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A big week for Nissan in Detroit

January 9, 2012
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North American International Auto Show to see several Nissan debuts This week is a big week for the automobile industry as the annual North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) kicks off in Detroit. With the slow economy of the last few of years, Nissan corporation has taken a lower profile and actually elected to not […]

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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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Nissan Brake Override Technology

September 8, 2011

Nissan was first Japanese manufacturer with the technology Brake Override Technology, at its core, is really simple. With accelerator and brakes both applied at the same time, the brakes win. Safety trumps performance. Think about the instance of having your cruise control system set at a given speed. Touch the brake pedal, and the cruise […]

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Toyota blows away electric race car record at Nurburgring

August 30, 2011

Who knew? 7:47.794. Porsche 911 GT3 RS – 7:47 in 2004. Nissan GT-R – 7:24.22. Clearly, this electric Toyota is an amazingly fast car – electric or otherwise. We simply had no idea that Toyota had this going on. But ya gotta admit – a motorsports arm of a Japanese manufacturer that is based in […]

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LEAF goes to Laguna Seca Raceway!

June 29, 2011

LEAF owners take on Laguna For the third year now Speed Ventures has sponsored an electric vehicle motorsports event at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Speed Ventures offers regular folks the opportunity to drive their street car on racetracks throughout California. One thing that makes ReFuel unique is that the event registration fee was just $10 […]

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Inside NISMO LEAF

June 7, 2011

Ride along with the NISMO LEAF Nissan will be taking the NISMO LEAF to Le Mans to run in an exhibition event this week. The first exhibition will be held on Thursday with the second coming up on Saturday. We’ve linked you to some of the shakedown run videos previously offered by Nissan. This one […]

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Gas Powered Everything

May 28, 2011

Sometimes, you don’t need to say anything else.

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Free power

May 25, 2011

Just find a guy with a truck Some folks are just a little bit “out there”. A LEAF driver in Amsterdam, Holland needed to get home for his daughter’s third birthday party. Being the parent of three, we can totally understand the motivations. Unfortunately, his daughter was 43 kilometers away (roughly 27 miles) and his […]

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More NISMO LEAF video

May 18, 2011

NISMO LEAF developmental work on the track Here we have about an eight minute video of the NISMO LEAF RC on the track at Sodegaura Forest Raceway in Japan. Nissan is continuing with developmental work of this all new racing platform. While many readers may wonder why we are so interested in the racing capabilities […]

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NISMO LEAF sees track time in Japan

May 8, 2011

Not a lot of LEAF news lately, but we found this bit of distraction: (it’s only about a minute long) We’re not really sure what to make of the various sounds. Certainly, we can hear the electric motor whine in some segments. Others, what sounds like induction noise of an internal combustion engine may actually […]

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