF buyers are excluded. ChargePoint America is looking for hosts for charge stations. If you are a consumer, and you get a Volt, Smart, or Ford electric car, you probably qualify for a free home charge station. Ecotality's EV Project got an exclusive.)

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Plugs and Cars

MARCH 14, 2012

You can check it out on the webcam at: Nissan is sponsoring the next two Adopt-a-Charger locations, at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Music Concourse Parking Garage that serves the DeYoung Museum and Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.

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Plugs and Cars

JULY 27, 2013

Although Tesla gets the headlines (and stock price boost), Nissan and Chevrolet make the sales. The electric Infiniti has been “postponed,” and BMW is entering the market with a car that doesn’t challenge Tesla. Plug-in vehicle sales are indeed increasing, with the LEAF and Volt each selling about 2500 units in June 2013.

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Plugs and Cars

JULY 31, 2008

Nissan and Renault have now promised tens of thousands of EVs on three continents by 2011. Attesting to consumer desire for plug-ins, hundreds of people flooded the Plug-in 2008 auditorium for the low-cost “public” event, which included Plug In America’s Chelsea Sexton participating in a panel discussion.

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Plugs and Cars

JULY 13, 2011

Nissan and GM have each had their preferred provider for home charge stations in an attempt to streamline the process, but many customers have had complaints about the cost and scheduling. It takes about seven hours to fill a near empty LEAF, ensuring a complete charge overnight.

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Plugs and Cars

FEBRUARY 26, 2009

All three new models will use NEC lithion-ion batteries, jointly developed with Nissan, and have a range of at least 100 miles.

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Plugs and Cars

NOVEMBER 28, 2006

As was the case with the unsuccessful attempt to save Pasadena’s Nissan HyperMinis, resident EV advocates have joined with DWP staff supportive of the electric vehicles to bring the issue to the attention of the Board. The return to Toyota of the EV fleet is on hold for the moment.

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Plugs and Cars

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

Nissan was surprised at the number of buyers uninterested in Level 2 at home, but we don''t have real data. Nissan and the others ought to be required to reveal more data on how cars are charging. And it''s more than most drivers "need," actually. Britta Gross of GM is reporting 70% of Volt customers charge at 120V.

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Plugs and Cars

NOVEMBER 28, 2006

On that day, employees of the City of Pasadena acted decisively to protect their electric Nissan HyperMinis from being taken to the crusher by Nissan car carrier trucks. Working with Southern California members of Plug In America, they used other electric vehicles to physically block Nissan from being able to take the cars.

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Plugs and Cars

MARCH 7, 2011

For years we've been hearing there's a chicken/egg situation with EVs. Consumers, it's often suggested, have rejected plug-in cars because there is no charging infrastructure. No, I've always said, we have a chicken problem. No plug-in cars. The infrastructure, ubiquitous electricity, exists.

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Plugs and Cars

DECEMBER 15, 2010

I've got a LEAF for a few days. Very exciting. I'll have a full report soon. But I've got to mention one frustration I've encountered. Restricted charge stations. In San Francisco at this moment there are, I believe, six deployed new J1772 charge stations. One, a ParkPod unit in the Hilton parking lot, was installed with private funds.

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Plugs and Cars

JANUARY 3, 2011

LEAFs are beginning to arrive by the truckload. Seven drove in to a SoCal dealership this morning.

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Plugs and Cars

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Huffington Post blogger Carol Pierson Holding just got in her friend's LEAF. It's the coolness that impressed. Read it here.

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Plugs and Cars

JANUARY 21, 2008

Carlos Ghosn, chairman of Nissan and Renault will participate in the announcement. Purchasers get subsidized hardware — the car — and pay a monthly fee for expected mileage, like minutes on a cellphone plan.Renault and Nissan will provide the cars.Mr. Tags: renault nissan electric car shai agassi project better place.

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