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2015 Nissan Leaf: one year later, owner offers pros and cons

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After one year of driving of a 2015 Nissan Leaf electric car, I was surprised to find that daily driving with a gasoline car requires more sacrifice than with my electric. Sometimes being a revolutionary requires a lot of personal sacrifice, and sometimes it doesn’t.

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Nissan upcoming EV push appears to get well misplaced underpinning in area it pioneered

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The untouched Murano will journey on a revised model of Nissan’s D platform and obtain a four-cylinder turbo engine. Rogue: Nissan’s bestseller will get freshened this hour. It options slimmer headlights and hind lights and brings Nissan’s untouched grille design. A plug-in hybrid GT-R is into account for 2026.

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Hybrid hype: types, tech, and the road ahead

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A hybrid vehicle is powered by at least one electric motor and a gasoline engine, and its system recovers energy through regenerative braking. There are four types of hybrids available in Inida – mild hybrid, strong hybrid, plug-in-hybrid and electric vehicles with range extender.

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CMU study concludes alt fuel vehicle incentives for OEMs result in increased fleet gasoline consumption and emissions

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A study by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University has concluded that regulatory incentives for OEMs for alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs) intended to encourage a technology transition in the transportation fleet result in increased fleet-wide gasoline consumption and emissions. —Jenn et al. Click to enlarge. —Jenn et al.

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SFU researchers find promise for plug-in vehicles in Canada, but need for increased supply and policy support

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New work by a team at Simon Fraser University (SFU) in Canada has found that more than one-third of Canadian buyers want a plug-in vehicle (PEV), with the majority of those (89—93%) wanting a plug-in hybrid rather than a pure electric vehicle. The latter report was published in Energy Economics.

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Cummins 5.0L V8 Turbo Diesel debuts in new 2016 Nissan Titan XD pickup

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2016 Nissan Titan XD Cummins 5.0L Nissan’s new 2016 Titan XD full-size pickup, which made its debut at the 2015 North American International Auto Show, was also the platform for the debut of the first vehicle installation of the all-new Cummins 5.0L TITAN will also be offered with V8 and V6 gasoline engines.

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Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Cars? Daimler Delays, Seeks Nissan, Ford As Partners

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While gasoline engines will be with us for many years, and plug-in electric cars are coming slowly, hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles remain in the background. Four makers have said they will launch production cars powered by hydrogen between 2015 and 2018. Now, one of those companies has slammed on the brakes.

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