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US tells owners to stop driving older Nissan vehicles over air bag concerns – ET Auto

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” Owners of nearly 84,000 older Nissan vehicles in the United States equipped with recalled, unrepaired Takata air bags should immediately stop driving them due to a safety hazard, the U.S. NHTSA said that even “minor crashes can result in exploding Takata air bags that can kill or produce life-altering, gruesome injuries.”

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Junkyard Find: 2007 Mini Cooper S

The Truth About Cars

The "New Mini" first appeared in North American showrooms as a 2002 model, as part of the turn-of-the-century wave of retro-styled machinery that included the Volkswagen New Beetle , Chrysler PT Cruiser and Chevrolet HHR. That means I refuse to play the marketers' clever games with the Nissan LEAF, smart fortwo, Volkswagen up!

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Record number of EV chargers installed in the UK last quarter

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Another tidbit from that Guardian article was a survey conducted by the Electric Vehicle Association of some of the UK’s one million plus EV drivers. Let that serve as your gentle reminder that EV sales are down, except at Ford , Cadillac, GMC, Kia, Hyundai, Toyota, Nissan, Honda, Acura, Volvo , Chrysler , etc. …

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Hybrid vs PHEV vs EV | Types of EVs Explained

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Common examples of hybrid cars are: the BMW 530e、Toyota Prius Prime and Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid. But the distance they can travel varies from brand to brand – for example, the Nissan LEAF has a range of 364 kilometers, and the BMWi4 series has a range of about 590 kilometers. EVs – Electric Vehicles. More expensive to buy.

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TTAC's Worst Cars of 2023

The Truth About Cars

Nissan Pathfinder: Argh. Unless Nissan radically redesigns it’s midsize so it’s no longer automotive ennui, I shall never be a Pathy owner again. Matthew Guy No year-end article at TTAC is complete without some grousing from the rouge’s gallery of writers which make up our masthead.

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Smart Move

Revenge of the Electric Car

Read more in the article: Smart to Launch Test Fleet of Electric Cars. From the article: “The car would be leased for four years at $599 a month and would be under warranty during the full period. Nissan Motor Co. and Chrysler Group LLC all have announced electric cars due out in the next few years.&#.

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Tennessee, Nissan and TVA forge a path for electric car | www.tennessean.com | The Tennessean

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Tennessee, Nissan and TVA forge a path for electric car By G. Chambers Williams III • THE TENNESSEAN• April 26, 2009 Print this page E-mail this article Share Del.icio.us Phil Bredesen spent part of Earth Day last week test-driving a Nissan prototype all-electric vehicle at the automakers U.S.