Green Car Reports

JANUARY 14, 2013

We know the specifications and details of the 2013 Nissan Leaf, which has now gone into in Smyrna, Tennessee. But the missing piece of information has always been: What will the battery electric car cost now that it's built in North America?

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Earlier this month, we covered January's plug-in electric car sales in the U.S., As a percentage, plug-in cars were 0.3 percent of the American market in January 2013--down from 0.5 noting that sales fell by about half from the last few months of the prior year. Now we turn our.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 7, 2013

Suppose there''s no way for businesses to make money on public electric-car charging stations--even with DC quick-charging? That was one sobering question that came up during the Plug-In 2013 conference, held in San Diego last Monday through Thursday.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 4, 2013

It's really the defining feature of any plug-in electric car: How much electric range does it have? The ever-helpful EPA, which has rated the gas mileage of all new cars, publishes its estimates of electric range for every plug-in car on the market.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 2, 2013

Later today, we'll find out how many 2013 Nissan Leafs the company delivered last month. March was the first month that Nissan's electric car reached dealerships in volume from the Tennessee production line where all U.S. While the 2013 Leaf had been shown before.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

About two years ago, under the influence of an eager Tesla representative, I briefly considered trading in my trusty 2013 Tesla Model S 85 for a new Model S 90D. But after a 24-hour test drive, the advantages of the 90D—40 miles more range, all-wheel drive, and Autopilot 1.0—didn’t

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2013 Tesla Electric Cars Miles 107

Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2014

At the beginning of 2014, there were more than 400,000 electric cars—battery-electric, plug-in hybrid, and range-extended electric vehicles—on the road worldwide, according to an analysis by Zentrums für Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung Baden-Württemberg (ZSW) in Germany.

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Plug-in 2014 2013 Plug 354

Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Volkswagen officially debuted its e-Golf electric car at the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show yesterday. Along with the e-Up electric city car, the e-Golf represents VW''s first major step into the battery electric car segment.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 27, 2012

As it enters its third model year, the Nissan Leaf electric car is expected to get a number of updates and improvements for 2013. A new report on Japan's Daily Yomiuri Online news site says that the 2013 Nissan Leaf will use cells supplied by Hitachi, rather.

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2013 Nissan Electric Cars Lithium Ion 116

Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 10, 2012

Two years ago, our first-ever Green Car Reports Best Car To Buy award went to the first modern battery-electric car sold in the U.S. This year, our third annual winner is the 2013 Tesla Model S, a car that takes the all-electric vehicle to a new and far more elevated level. How far we've come.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 11, 2014

Last year, the 96,000 plug-in electric cars sold in the U.S. represented a bit more than half a percent of the total market of 16.5 million vehicles. While market share is a good statistic: It''s useful, and easy to track.

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Market Electric Cars 2013 Cars 157

Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 4, 2012

Smart took that advice to heart; its 2013 Smart ED3 is the third generation of its all-electric version of the two-seat ForTwo minicar. And it's the first one that's really a viable car under normal driving conditions. It's also the least expensive electric car sold in the U.S., priced at $25,750 for.

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Electric Cars Report

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Renault is celebrating a decade of the Renault Zoe enabling thousands of UK car buyers to switch to an all-electric car, enhancing customers’ driving experiences and helping to improve the country’s air quality.

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Electric Vehicles Vehicles 2013 Electric 104

Green Car Reports

JULY 12, 2011

The 2011 Nissan Leaf, the world's first modern battery-electric car built in volume by a major automaker, is starting to hit its stride. Now the evolution of the Leaf is getting clearer, as Nissan officials confirmed changes and updates to the car for the 2012 and 2013 model years. the total at the.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 9, 2013

That''s the case with the 2013 Nissan Leaf, which has picked up a "Top Safety Pick" rating from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). Nobody really wants to crash, but if you''re unfortunate enough to do so it''s nice to know your chances of escaping injury are better than most.

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2013 Nissan Escape Electric Cars 135

Green Car Reports

JANUARY 15, 2014

Plug-in electric vehicle sales in Canada rose by half in 2013, with sales poised to top 3,000 units once end-of-year vehicle registration data arrives. This is a year-over-year improvement of more than 50 percent on 2012''s total Canadian sales of plug-in cars, helping their share of new-car sales rise from 0.12

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Plug-in Canada 2013 Plug 126

Green Car Reports

JULY 24, 2012

Yesterday, Honda delivered its first Fit EV electric car to private buyers--or, more accurately, private lease customers, since the car isn't available for outright sale.

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Honda 2013 Electric Cars All-Electric 108

Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

Nissan has revealed detailed specifications of the Japanese-market 2013 Leaf. The updated car, which is set to go on sale in the U.S. The changes are aimed at attracting a few more customers than the current 43,000 who have taken the plunge, since the car went on sale in December 2010.

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2013 Nissan Electric Cars Cars 122

Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2011

Daimler AG is competing in the second Silvretta electric car rally (7 to 9 July) with a total of seven electric cars from the Mercedes-Benz and smart brands. Models include: smart fortwo electric drive. Battery-electric A-Class E-CELL (first time). SLS AMG E-CELL (scheduled for launch in 2013).

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Electric Cars 2011 Cars Electric 210

Green Car Reports

JUNE 26, 2013

Fiat has never hidden the fact that its 500e electric car had been developed primarily for compliance reasons, thus there was little surprise when it was announced that sales would be limited to the state of California, at least, initially.

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California Electric Cars 2013 Cars 145

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2022

This has been especially true for the rare earth materials used in the manufacturing of electric motors for electric vehicles (EVs). The price of neodymium has remained fairly constant from 2013-2020, but 2022 saw a very sharp rise to its peak in February at 3.8 times higher than it was between 2013-2020.

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Market Motor Motors Motoring 259

Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

The 2013 Chevrolet Volt is the third model year of Chevy's unique range-extended electric car, and after a challenging start and a lot of bad media, it has emerged as the best-selling plug-in car in the U.S.--selling The four-seat, five-door.

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Chevrolet Volt 2013 Prius 136

Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 4, 2012

It's a hot topic whenever anyone mentions electric cars: Pricing. Many electric cars are more expensive than their regular counterparts, though naturally they cost less to run too. But what do today's electric and plug-in cars actually cost? Every vehicle here shows the.

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Plug-in Plug Electric Cars Price 168

Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Volkswagen unveiled two electric cars at the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show: along with the e-Golf, it also showed the e-Up electric minicar. In the VW e-Up, the car''s internal combustion engine is replaced with an electric motor that.'

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2013 Auto Electric Cars Cars 81

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

Tesla Motors announced record deliveries of 6,892 Model S vehicles worldwide in the fourth quarter of 2013, with 22,477 vehicles in the full year. GAAP net loss per share for the quarter ending 30 Sep 2013 was $(0.32), and for Q4 of 2012, $(0.79). In 2013, Tesla pulled in almost $2.5 on a non-GAAP basis and 25.8% 2014 Outlook.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 8, 2013

Canadian electric vehicle enthusiasts may remember April 2013, on the other hand, as the month the Toyota Prius Plug-in fell into fourth place among the country''s plug-ins. But before.'

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Plug-in 2013 Plug Canada 96

Green Car Reports

JANUARY 3, 2014

Today on Green Car Reports: A diesel version of the tiny Tata Nano, a pair of court cases for Fisker Automotive, and our tally of plug-in electric car sales for 2013. All this and more on Green Car Reports. The Volkswagen e-Up is the latest electric car to offer a gasoline backup loaner.

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Fisker 2013 Plug-in Diesel 80

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

SB LiMotive, the 50:50 Li-ion battery joint venture between Robert Bosch and Samsung SDI, will supply Li-ion battery packs to Mahindra & Mahindra for a new hybrid SUV from the Indian company in 2013. By 2013, SB LiMotive will have a manufacturing capacity that is sufficient to produce batteries for some 50,000 electric vehicles.

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Li-ion 2013 South Korea Supplies 210

Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

A little less than four years ago, the first 2011 Nissan Leaf electric car was delivered to eager buyer Olivier Chalouhi in San Francisco. Earlier this month, Nissan and its partner the French carmaker Renault delivered their 200,000th electric car. Oct 2013).'

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 4, 2014

Consumer Reports'' love affair with the Tesla Model S electric car is proving to be more than just a casual fling. One year and 11,380 miles after taking delivery of its Model S, the magazine is still raving about its battery-electric luxury sport sedan.

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Electric Cars 2013 Tesla Cars 135

Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 21, 2021

2021 Is Here: Here Are the Top 10 Electric Car Companies. Picking the Top 10 electric car makers now involves making some choices as the number of vehicles available increases. The Model S is the best-selling plug-in car in the U.S. Almost two-thirds of the battery electric cars sold in the U.S.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 3, 2012

For BMW, that means posting six screenshots from its unreleased iOS smartphone application for the 2013 BMW i3 electric car. We’re less than a week away from the 2012 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, and that means automakers are eagerly dropping hints about what we’ll be seeing next week.

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Detroit 2013 BMW 2012 102

Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 12, 2012

Nissan said today it has opened a plant in Smyrna, Tennessee, to fabricate lithium-ion cells for electric-car batteries. Those cells will go into electric cars. Just two years after the first Nissan Leaf was sold in the U.S.,

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Lithium Ion Nissan Electric Cars 2013 139

Green Car Reports

JUNE 29, 2012

The 2013 Honda Fit EV is a fun and well-executed little all-electric hatchback. It's quick, handles decently, gets the highest EPA efficiency rating of any vehicle on the market (118 MPGe), and its rated range of 82 miles is longer than that of the somewhat larger Nissan Leaf. Too bad you have very little chance of buying one.

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Honda 2013 All-Electric Electric Cars 113

Green Car Reports

JANUARY 9, 2013

In its third year on the market, the updated 2013 Nissan Leaf will have a slightly longer range, a new and lower-priced base model, faster charging, and a more efficient cabin heater. The battery electric car goes into production at Nissan's assembly plant in Smyrna, Tennessee, this week.

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2013 Nissan Tennessee Range 159

Green Car Reports

MAY 12, 2013

After our quick drive of a 2013 Nissan Leaf before the New York Auto Show in late March, we were finally able to spend some extended time with the updated electric car outside Nashville.

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2013 Tennessee Nissan Nashville 124

Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

Introduced to the market for the 2011 model year, the 2013 Nissan Leaf remains the highest-volume battery-electric car on sale in the United States.

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