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Nissan LEAF limo finds a home in Tennessee

Posted on July 18, 2012 by Ernie Hernandez

Visitors to Nissan HQ to arrive green and clean I had read about the creation of the Nissan LEAF limo not long ago by a Missouri coach building firm. I did not, however, expect to be personally impacted by it. … Continue reading →

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New electric record set at Nurburgring

Posted on June 29, 2012 by Ernie Hernandez

Audi R8 e-tron claims glory We have written before about electric cars setting records at the ‘ring. We wrote about Peugeot’s record in May of last year, which was in a concept vehicle. Then again, we wrote about Toyota’s record, … Continue reading →

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Renault to offer EV car sharing program in France

Posted on June 13, 2012 by Ernie Hernandez

Renault Twizy fleet entering test phase The Renault Twizy is a true electric vehicle (EV) city car. What better way to test market a city EV than through a car sharing program, similar to what Daimler is doing with the … Continue reading →

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Toyota to enter EV at Pikes Peak

Posted on June 8, 2012 by Ernie Hernandez

Toyota’s entry a true electric race car Toyota introduced this car at the Nurburgring last year with an amazingly fast 7:47 tour of the ‘ring, establishing a new lap record for electric cars. Now with more power and torque on … Continue reading →

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Monster EV to attack Pikes Peak

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Ernie Hernandez

Nobuhiro “Monster” Tajima to go electric at the Peak this year Long time readers of Living LEAF know of our penchant toward motorsports activities. Not only is racing fun, but it provides an outstanding platform to explore the boundaries of … Continue reading →

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The $40,000 golf cart

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Ernie Hernandez

Really? The bizarre part about this is that the guy that thought it up got someone else to build it. But I guess if you’re already building a $30,000+ version, if you can put a designer’s name on it and … Continue reading →

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