June 2011

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June 5, 2011

Nissan reduces LEAF projected sales for 2011 Al Castignetti, Nissan’s vice president of U.S. Sales confirmed that sales may reach only half of the projected 20,000 units that Nissan had hoped to sell in 2011. Sales may only total 10,000 to 12,000 by year end. Nissan faced production issues, natural disasters, and a totally new […]

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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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Those wacky Dutch – Part Two

June 3, 2011

Drive a LEAF for 24 hours This is really a story about a promotional YouTube video created by a Netherlands based EV fast charge equipment provider. That said, there is some interesting information to be obtained. Epyon Power, founded in 2005, is located in the Netherlands and provides DC Fast Charge stations for electric cars. They […]

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LEAF to take on Pikes Peak Hill Climb

June 1, 2011

Dressed in NISMO LEAF livery, Chad Hord to take on Pikes Peak On June 26 Nissan will attack the Race to the Clouds in an essentially stock Nissan LEAF. Off-road truck racing champion Chad Hord will pilot the LEAF which will be stock with the exception of required safety equipment such as a roll cage, […]

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How do these guys get their jobs?

June 1, 2011

Fact checking is so hard It’s a wonder that there is any good information available to be had in this world at all sometimes. Edmunds.com INSIDE LINE currently has a LEAF for a long-term road test. They got the car back in March as a six month loan from Nissan. They just wrote a brief […]

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