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Just saw this in my twitter feed http://nissannews.com/newsrelease.do;jsessionid=36FD24D7CD8543360BAD70D06C5756AE?&id=3028&allImage=1&teaser=nissan-sumitomo-bring-low-cost-electric-car-quick&mid=1

http://www.newsroom.nissan-europe.com/EU/en-gb/Media/Media.aspx?mediaid=83745 Now if only we could get this in the US... Along with adoption of CHAdoMO. NISSAN MOVES TO SPEED UP ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE •Quick charge equipment price to be halved by early 2012 •Plan for...

"...significantly less than one million yen ($12,900), while the base specification unit will cost only below one half the price of the current unit (~$9000)." "Preparations are also underway for future sales of the new quick charger in the US and in European markets." September 12, 2011...

Keynote speech at LeWeb yesterday by Carlos Ghosn talking about electric cars and the future of transportation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1LXc0W5qfA Q&A http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebrFe8HJ7WY Highlights http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89kXppEMMVY Edit: BTW, the videos are in English

For all of us New Yorkers who have to wait untill Fall/Winter of next year to order a LEAF, at least we will be able to rent one in the mean time. As of next week, Hertz will let us rent LEAFs for $7/hr in NYC through the Hertz Connect program...

http://wardsauto.com/home/names_best_engines_101207/ "Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. manages the first-ever Ward’s 10 Best Engines award for an all-electric vehicle, the Leaf. True, the Leaf has no engine – just a battery-powered electric motor that turns the wheels through a single speed reducer...

NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/03/business/global/03nissan.html?_r=1&hp=&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1291313017-3uHCmdc6F0fOLVBExl3AAQ December 2, 2010 Nissan Sees Electric Car Envy in Critics of the LeafBy HIROKO TABUCHI YOKOHAMA, JAPAN — Overhyped. Fanciful. Just not viable. Skeptics have been...

http://www.newspress.co.uk/public/ViewPressRelease.aspx?pr=25868&pr_ref=2873 And they are available to LEAF drivers. "All 24 Nissan EV dealers will have a fast charge facility which will allow EV customers to charge their Nissan LEAF up to 80% capacity in 30 minutes. This network of fast...

http://green.autoblog.com/2010/11/24/2011-chevy-volt-gets-93-mpge-and-37-mpg-rating-from-epa/1#comments http://nissan-leaf.net/2010/11/24/epa-rates-the-2011-chevrolet-volt-at-60-mpge-cobimed-93-mpge37mpg-with-35-miles-of-electric-range/ 35 mile electric range, 37 mpg running on gasoline

It won't do me any good here in NY, but seeing all the people on the west coast chomping at the bit to get their car, I think it would be a good idea if Nissan could let drivers take delivery of their cars at port rather than waiting for their car to arrive at the dealer. Kind of like people who...

fresh from NYT: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/23/business/23leaf.html?src=twrhp Nissan Says Its Leaf Gets Equivalent of 99 M.P.G.By NICK BUNKLEY Published: November 22, 2010 DETROIT — The federal government has rated the Nissan Leaf, a battery-powered car scheduled to go on sale next month...

Looks like Nissan may have a decent chance of winning the TLC contract with a modified NV200. "Nissan’s design featured the most legroom and the potential for an entirely electric vehicle"...

As I'm sure we will see a number of these to come, I though I would start a new thread for comparison tests drives in the media. The first comparison tests of back-to-back drives are giving the LEAF the advantage over the Volt in terms of performance and handling (regardless of what...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20101101/bs_afp/usautocompanynissanenvironment_20101101230739 A number of reports saying 2011 model year is sold out with all 20,000 vehicles ordered (not just pre-ordered). Presumably some fleet orders have pushed some consumers. Looks like the rest of us with...

GE Plans Biggest Electric-Vehicle Order in ‘Huge’ Industry Step http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-10-28/ge-plans-biggest-electric-vehicle-order-in-huge-industry-step.html "GE, whose power-generation equipment provides a third of the world’s electricity, will order “tens of thousands” of...

Nissan really hasn't done much to promote this (it showed up on Master the Shift less than an hour before the first event, but not on the Nissan LEAF FB page, the NYC Marathon FB page or the Nissan News site), I just saw it today. However, the LEAF is going to be the pace car of the NYC Marathon...

These videos were recently posted: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBpOhzd0g50&feature=channel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kriyQrcIAnM&feature=channel These two are posted from the ad agency that put the first two videos together: http://www.youtube.com/user/studio808ad#p/u/1/ywqQTw97Dtc...

Hopefully the more announcements to come. When you consider that these are only really needed for long trips (most charging is done at home), it really doesn't take very many to connect the country... http://blogs.cars.com/kickingtires/2010/10/bp-to-install-ev-charging-ports.html BP Products...

I don't want to confuse the issue further, but looking at the sketch of the next Versa, it seems to share some styling cues with the LEAF, especially along the sides: http://nissannews.com/image-gallery.do;jsessionid=391DAA2C852B02F6A563892526B615B9?&imageGalleryId=300&mid=&method=view...

I was looking through some of the videos on the Nissan Zero Emission site and came across this video (go to 3 minutes in): http://link.brightcove.co.jp/services/player/bcpid260830016001?bclid=260830201001&bctid=625466051001...