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Nissan Leaf Gets Green Light for Vehicle-To-Grid use in Germany

Matthew Fiala — Fri, 26 Oct 2018 15:12:29 +0000

Electric car is first to win regulatory approval from German authorities to supply energy from battery back to the grid So-called vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology is a connection between the EV and the grid through which power can flow from the grid to the vehicle and vice-versa. That potentially enables car owners to sell energy to […]

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Nissan – Autonomous Cars Useless Without Humans

Arsenij Percov — Mon, 06 Aug 2018 12:06:29 +0000

Nissan stated that they do not see any use of autonomous system if no human involvement is present. Maarten Sierhuis, chief technology officer at Nissan’s Silicon Valley research lab, stated: “Show me an autonomous system without a human in the loop, and I’ll show you a useless system.” Nissan has plans to bring eyes-off fully […]

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The New All-Electric Camper Van from Nissan

Guest Contributor — Thu, 02 Aug 2018 12:10:41 +0000

According to a Nissan press release, consumers in Spain can now get their hands on a new all-electric pop-up campervan. The complete press release, in Spanish, can be found here. Apparently, the pop-up is based on the e-NV200 delivery vehicle and will be available from any Nissan dealer in Spain and will have a full […]

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Nissan Leaf Nismo – Hot Hatch With Stock Engine

Arsenij Percov — Sat, 21 Jul 2018 20:03:49 +0000

Nissan has released a “Sport” version of their electric hatchback, the Leaf, with the help of its in-house tuner Nismo. Years ago, when we were looking at the Nismo badge, it was placed on serious performance cars, such as GT-R Nismo. However, this car has nothing in common with the “Godzilla”. This car is a […]

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New 2019 Nissan Leaf E-PLus Ready to Compete With Tesla

Arsenij Percov — Fri, 20 Jul 2018 20:04:12 +0000

The 2019 Nissan Leaf will have a new, more powerful option with a longer range named Leaf E-Plus. According to Brian Maragano, Nissan’s head of EV marketing and sales strategy, the coming “Plus’ model will be equipped with a larger battery. He didn’t specify the capacity, however, some rumors suggest that it will use a […]

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Best-Selling 2018 Nissan LEAF Faces Performance Criticism

Guest Contributor — Thu, 19 Jul 2018 14:26:09 +0000

The Nissan LEAF is the best-selling electric vehicle in Europe with over 37,000 sold since its inception in October 2017, 18,000 of which have come in since January this year. However, some UK owners have raised their concerns over the stated battery range and charging times. LEAF sales have been slow to take off in […]

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2019 Nissan LEAF’s Range Beats Tesla Model 3

Janina Lazo-Cruz — Fri, 12 Jan 2018 19:22:17 +0000

When it comes to electric vehicles, range is a factor of utmost importance as it illustrates how far they could traverse before running out of battery. Boosting an electric vehicle’s range could also mean boosting its market sales. Just last week, the new Nissan LEAF was reported to give a range of 225 miles, beating […]

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How Much Nissan Leaf’s 24 kWh Battery Upgrade Costs

Guest Contributor — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 03:42:29 +0000

One of the biggest questions that came to peoples’ minds when carmakers started releasing cars was how much the replacements parts cost, considering the fact that the technology used in EVs is quite different from that in fossil fuel vehicles. Nissan recently answered the most important part of this question. The carmaker announced that the […]

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Nissan Leaf Now Has More Power with the Same Motor

Guest Contributor — Tue, 03 Oct 2017 18:42:44 +0000

Nissan has managed to increase both the maximum torque, as well as the maximum output of the new Leaf EV while using the same motor as the previous version. The carmaker has announced that the new model has a torque of 320N·m, and an output of 11kW, higher than the previous Leaf(280N·m and 80kW). The […]

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Two Semi-autonomous Systems Integrated into the 2018 Nissan Leaf

Guest Contributor — Thu, 07 Sep 2017 15:45:14 +0000

As Nissan is getting ready to release the new Leaf 2018 electric car, more and more people are looking for information regarding the two semi-autonomous ProPilot systems integrated into the vehicle. Many speculate that the EV’s autonomous capabilities may very well rival those of the Tesla Model 3. The Nissan Leaf will come with ProPilot […]

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