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EVs at Pikes Peak International Hill Climb

August 13, 2012
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EVs well represented at Pikes Peak 2012 Electric Vehicles (EVs) were well represented at the 2012 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb event this year. Of the 87 cars entered seven were electric. Two of those cars finished in the top ten overall. Pictured above is the racing EV of Nobuhiro “Monster” Tajima, running a fully electric race […]

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Nissan looks to reduce range anxiety

July 7, 2012
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Smartphone and website apps to provide needed info Nissan has introduced two services to its Japan-based LEAF owners (for now) to more accurately determine the range remaining in ones LEAF. One app provides a prediction of what battery capacity will be once you have reached your destination. The other uses the database of LEAF owners […]

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New electric record set at Nurburgring

June 29, 2012
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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, with a full-blown electric race car in August. This time, we write about a production […]

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Nissan’s Chinese LEAF

June 26, 2012
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Early move into China for Nissan with LEAF-based EV Dongfeng Motor Comapany, Ltd. (DFL) is a subsidiary of one of China’s largest automobile producers, Dongfeng Group, and was established as a joint venture between Nissan and Dongfeng Group in 2003. Dongfeng Group has partnered with such diverse auto makers as Nissan, Kia, Peugeot-Citroën and even […]

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Free LEAF taxi rides for Londoners

June 24, 2012
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Nissan highlights low cost per mile This past weekend a fleet of highly visible Nissan LEAFs took to the streets of London to bring a focus to the lower cost per mile of driving an electric vehicle (EV) as compared to a gasoline vehicle. Nissan chose to use Twitter as a big part of the […]

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New EV distance record for 24 hours

June 17, 2012
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Renault ZOE eclipses record On June 1 two Renault ZOE electric cars toured the Aubevoye speed ring Renault test track in Normandy. One covered 1,618 kilometers (1,005 miles) while the other covered 1,506 kilometers (935 miles). The previous electric vehicle distance record for a 24 hour period was only 1,280 kilometers (795 miles). One might […]

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Nissan LEAF now in Australia

June 15, 2012

One more continent down Today Nissan announced the launch of the Nissan LEAF in Australia. The expansion of the electric vehicle (EV) market continues to expand with this new LEAF market. It seems that the LEAF rollout in Australia will be as carefully modulated as it was in the United States as there are currently […]

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Renault to offer EV car sharing program in France

June 13, 2012
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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 smart fortwo electric drive that we just wrote about. The Twizy has no aspirations of […]

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Daimler starts production of smart fortwo electric drive

June 12, 2012
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The electric vehicle wave gains momentum Daimler’s smart fortwo has been around almost 15 years – since 1998. The electric drive version has been tested in real world applications in Daimler’s own car2go car share program in various locations around the globe since late last year. San Diego was the first location for an all […]

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Nissan LEAF sales sluggish in May

June 2, 2012

LEAF sales total 510 in May Nissan possibly could have thought things through just a bit more. With the Nissan LEAF being available in North America (United States and Canada), Europe, Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, and China in addition to its home market of Japan with only 50,000 being produced each year, that is […]

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