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Junkyard Find: 2007 Mini Cooper S

The Truth About Cars

That means I refuse to play the marketers' clever games with the Nissan LEAF, smart fortwo, Volkswagen up! They're cheap, quick enough to be fun, and junkyard parts are plentiful. You could do a lot worse than a Mini Cooper S as a cheap project car, thanks to their fell-off-a-cliff depreciation and vast parts availability.

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Huawei’s smart car tech offers automakers route to China sales – ET Auto

Baua Electric

Nissan CEO Makoto Uchida’s interest was piqued too as he visited a Huawei booth and listened to representatives explain the systems developed for the Seres car on display. A Nissan spokesperson said Uchida was touring booths and had no comment on any considerations of a Huawei tie-up.

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Tips for Choosing a Car Rental in Dubai

Clean Fleet Report

Exploring the Wheel Possibilities in the Middle East This article may contain affiliate links. You can find cars for every taste and budget–you may hire the economical Hyundai i10 or Nissan Micra or the luxury Rolls Royce Ghost–or even rent a Mercedes GLE. Moreover, don’t chase excessively cheap prices.

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EV Radar: December 2021

Noodoe

Nissan Reveals 15 EVs by 2030. Nissan is Developing a Lunar Rover. Nissan is working with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to develop a lunar rover that's efficient, electric, and effective. Cheap New Method Reuses EV Batteries. Looks like we'll have to wait just a bit longer for that. New EV Announcements.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

Cars That Think

Then, as electricity entrepreneurs expanded power generation and transmission capacity, they faced the new problem of what to do with all the cheap off-peak, nighttime electricity they could now produce. Some automakers, notably Nissan and now Ford , already sell bidirectional EVs, and others are experimenting with the technology.

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2022 GMC Hummer EV: the biggest, baddest, butchest EV to hit the market?

Charged EVs

Once Tesla started selling the Model S in 2012, EVs became high-tech accessories, signifying drivers’ cutting-edge status as owners of the latest and coolest automotive technology (something the Nissan LEAF or Chevy Volt struggled to convey). This article appeared in Charged Issue 52 – November/December 2020 – Subscribe now.

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Cash for Volts?

Revenge of the Electric Car

Here’s the text of the entire article, in case the link goes bad: [link]. However, “we’re talking about heavy investment&# in cars, batteries and supporting technology, said Nissan Motor Co. Nissan is bullish on plug-ins, which Ghosn predicts will account for 10% of cars sold by 2020. starting next year.

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