June 19, 2013

Edition: U.S.

Nissan Leaf

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Damn. That Car's Electric: The Slow Journey of Getting Off Gas

Kurt A. Gardinier | Posted 06.18.2013 | Business

Read More: Renewable Energy, Hybrids, Nissan Leaf, Tesla Model S, Tesla Motors, Electric Cars, Ford, Ford Focus, Green Energy, Made in America, Toyota Prius, Mitt Romney, Global Warming, Hybrid Cars, Business News

I sided with Germany when I was 16 and with Japan by my late-20s. Their vehicles were simply superior to American ones in most every way. I now side with America for the first time, having recently purchased my first American car.

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Why It's Never Been Easier to Buy a Fuel-Efficient Vehicle

Brian Moody | Posted 05.11.2013 | Business

Read More: Nissan, High Gas Prices, Gas Prices, Chevrolet Volt, Automotive News, Toyota, Hybrid Cars, Toyota Prius, Chevrolet, Cars, Nissan Leaf, Plug-in Hybrids, Ford, Slidepollajax, Volkswagen, Business News

If you've rejected hybrids, electric vehicles and diesels because of cost, weird driving dynamics or unusual styling, you may be running out of excuses.

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Electric Vehicles Rev Into the Future

Bill Chameides | Posted 03.31.2013 | Green

Read More: Energy, Automakers, Nissan Leaf, Tesla Motors, Tesla Model S, Gasoline, General Motors, Faculty, Electric Vehicle, Electric Cars, Cars, Consumers, Automobile, Transportation, Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE), Green News

It looks like the saga of the electric vehicle, which began way back in the 1830s, has a way to go. Let's take a look at what might be ahead.

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Eco-Innovation, Self Driving Car Tech Liven Up Detroit Auto Show

Posted 01.16.2013 | Detroit

There may not be any flying cars at this year's North American International Auto Show, but 2013 promises huge innovations on behalf of many automaker...

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With New Lower Price, Nissan Leaf EV Compares To A Prius

AP | DEE-ANN DURBIN | Posted 01.15.2013 | Detroit

DETROIT -- Nissan is lowering the price of its Leaf electric car to try to boost anemic sales. The 2013 Leaf will start at $28,800, which is $6,000 l...

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Is 40 the New 30 for People and Auto Mileage? Kicking the Tires at the LA Auto Show

Michael Rose | Posted 01.30.2013 | Los Angeles

Is 40 miles per gallon (mpg) the new 30? Could this be the de facto standard for a new crop of vigorous, green machines that promise to cart our gracefully aging selves around while taking baby sips of fuel or electrons?

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Nissan To Produce Electric Vehicle In America

Posted 11.08.2012 | Green

Read More: Nissan Hybrid, Green Cars, Video, Hybrids, Nissan Electric Car, Hybrid Cars, Electric Cars, Nissan Leaf, 2013 Nissan Leaf, Green-Technology, Green News

From Earth Techling's Nino Marchetti: Been waiting for an American made Nissan Leaf? Turns out you may not have to wait much longer, as we are very...

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Sell Electric Cars Like Smartphones

Carl Pope | Posted 12.24.2012 | Green

Read More: Electric Cars, Smartphones, Gas Prices, Chevy Volt, Smart Car, General Motors, Nissan Leaf, Green News

Electrics are smartphones, and car companies are like the old clunky AT&T monopoly -- after all, they still haven't figured out how to sell them for a fixed price!

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Has the Electric Car Finally Arrived? Ask EV Pioneer Phil Dayson

David Dodge | Posted 12.05.2012 | Green

Read More: Mitsubishi I MiEV, Automobiles, Chevy Volt, Electric Cars, Cars, Electric Vehicles, Nissan Leaf, Ev, Slidepollajax, Transportation, Green News

He got involved with an electric vehicle company that went belly up and he drove a Selectria, a rebuilt electric version of a Geo Metro for eight years.

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Why Electric Cars Are Our Future

Bill Destler | Posted 12.01.2012 | Technology

Read More: Nissan Leaf, Chevy Volt, Higher Education, Research, Alternative Energy, Transportation, Electric Cars, Green Technology, Auto Industry, Technology News

Here are a few of the reasons that I have learned that lead me to believe that within 50 years a majority of our cars will be equipped with electric drivetrains.

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Plug In Day 2012: Tallying Up Millions of Oil-Free Miles with Electric Cars

Michael Marx | Posted 11.28.2012 | Green

Read More: Sierra-Club-Beyond-Oil, Nissan Leaf, Chevy Volt, Unplug and Recharge, Tesla Motors, Plug-in Hybrids, Beyond Oil, Honda-Fit-Ev, Electric Cars, Green News

Last weekend 25,000 people participated in National Plug In Day events to celebrate the benefits of electric cars and meet with those who have already chosen to drive oil-free.

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EVs - 5 remains the magic number

Steve Parker | Posted 11.21.2012 | Business

Read More: Chevrolet Volt, Plug-in Hybrids, Nissan Leaf, Tesla Motors, Bob Lutz, General Motors, Electric Cars, Ev, Hybrid Cars, Business News

Manufacturers realize that no matter how much they advertise and promote their EVs, as long as the price of gas remains under $5, they simply won't sell.

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A Look at Electric Cars From Chevy and Tesla (VIDEO)

Bill Chameides | Posted 07.31.2012 | Green

Read More: Nissan Leaf, Chevy Volt, Tesla Roadster, Tesla Model S, Toyota Prius, Electric Vehicle, Electric Cars, Hybrid-Electric Cars, Technology, Automobile, Transportation, Video, Green News

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Will The Nissan Leaf Break A Speed Record Driving In Reverse?

Posted 07.03.2012 | Green

By EarthTechling's Paul Willis: It could end up being about the most ambitious reverse park you’ve ever seen. A driver of a Nissan Leaf is goi...

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Nissan's 2012 Versa

Steve Parker | Posted 08.19.2012 | Business

Read More: Datsun, Carlos Ghosn, Electric Cars, Epa, Nissan Leaf, Nissan, Nissan Versa, Car Review, Test Drive, Business News

While we would find it hard to live with Versa as a full-time family daily and weekend driver, for the businessperson or student making the run to work or school every day Versa might be a fine choice.

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An All-Electric Vehicle: Up Close and Personal

Bill Chameides | Posted 05.21.2012 | Green

Read More: Energy, Duke, Durham, Nissan Leaf, Electric Cars, Cars, Automobile, Transportation, Video, Electric Car, All-Electric Vehicle, Nissan-Leaf-2011, Green News

Ever wonder what one of those all-electric cars feels like when you're behind the wheel? Well, here's your chance.

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Take A Ride On The Electric Highway

AP | By JEFF BARNARD | Posted 05.17.2012 | San Francisco

CENTRAL POINT, Ore. -- Following a trail blazed by Indians and pioneers in covered wagons, electric car drivers hit the road Friday to inaugurate the ...

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Comparing the Nissan Leaf to the BMW M3

David Thielen | Posted 04.25.2012 | Green

Read More: Nissan Leaf, Bmw m3, Tesla Roadster, Electric Cars, Nissan Leaf Gas Mileage, Green Cars, Green News

We're not going to stay on oil for automobiles. Nissan didn't get it perfect, but they got a lot right. And their bet on electric vehicles will be seen as a brilliant move 10 years from now.

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Obama Wants To Boost Electric-Car Rebates To $10,000

HuffingtonPost.com | Sharon Silke Carty | Posted 02.15.2012 | Business

Read More: Chevy Volt, Hybrid Cars, Electric Cars, Electric Car Credit, Tax Rebate, Electric Car Rebate, Obama Budget, Nissan Leaf, Tax Credit, Obama Budget Proposal, Business News

President Obama's proposed Fiscal Year 2013 budget includes a new provision for hybrid and electric car tax credits that would broaden the program, in...

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The Greenest Car Of 2012 Is...

Posted 02.09.2012 | Green

Read More: Mitsubishi I MiEV, Green Cars, Video, Chevy Volt, Toyota, Green Technology, Honda, Cars, Nissan Leaf, Automotive Technology, Mitsubishi I-MIEV Greenest Car, Green News

From Mother Nature Networks' Melissa Hincha-Ownby: The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) has published its 14th annual Green...

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ELECTRIC AVENUE: Stanford Engineers Develop Revolutionary Highway Plan

| Posted 04.08.2012 | San Francisco

This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch. By Susanne Rust With new state regulations demanding an increase in the number of clean a...

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Revenge of the Electric Car: Plug It In on DVD

Linda Hassler | Posted 03.26.2012 | Entertainment

Read More: Nissan Leaf, Chevy Volt, Tesla Motors, Carlos Ghosn, Tesla-Roadster, Chris Paine, Tim Robbins, Greg "Gadget" Abbott, Elon Musk, Nissan Renault, Bob Lutz, Leslie Hassler, General Motors, Susan Sarandon, Who Killed the Electric Car, Silicon Valley, Entertainment News

After making his successful 2006 film, Who Killed The Electric Car, director Chris Paine was elated to learn the auto industry was finally committing to electric cars (EVs).

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My Other Car Is a Bentley...Not (I Want My Car to Leaf Me Alone)

Tony Greenberg | Posted 03.19.2012 | Green

Read More: Plugin America, Paul Scott, Nissan Leaf, Revenge of the Electric Car, Evse, Ecotality, Leaf Electric Car, Green News

"Electricity is really just organized lightning." - George Carlin Let me start by saying that I love new technologies especially when I can try them...

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Renault-Nissan CEO Angling To Lead Electric Vehicle Market

David Kiley | Posted 03.14.2012 | Detroit

Read More: Detroit Auto Show 2012, Naias 2012, Chevy Volt, Electric Vehicles, Nissan Leaf, Nissan Electric Vehicle, Carlos Ghosn, Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn, Nissan, Renault-Nissan, Detroit Auto Show, Detroit News

When Renault-Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn starts talking about electric cars, it's easy to think at least one house on every block in America will have one in a decade or two.

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Electric Cars Short Circuited -- In More Ways Than One

Michael W. R. Davis | Posted 01.16.2012 | Detroit

Read More: Chevrolet Volt, Honda Civic Hybrid, Nissan Leaf, Chevy Volt, Electric Vehicles, Hyrbid Vehicles, Hybrid Cars, Electric Cars, Detroit News

Over the last few months, Detroit has witnessed the U.S. introduction of three new or newer entries in the electric vehicle field, and each takes a different approach.

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