Category Archives: LEAF Ownership

Nissan LEAF production and delivery process – firsthand

Follow the timing on one LEAF On January 11, 2011 we received the following note from Nissan via e-mail: Hi Ernie, congratulations! Your vehicle is scheduled to arrive at your Nissan Dealer in the month of March 2011. As your … Continue reading

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Those silly Brits

Or maybe it’s just the BBC A journalist that works for the BBC by the name of Brian Milligan was tasked by his employer to drive over 400 miles in a “mass market electric car”. So, naturally, they chose the … Continue reading

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ECOtality charging station gets UL listed

Lack of UL listing slowed initial installations ECOtality has had a couple of successes to celebrate this week. Earlier in the week it was announced that ECOtality raised $10 million from the ABB Group. ABB is a leader in power technologies … Continue reading

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Nonotechnology offers shorter electric car battery charge time

Nano batteries to charge 40 to 60 times faster than today’s technology Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York has developed a new type of nanomaterial (material based on materials dimensionally smaller than one tenth of a micrometer). Due to the ultra … Continue reading

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Real Nissan LEAF owners exceed 100 mile range

LEAF owners trek over 100 miles home from dealer Two cautiously adventurous new LEAF owners chose to drive over 100 miles home in their inaugural drive of their new electric vehicle (EV). Guess what? They made it. We say cautiously adventurous … Continue reading

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All about Nissan LEAF deliveries from the man who knows

Mark Perry on LEAF delivery status We had an opportunity to attend the first Southern California LEAF delivery party in San Diego held at Nissan Design America and weren’t disappointed. While trying to find a proper link for you for … Continue reading

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