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LEAF sells 1,937 in April

May 3, 2013
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Favorable lease rates extended April sales numbers were down from March sales for Nissan as the fiscal year end deals ended. The brand still ended with a positive year over year sales gain for the month of April. Recognizing a strong marketing tool in its arsenal, Nissan has extended the favorable lease rates on LEAF. [...]

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LEAF sets new sales record in March

April 2, 2013
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  This could be the year Nissan’s LEAF sold 2,236 units in March – their best month yet. Finally, this puts Nissan on track to meet their well publicized goal of selling 20,000 LEAFs a year in the United States. This sales pace arose through an aggressive price reduction with the introduction of the new [...]

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How the 2013 Nissan LEAF price reduction will influence the EV market

January 20, 2013
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A closer look at EVs in the US With the introduction of the 2013 LEAF, Nissan has changed the envelope within which all electric vehicles (EVs) in the United States must now compete. Here’s why. First, we should note that we are talking about pure electric vehicles. We are not including plug-in hybrids in this [...]

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Price is what you pay, value is what you get

March 16, 2012
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Does Warren Buffett’s quote apply to the LEAF? Many electric vehicle (EV) naysayers trot out the price difference between a Nissan LEAF and a Nissan Versa, which are similarly sized and shaped but built on different platforms. The argument is stated thusly: “Why should I fork out almost $40,000 for an electric car with a [...]

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Chicago gets its first DC Quick Charge station

December 7, 2011
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Midway Airport cell phone waiting lot to host first charger According to the Chicago Tribune, the first DC Quick Charger has been installed in the cell phone waiting lot at Midway International Airport. The second is due to be installed this week at the University of Illinois. The significance of this news is that it [...]

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CVRP update

October 17, 2011
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$15 million to be released soon At the National Plug In Day celebration in San Diego, the California Center for Sustainable Energy provided an informative update on the status of the California Clean Vehicle Rebate Project (CVRP). For those unfamiliar with the project, for the 2010-2011 fiscal year, the project was funded with $5 million [...]

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2011 California rebate funds exhausted

June 24, 2011

Proposed funding tripled for next fiscal year $5 billion million in rebate funds have been exhausted for the California 2010-2011 fiscal year California Air Resources Board (ARB) Clean Vehicle Rebate Project. The California fiscal year ends on June 30. California LEAF owners up to this point in time were eligible for up to $12,500 in combined [...]

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EV news

June 4, 2011

Aggregated news about this and that Nissan LEAF May sales Nissan LEAF sales in the United States reached 1,142 for the month of May. Just as sales were expected to ramp up in the U.S., impact of the earthquake and tsunami are going to make themselves known, not just with LEAF or just with Nissan, [...]

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Another look at EV battery reuse

April 28, 2011

There are plans for battery life after use in your EV Back in September, we briefly touched on Nissan’s plan to Reuse, Refabricate, Resell, or Recycle used LEAF batteries. While Nissan may have some idea of what their plans are, what of the industry in general? What thoughts have been turned this way? California Center for [...]

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Walgreens enters the EV Charging Station business

April 24, 2011

Nation’s largest drugstore chain to offer EV charging stations Walgreens has partnered with NRG Energy to provide electric vehicle (EV) charging stations at 18 Walgreens stores in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. NRG says that 30 charging docks will be installed by Labor Day, including stations installed at public parking areas, other retailers and workplaces. All [...]

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