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You Should Never Buy A Used EV … Or Should You?

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For example, I had a bad experience with a used 2011 Nissan LEAF I bought when the EV bug first bit me. It turned out that the early Nissan LEAF batteries weren’t very good at handling the. continued] The post You Should Never Buy A Used EV … Or Should You? appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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2011 Nissan Leaf: GreenCarReports Best Car To Buy 2011

Green Car Reports

The 2011 Nissan Leaf is the first practical, five-seat electric car—a full plug-in, running solely off grid electricity—that you have been able to buy since the. More than 80 years, in fact, since viable electric cars were offered to U.S. car buyers. Now, finally, at long last, it’s happened.

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2011 Nissan Leaf At Two Years: 32,000 Miles, No Signs Of Age

Green Car Reports

Almost two years ago, I took delivery of one of the very first 2011 Nissan Leafs to be imported into the United Kingdom. With its two-year anniversary approaching, and more than 32,000 miles on the clock, has our family's opinion of the Nissan Leaf changed? And do we regret buying it? What has life with the car been like?

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With electric trucks and SUVs coming, is it time to reevaluate what a green car means?

Green Car Reports

Since the 2011 Nissan Leaf that we named our original Best Car To Buy—rated at just 73 miles—electric cars have evolved rapidly. Over the past ten years, the green-car landscape has made progress in fits and starts. In 2020, Tesla rolled out range boosts for all of its models—including a 402-mile Model S.

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Nissan LEAF hits 10,000-unit sales mark in Europe

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Nissan has now sold 10,000 units of the battery-electric LEAF in Europe. The LEAF went on sale in Europe in March 2011 in a handful of markets and is now available across the region. In March, Nissan sold more than 1,000 LEAFs, said Nissan Europe Director of Electric Vehicle, Jean-Pierre Diernaz. Earlier post.).

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Who Actually Buys 2011 Chevy Volt Electric Cars, And Why?

Green Car Reports

Despite media attempts to conjure a "sales battle" between the 2011 Chevy Volt and the 2011 Nissan Leaf, both companies are selling every car they can manage to get into the showrooms. Now Chevrolet has released its first look at who is actually buying its Volt range-extended electric cars.

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2015 Volkswagen Golf: Green Car Reports' Best Car To Buy 2015

Green Car Reports

Our Best Car To Buy award can go one of several ways here on Green Car Reports. Sometimes it goes to a moonshot car, like the first Nissan Leaf (in 2011) or the Tesla Model S (in 2013). Those are cars that radically redefined what green transportation could be, changing the auto industry forever.

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