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Monster EV to attack Pikes Peak

March 29, 2012
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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 engineering. Which in this case, is a very good thing, when those boundaries surround an […]

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The $40,000 golf cart

March 11, 2012
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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 sell it for $40,000 we guess that we’d give it a shot too. The above […]

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Infiniti introduces EMERG-E at Geneva Motor Show

March 6, 2012
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400 Horsepower with 300 mile range The Infiniti EMERG-E concept takes a huge leap forward in Nissan Corporation’s look at the possible future of alternative fuel vehicles. Designed under the direction of Chief Creative Officer Shiro Nakamura, this Infiniti was developed in collaboration with Britain’s Technology Strategy Board (TSB) which led to working with Lotus […]

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LEAF is not Nissan’s only green transportation

January 31, 2012
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Solar panels help reduce emissions on Nissan’s newest transport ship Nissan not only provides zero emission transport for the masses, they also provide reduced emission car carriers to deliver them. Nissan’s Nichioh Maru, nicknamed RORO (as in Roll On, Roll Off – watch the video and you’ll understand) was just introduced as the first energy […]

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Interior EV sounds in your future?

January 25, 2012
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Perhaps like a 1963 E-type Jaguar? In our web wanderings, we discovered that a British sound engineer is producing artificial sounds for electric vehicles (EVs). The difference between these sounds and the current exterior vehicle sound for pedestrians, is that these sounds are designed for interior reproduction. One thing that we appreciate about the LEAF […]

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Innovation for All?

January 19, 2012
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How about a self-healing iPhone case Nissan in 2005 developed a self-healing vehicle coating that allows fine scratches to mend themselves. This coating is currently used on certain Infiniti and Nissan models (the LEAF is not one of them). When Nissan says fine scratches, think automated car washes that beat your car up with rubber […]

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Infiniti to debut range extended electric sports car in Geneva

January 10, 2012
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First mid-ship Infiniti to be range extended EV? This teaser image released by Infiniti today is of the range-extended EV (otherwise known as a plug-in hybrid) to be introduced at the Geneva Motor Show in March 2012. If we understood the video correctly, the range extender will be a 1.2 liter gasoline engine. No word […]

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International Hot Rod Association adds rules for EVs

December 27, 2011
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IHRA to promote EV drag racing The International Hot Rod Association (IHRA), the second largest drag racing sanctioning body in the United States, and the largest in Canada, has accepted electric cars and motorcycles into their ranks, according to the National Electric Drag Racing Association. The National Hot Rod Association had created classes for electric […]

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Nismo LEAF concept introduced at Tokyo Motor Show

November 30, 2011
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Concept LEAF lighter, more powerful MotorAuthority.com provides us with some insight into one possible LEAF future – at least for those that choose performance over range. Nissan is introducing a possible road-going (read – civilized) version of their full on LEAF NISMO RC. While the RC (Race Car – clever, those Japanese) leaves no doubt […]

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Revenge of the Electric Car openings

November 6, 2011
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Coming to a theater near you We have been busy lately with many things, and in our busy-ness, we nearly overlooked the theatrical release of the Revenge of the Electric Car. We just saw Who Killed the Electric Car not all that long ago. Chris Paine, the director of both films, seems to have a […]

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