Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2012

This is a big year for the Nissan LEAF in Europe and we are committed to creating an environment for electric mobility to thrive across the continent. In 2012, Nissan will increase the number of dealers selling the LEAF in Europe by almost 10 times, making it accessible to many consumers for the first time. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Nissan Motor Co., The Brazilian factory, scheduled to begin production in the first half of 2014, will have the capacity to produce up to 200,000 units annually of Nissan’s ‘V’ platform products for sale in Brazil. million units at the end of the company’s 2010 fiscal year. plans to invest 2.6

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2009

Teaser sketch of new Nissan compact. Nissan will reveal its new V-Platform technology and an all-new global compact car employing that technology at the Geneva Motor Show in March 2010. Nissan video newsletter featuring engineering and product executives on the new compact car. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 26, 2009

Nissan is a first tier OEM building a pure EV in the U.S. - for sale to regular folks. Check out the article: Nissan to launch electric car in Tennessee. Here’s a snippet from the article: A top Nissan official in the U.S. Also, the company eventually would like to make the car and its batteries in Smyrna, Tenn.,

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

The Renault-Nissan Alliance, the French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) and the French Strategic Investment Fund (FSI) signed a letter of intent to set up a joint venture company that would develop and manufacture batteries for electric vehicles, under the patronage of Christian Estrosi, the French Minister for Industry. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2016

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) has admitted to manipulating fuel consumption testing data for some 625,000 mini-cars it manufactured for sale in Japan by itself and partner Nissan. Nissan was the one who identified the discrepancies. Mitsubishi Motors has stopped production and sales of the applicable cars.

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All Cars Electric

MAY 2, 2010

Rumors are flying that Nissan is preparing a subcompact electric vehicle to compete directly with cars like the Mitsubishi i-MiEV, and it may even be made in China. The rumors are unconfirmed: word of mouth from inside a partner company of Nissan.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 11, 2017

In 2014 Plugless began selling 3.3kW wireless EV chargers for Chevy Volt and Nissan LEAF. Plugless continues to be the only wireless EV charger for sale to consumers in the world. In 2016 Plugless was installed on a fleet of a leading fully autonomous shuttlebus company based in Europe.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 26, 2013

AB Volvo has signed an agreement with the Chinese vehicle manufacturer Dongfeng Motor Group Company Limited (DFG) to acquire 45% of a new subsidiary of DFG, Dongfeng Commercial Vehicles (DFCV), which will include the major part of DFG’s medium- and heavy-duty commercial vehicles business. China is the world’s largest truck market.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Smart USA is to team up with Nissan Motor Company on a new vehicle that will go on sale in the United States. The companies have signed a memorandum of understanding with Smart USA to obtain the rights to distribute a five-door, petrol powered B-segment vehicle from Nissan for sale through its retail network in [.].

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EV Central

APRIL 17, 2023

It also means Ford doesn’t have a competitor for some of the top selling vehicles in the country, including the Toyota RAV4, Mazda CX-5, Hyundai Tucson, Kia Sportage and Nissan X-Trail. Birkic says the decisions was about positioning the brand for the future and the evolving transition to EV, something he says the company is “all-in” on.

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 21, 2021

2021 Is Here: Here Are the Top 10 Electric Car Companies. Nissan Leaf 10,238. It’s a robust list of a variety of models–the majority of which are focused on the hot crossover segment–with total sales of more than 150,000 from six major automaker groups. Tesla Model 3 80,681. Chevrolet Bolt 22,799.

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Clean Fleet Report

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

I think that’s fair since on a good day my 3 ½-year-old Chevrolet Volt has a 61-mile all-electric range, roughly comparable to a used Nissan Leaf or Fiat 500e. Nissan Leaf EV – 4,192. Tesla and GM both exceeded the state’s 200,000-unit sales cap on rebates. Nissan and Ford are expected to follow shortly.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

Nissan North America is now leasing its X-TRAIL Fuel Cell Vehicle to the Sacramento Coca-Cola Bottling Company. Previously, Nissan, which actually began developing fuel cell vehicles back in 1996, had only used the technology in demonstration fleets – this represents the first commercial Nissan fuel cell vehicle lease in North America.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2011

By comparison, the Nissan LEAF carries a 99 MPGe (combined) EPA rating, while the smaller i-MiEV carries a 112 MPGe (combined) rating. (1 Ford will also be introducing the C-MAX Hybrid and the C-MAX Energi plug-in hybrid—also to be built at Michigan Assembly— for sale in the second half of next year. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Hertz Global EV will be the first company to provide a range of all-electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles and charging stations on a car sharing and rental basis at global scale. To-date, the company has ordered vehicles from CODA, Nissan, and smart USA, and has signed an agreement with NRG Energy Inc. kWh lithium-ion battery.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

Tennessee, Nissan and TVA forge a path for electric car By G. Phil Bredesen spent part of Earth Day last week test-driving a Nissan prototype all-electric vehicle at the automakers U.S. Phil Bredesen spent part of Earth Day last week test-driving a Nissan prototype all-electric vehicle at the automakers U.S.

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 10, 2021

The company indicated the unit will begin serial production as early as next year. In the meantime, you may see other electric emergency vehicles on the road, like the new zero-emission Nissan ambulance. The electric drive unit is based on one use in terminal tractors.

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EV Adoption

JANUARY 8, 2022

The Tesla Model Y and Model 3 of course far outsold any other EV models in the US, however since Tesla neither breaks out deliveries by market or individual model (the company reports global deliveries each for the combined Model 3/Y and S/X models) we can only estimate their sales. In fact two models, the Mach-E and ID.4,

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Revenge of the Electric Car

MAY 6, 2009

The difference with how Nissan is approaching the EV is interesting. While BMW is taking a careful look at how its customers will be driving the cars and how they charge them, trying to see if there are any issues to deal with before committing to large numbers of EVs, Nissan is racing to get thousands on the road as fast as possible.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2011

The ZEV mandate requires that large volume manufacturers produce and offer for sale in California a specified number of ZEVs. The existing ZEV program requirements are primarily expressed in terms of the number of vehicles that must be offered for sale, with adjustments for different types of vehicles.

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Plug In Partners

NOVEMBER 3, 2008

Ford , Chrysler , Volvo Nissan , Subaru and VW have all indicated they will be bringing plug-in hybrids to the showroom floor for sale within the next few years. Parent company BYD Co.—it The vehicle will be recharged at night, plugged into a standard home outlet. The BYD F3DM will land in showrooms at the end of the month.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

In last week’s edition of The Green Piece Column, we looked at the leaders in the green car race including the likes of Toyota, Honda, Volkswagen and Nissan. The company had already delivered more than 700 vehicles by the end of September, 2009 (see article ). The company hopes to begin selling the Fisker Karma in mid 2010 in Europe.

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Creative Greenius

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

So far GM, Toyota, Nissan, VW, Mitsubishi, have all announced plug in vehicles they will have for sale in 2010. You’ll be especially happy you made that switch when the energy shortages to come cause rolling blackouts for those reliant on the power companies. That’s 18 months away.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 21, 2009

A lot of people feel that that’s the real reason car companies don’t like electric cars — because EVs kill the parts and service business. But down the road, the idea of the Tesla is to use this car to kick the company off, and then to get a sedan under $50,000 that’ll appeal to a lot more people. Q: And you just got a Tesla.

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EV Central

MARCH 13, 2023

The Tesla Model 3 and Tesla Model Y produce plenty of power – but not quite as much as the EV company may have you believe. And the Nissan Leaf e+ gets the same electric motor as the regular Leaf, but it makes more power courtesy of the bigger battery pack. That means 137kW/219Nm up front and 194kW/340Nm at the rear.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2010

The Palo Alto facility will assemble electric vehicle battery packs, electric motors, and related electric vehicle control equipment, both for Tesla’s own electric vehicles and for sale to other automobile manufacturers. billion to Ford Motor Company. The agreement was negotiated and signed by the Department’s Loan Programs Office.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 30, 2009

First it heads to Wales… then to China… and finally to Japan where it is then shipped for sale worldwide. The company has also faced criticism because some of its manufacturing plans could threaten historical Japanese rice paddies as outlined in our article ‘ Could Toyota manufacturing hit rice paddies?

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Clean Fleet Report

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Company CEO and founder Henrik Fisker has had a hand in designing the BMW Z8, the Aston Martin DB9 and the V8 Vantage, and the Fisker Karma. The question is: Will consumers wait a full year for an electric SUV from a company they have never heard of? Expect in the next few years to see at least 50 new models being released for sale.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 10, 2023

Despite elevated fuel prices, aggressive marketing, and most companies vowing to transition toward building electrified automobiles exclusively, America has an EV supply of more than 100 days on dealer lots. For example, Cox's averages by model ranged from 23 days, for the Chevrolet Bolt EUV, to 181 days for the Nissan Ariya.

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EV Central

JUNE 24, 2023

One of the benefits of being a global company is we get these opportunities to choose these cars. The company has also established a new EV development centre called the BEV Factory, raised its 2026 global EV sales target from 1.2 And before you ask me, in 2024 we will have good numbers of those vehicles for sale.”

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Why hes banking on an obscure Chinese electric car company and a CEO who - no joke - drinks his own battery fluid. MidAmericans David Sokol, BYDs Wang, and company advisor Li Lu flew with Sokol from Detroit to Omaha so that Wang could meet Buffett in person. EMAIL | PRINT | SHARE | RSS DIGG FACEBOOK DEL.ICIO.US

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

Alternative-fuel cars were some of the hottest items on display at the Shanghai auto show from homegrown companies like Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd., The battery-powered cars that Chinese companies are showing are intended to be much less expensive than those planned by big foreign companies. Brilliance Jinbei Automobile Co.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JANUARY 15, 2009

Mini :Hans Hochwald "unique" conversion Mini :Kaptain Kleavers Mini Pickup Nissan: Bill and Sharon Hoopes EVs PlymouthHorizon : Mike Chanceys former EV, a Jet Electrica 007. PlymouthHorizon : RLewits Home Page, car was for sale but he sold it. No picturesof his car yet though.) Pontiac Fiero : rechargedwith solar array.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

Now, of course, Bright Automotive is ready to unveil the IDEA, with the expectation it will have 50,000 ready for sale in 2013. a lithium battery company. and Nissan Motor Co. • MORE: "How to Build a 100 Mile-Per-Gallon Car. Right Now can be seen here. Yes, still a few years away. and EnerDel Inc., Both Ford Motor Co.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Audi Volkswagen-owned company exploring PHEVs Metroproject Quattro Sub-compact PHEV Concept Car shown October 2007; PHEV of A1 Sportback under consideration Bright Automotive For-profit spin off from Rocky Mountain Institute designing lightweight PHEVs, successor to RMIs 1990s "Hypercar" concept. Batteries not ready. No announced plans.

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Creative Greenius

OCTOBER 15, 2009

So far GM, Toyota, Nissan, VW, Mitsubishi, have all announced plug in vehicles they will have for sale in 2010. You’ll be especially happy you made that switch when the energy shortages to come cause rolling blackouts for those reliant on the power companies. That’s 18 months away.

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