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LEAF sales gain in March

April 3, 2012
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Nissan LEAF records 579 sales in March With the introduction of the Nissan LEAF to the remaining states this month, making it the first electric vehicle (EV) from a major manufacturer available in all 50 states, one might have expected the sales numbers to jump up dramatically this month. That is, unless one is familiar […]

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January 2012 Nissan LEAF sales fall

February 1, 2012
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January sales fall to 676 from 954 in December The Nissan Division of Nissan Corporation had a good January 2012 as sales overall improved 12.5% over January 2011 sales numbers. This compared favorably with Japan’s two other main producers – Toyota gained 9.0% and Honda gained 9.3% year over year. Still, LEAF sales fell from […]

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Nissan pulls plug on Portuguese battery plant

December 18, 2011
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Plant was to start operations in 2012 Nissan last week announced that plans to produce electric vehicle (EV) batteries at a plant in Portugal have been put on hold, according to Reuters. Currently, Nissan LEAF batteries are produced in Oppama, Japan. Plans include additional battery production in Smyrna, Tennessee in 2012, Sunderland, United Kingdom and […]

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Drive a LEAF – Round Two

July 13, 2011

Nissan offers LEAF consumer drives again With the completion of Nissan’s first round of consumer LEAF drive events, which ran from October 2010 through March 2011, Nissan found about 50,000 consumers interested in driving this new means of transportation. As interest in electric vehicles (EVs) continues to grow, Nissan has launched round two of the […]

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U.S. LEAF sales hit 1,708 in June

July 2, 2011

LEAF sales climb while Volt’s languish Nissan LEAF sales got off to an extremely slow start this year. Due to the all-new nature of the LEAF – both technology and platform – Nissan wanted to take their time ramping up production. This way when the vehicles were produced in volume, they were produced with quality. […]

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Nissan moves production to weekends

July 2, 2011

Nissan and others move production to weekends to better balance electricity use “Setsuden” is the current Japanese movement. Energy conservation in the wake of the earthquake/tsunami is being felt at all levels of Japanese life – from producing televisions, audio components, computers and cars to day-to-day living by the millions that make up the island […]

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LEAF and EV news

June 18, 2011

This weeks updates LEAF vs. Volt – Real world We generally don’t send our readers off to other blogs, but there is a real-world LEAF and Volt comparison article written by a person that actually owns one of each. The article is a decent representation of several months ownership and a combined 7,000 miles of […]

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More LEAF news

June 13, 2011

2012 Nissan LEAF info Nissan just announced changes for the upcoming 2012 LEAF. As expected, there will be no major changes. The onboard charger will remain 3.3 kilowatt as opposed to the 6.6 kilowatt capacity that some had been hoping for. Also, no change to the battery pack. Our own guess is that neither of […]

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Chevrolet to increase Volt production for 2012

May 20, 2011

New target – 60,000 Global, 45,000 US Faced with more demand for Volt than anticipated, GM is choosing to reconfigure the Hamtramck assembly plant where Volt is built in Detroit. The process will take about four weeks in June, and will require that plant production be stopped during the refit. This will impact near term […]

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LEAF offered in Spain

May 13, 2011

LEAF truly becoming a global car Spain started the LEAF reservation process on May 12. As in the United States, Spanish LEAF customers first reserve a LEAF online with a fully refundable deposit of €300 (currently slightly more than $200). First Spanish deliveries are expected to take place in September. LEAF is now available in […]

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