There’s a (100-Mile) Ford in Your Future, But That’s About It
Ford Motor Company is hitting the brakes in the electric vehicle range war. While competitors like Tesla and General Motors are busy preparing EVs with ranges of 200 miles or more, Ford is staying put...
View ArticleMeow, Nissan: Automaker Slaps Tesla in New Leaf Ad
Nissan is trying to play Tesla’s lengthy Model 3 waiting list to its advantage. A print ad that landed in the country’s most-read newspapers this morning is playing up the Model 3’s wait times,...
View ArticleColorado Now the Best State for Tax Dodgers to Buy EVs
Electric cars take considerable flack from average consumers for being far too expensive in comparison to gas-powered competitors — and that’s before you realize it takes years to make that money back...
View ArticleNissan Leaf Sales Faceplant; Chevy Volt Laughs and Points
Nissan Leaf sales have all the buoyancy of a cinder block, meaning buyers clearly weren’t impressed with the extra miles of range added for 2016. The venerable electric vehicle recorded 979 U.S. sales...
View ArticleA Plug-in Hybrid and Two Electrics are America’s Fastest-Selling Used Cars
Electrified transportation isn’t catching fire in the new vehicle market, but sales are positively scorching at used car lots. The top three fastest-selling one- to three-year-old vehicles in the U.S....
View ArticleNext Leaf Will Go 200-Plus Miles On a Charge: Nissan Exec
Nissan doesn’t want its aging Leaf electric hatchback to be left in the dust when the long-legged Chevrolet Bolt and Tesla Model 3 hit the market. To counter the threat, Nissan will double the size of...
View ArticleNissan Really Hopes Free Juice Will Be the Leaf Blower It Needs to Clear the Lot
The Leaf is nowhere to be seen — unless you’re staring at a Nissan dealer lot — and American buyers are barely budging their electric vehicle take up rate. Nissan, it seems, needs another incentive to...
View ArticleGroup Buy Discounts: The Nissan Leaf’s Last Hope?
With Nissan Leaf sales falling like autumn foliage, a few enterprising EV fans hope to reverse the trend (or at least slow it) through group discounts. After a Colorado group negotiated a 248-vehicle...
View ArticleMassive Nissan Leaf Group Buy Kiboshed by Manufacturer
Just north of the Vermont border, you’ll find 3,712 very disappointed would-be Nissan Leaf owners. A Montreal-based group seeking a low-priced bulk buy of Nissan’s electric car has had their dreams...
View ArticleNissan Improves Base Leaf But Tells No One
Suppose an automaker improved a terrible-selling vehicle but didn’t bother to tell anyone about it. Chances are they didn’t just forget, so there has to be some fundamental reasoning behind that...
View ArticleChevrolet Volt Misses 2011 Sales Target By 2,300 Units, Outsold By Nissan Leaf
Wamp wamp! That’s the sound of the sad trombone playing for the Chevrolet Volt, which missed its 2011 sales target by 2,329 units. General Motors hoped that the Volt would sell 10,000 units in 2011,...
View ArticleNissan Invests $2 Billion Into Mexican Plant
While Honda and Mazda are just getting their respective footholds in Mexico (the two automakers are opening up respective assembly plants in Mexico), Nissan has had a long presence south of the border,...
View ArticleReview: A Week In A 2012 Nissan Leaf
Last May, the Nissan Leaf was the hottest thing on the green radar. Limited production and a long waiting list for the press meant that Nissan was lending out Leafs (Nissan tells us that is the correct...
View ArticleApril Plug-In Car Sales: Toyota Prius Wins, Chevrolet Volt Takes Second,...
It was a good month for the Toyota Prius Plug-In, with the newest plug-in car outselling the Chevrolet Volt and Nissan Leaf in April. Pent-up demand and the desire to outdo your neighbors in Marin...
View ArticleHave You Been Dying For An Electrified Nissan NV That Vaguely Resembles A...
Nissan now has a zero emissions van that you’ll be able to buy in a couple years -if that’s what you’re into. We won’t judge. Either way, the company seems to be creating a brand identity for its...
View ArticlePlug-In Car Sales Breakdown: June 2012
Now that the dust has settled, it’s time to take a look at our favorite automotive urination competition, the epic battle between the Chevrolet Volt, Nissan Leaf and the Toyota Prius Plug-In. Chevrolet...
View ArticleDead LEAFs and GE Chargers
The GE Wattstation killed my Leaf! That’s the story being reported by the New York Times as well as PlugInCars.com. As the tale goes, 11 Leaf owners have had their chargers “damaged” while charging...
View ArticleGE WattStations and LEAFs: We’ll fix it in software.
As we reported back on July 17th, there were reports of Nissan LEAFs “bricking” themselves while connected to GE’s WattStation home charging stations. Over the last 10 days, I have been on a number of...
View ArticleNissan Leaf Gets The “Taurus G” Treatment
With sales of the third-generation Ford Taurus lagging, the Blue Oval decided that an entry-level variant would be just what was needed to help kickstart sales. Faced with slumping sales of their Leaf...
View ArticleLondon Looking To Alter Congestion Charge Exemptions By Lowering CO2 Threshold
The 100 grams/km CO2 output figure is an important one for motorists in the UK. Cars that can hit this magic number are exempt from London’s daily $16 Congestion Charge, which is levied upon motorists...
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