Category Archives: Production

Nissan pulls plug on Portuguese battery plant

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, … Continue reading

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Drive a LEAF – Round Two

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 … Continue reading

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

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 … Continue reading

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Nissan moves production to weekends

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 … Continue reading

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LEAF and EV news

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 … Continue reading

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More LEAF news

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 … Continue reading

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