Green Car Reports

MARCH 19, 2018

It's one of the major questions for any electric-car buyer: How long will the battery pack last? Now a new video looks at that question, comparing the different thermal-management technologies in the batteries of the new 2018 Nissan Leaf and the Chevrolet Bolt EV.

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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. Chevrolet Bolt 22,799. Nissan Leaf 10,238. The Model S is the best-selling plug-in car in the U.S. Tesla Model 3 80,681.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 12, 2014

Today on Green Car Reports: More details on the 2017 Nissan Leaf electric car emerge, Tesla''s deal to supply Toyota RAV4 EV electric powertrains ends, and we drive the 2014 Chevrolet Spark with CVT. All this and more on Green Car Reports. How quiet are electric cars?'

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2017 Nissan Toyota Electric Cars 136

Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 24, 2013

With more than a dozen plug-in cars on the market in California, this was the year we decided it was time to trade up--and swap one electric car for another. Since March 2011, our household fleet has consisted of a 2011 Nissan Leaf and a 2011 Chevrolet Volt.

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Nissan Electric Cars Volt 2011 128

Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Try asking any electric-car owner or advocate, or for that matter any member of the public, which automaker sold the most electric cars last year. In North America, the answer will likely be Tesla, or possibly Nissan or Chevrolet. But we'd bet you hear Tesla most often.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Sales of plug-in electric cars in September chugged along steadily, with consistent sales from the Chevy Volt plug-in hybrid and a stronger number for the Nissan Leaf battery-electric car. That's.

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Plug-in Volt Plug Sale 138

Green Car Reports

AUGUST 25, 2014

While more than a dozen plug-in electric cars are now sold in the United States, only three carmakers--Chevrolet, Nissan, and Tesla--have emerged as volume players, with BMW perhaps intending to become the fourth.

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BMW Electric Cars Chevrolet Tesla 162

Green Car Reports

JULY 27, 2018

When the first-generation Nissan Leaf debuted in 2011, it quickly became the best-selling electric car in history, with no real competition. By the time the most recent version debuted in 2017, it was nearly outdated before it left dealers’ lots due to a shorter range than rivals from Tesla and Chevrolet.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 12, 2017

With the 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV on the market since December and Tesla Model 3 deliveries said to start within a few months, the upcoming 2018 Nissan Leaf is in danger of getting lost in the noise level. The second generation of Nissan's pioneering electric car will likely be unveiled within the next three months.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 27, 2017

The report that Toyota is planning an electric car with a solid-state battery for 2022 has led some fans and advocates to suggest huge new leaps in electric cars are imminent. The 2011 Nissan Leaf had an EPA-rated range of 75 miles combined; the comparable figure for a 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV is 238 miles.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 23, 2012

That's a lesson every car buyer should take to heart. Especially since Nissan, Chevrolet, Tesla, and Mitsubishi all now engage in a pricing practice of which they should be ashamed. It's so-called "net pricing" of their electric cars, in which the price appearing in their marketing and on their websites is $7,500 lower.

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Nissan Price Electric Cars Mitsubishi 129

Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Today, we have another teaser for the Fisker EMotion 400-mile luxury electric car, an indication that Renault and Nissan may share a future electric-car platform, and an estimate of the quantity of Chevrolet Bolt EV electric cars General Motors must sell to meet California's zero-emission vehicle mandate.

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Fisker Nissan Electric Cars General Motors 60

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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Green Car Reports

MARCH 14, 2017

The electric car that Volvo has long planned for 2019 could join a growing group of long-range, mass-market models like the Chevrolet Bolt EV, the upcoming Tesla Model 3, and the second-generation Nissan Leaf.

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2019 Volvo Electric Cars Range 110

Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Today, battery-electric cars are built in volume at only three locations across the entire United States. Tesla builds its three different electric models in Fremont, California; the new 2018 Nissan Leaf has just gone into production in Smyrna, Tennessee; and the Chevrolet Bolt EV is built at the Orion Assembly Plant in Michigan.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 1, 2014

Sales of plug-in electric cars last month appear to be staying level with last month''s, based on early figures from Nissan and Chevrolet.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 22, 2016

The second-generation Nissan Leaf will have a range of at least 200 miles, provided by a new battery pack with a capacity of 60 kilowatt-hours. This will help the next version of the Leaf compete effectively with the upcoming 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV and the future Tesla Model 3.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

If any electric car aside from the Tesla Model 3 can be called "long-awaited," it would be the redesigned 2018 Nissan Leaf. First thought to arrive as a 2016 model, it was widely assumed to be a 2017 to go head-to-head with the 238-mile Chevrolet Bolt EV launched last December.

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2018 Nissan Green Cars Buy 102

Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Three years ago yesterday, the first retail buyer of a brand-new Chevrolet Volt range-extended electric car was handed his keys in Denville, New Jersey. Just three days earlier, the first Nissan Leaf buyer had received his battery-electric car in a large ceremony at San Francisco''s City Hall.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 29, 2017

Last year, China's BYD sold more plug-in electric cars than any other company in the world. That includes General Motors, Nissan, and Tesla.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

OK, now the 2018 Nissan Leaf has made its debut, and we know the prices, specifications, and standard and optional features of the updated electric car with a projected 150 miles of range. Deliveries of the 2018 Leaf will start early next year, but meanwhile the 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV has been on sale throughout the U.S.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 23, 2017

Five years ago, the only true battery-electric cars on the market were the Tesla Model S and the Nissan Leaf, while the Chevrolet Volt offered a plug-in hybrid solution. A lot has changed since then, and choices for those interested in an electric car have become more abundant.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 3, 2011

But for the third month in a row, Chevrolet sold more Volt range-extended electric cars than Nissan delivered Leaf plug-ins. During February, Nissan delivered 67 Leaf battery electric hatchbacks, bringing its two-month total to 154. Battle of the Titans it ain't.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 16, 2016

Today, we look at the legality of Tesla's use of driver data, why anticipation of the Tesla Model 3 and Chevrolet Bolt EV may be hurting Nissan Leaf sales, and the Volkswagen Group's plan to launch 30 electric-car models by 2025. All this and more on Green Car Reports. They're.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 5, 2014

The Chevrolet Volt range-extended electric car remains Canada''s plug-in sales champion, but the Nissan Leaf battery-electric--the best-selling electric car in history--is coming up fast in its rear-view mirror As consistently as the Toyota Camry tops the U.S.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 12, 2012

Two weeks ago, we noted that drivers of the Chevrolet Volt had covered 100 million electric miles. What we neglected to note at the time was that Nissan Leaf drivers are keeping pace, having covered more than 100 million electric miles as well.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 3, 2011

Sales of plug-in electric cars continued at a steady pace in April, with 493 Chevrolet Volts and 573 Nissan Leafs sold during the month. That brings yearly totals of the cars to 1,703 and 1,025 respectively. There were also 326 Volts and 19 Leafs sold last December, the month in which each car first went on sale.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 22, 2010

This week we drove a pre-production version of the 2011 Nissan Leaf, the first production electric car to be sold by a major automaker in more than 80 years. Unlike the range-extended electric 2011 Chevrolet Volt, which we drove last week, the 2011 Leaf is a pure battery electric vehicle.

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2011 Nissan Electric Cars Volt 113

Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Sales of the two highest-volume plug-in electric cars soared in August, with both the Chevrolet Volt and the Nissan Leaf setting all-time monthly sales records.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 5, 2018

As with any innovation, coverage of plug-in electric cars by mainstream media has been, shall we say, variable. Seven years after the first Nissan Leaf and Chevrolet Volt were delivered to their buyers in December 2010, misconceptions and misinformation abound.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 11, 2013

Last month, the Nissan Leaf passed the Chevrolet Volt to take this year''s top spot among plug-in electric cars for sale. It announced that it will offer $5,000 cash back on remaining 2012 Volt range-extended electric cars, and $4,000 on 2013 models, according to Chevrolet spokespeople quoted yesterday.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

vehicle sales last month are expected to fall overall as data rolls in, August has traditionally been a very good month for sales of plug-in electric cars. The Chevrolet Volt, for one, kept up its pace this year, with August sales of 2,081, for an eight-month total of 14,295 Volts delivered so far this year.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

sales of plug-in electric cars than any previous year, expectations for 2018 sales are running even higher. The Chevrolet Bolt EV will be available in all 50 states for a full year, the new 2018 Nissan Leaf with a 151-mile range is now on sale, and of course the Tesla Model 3 will be a factor. While 2017 saw higher U.S.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 3, 2013

car buyers took home about 17,500 plug-in electric cars in 2011. In 2012, about 53,000 electric cars were likely sold--essentially triple the prior year's number. We know that at least 50,000 sales of plug-in cars will have been reported by Chevrolet, Ford, Honda, Nissan, and. A lot better.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 10, 2014

Oh, to have the resources available to Car and Driver, which published in its March issue a lengthy comparison test among six battery-electric cars. They are the Chevrolet Spark EV, Fiat 500e, Ford Focus Electric, Honda Fit EV, Nissan Leaf, and Smart Electric Drive Cabrio.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 24, 2015

Today, questions about how Tesla really intends customers to use its Supercharger fast-charging stations, Renault and Nissan sell more than 250,000 electric cars, and potential barriers to the success of hydrogen fuel cells. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

In the US overall, more than 652,000 electric cars and plug-in hybrids were sold in 2021. For 2021 in California, Tesla was followed by: Chevrolet: 12,313 Bolt EVs, 974 Bolt EUVs (7.2% Nissan: 4,192 LEAF (2.3%). Hyundai: 3,122 Kona EV, 686 Ioniq Electric (2.1%). Ford: 5,807 Mustang Mach-E, 18 Focus EV (3.2%).

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