(PhysOrg.com) -- Only an extremely small amount of new cars go from the lot to the road without owners having some kind of problems. It seems that one part or another will invariably cause problems. As it turns out electric ...
The Chevy Volt and the Nissan Leaf are slowly putting cars on the road, mostly in California, as the companies ramp up production and start delivering to their patient customers. GM handed out 281 Volts in February (928 ...
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 14, 2011
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For a list of the greenest 2011 model-year vehicles, there sure are a lot of traditional gasoline engines among the top 12 cars ranked by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy.
Energy & Green Tech
Feb 21, 2011
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At first glance Nissan's Oppama plant looks like any other. But a closer look reveals workers inserting lithium-ion batteries and electric motors in every sixth vehicle on the production line.
Energy & Green Tech
Jan 27, 2011
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Nissan Motor had delivered only 60 units of its Leaf electric vehicle in Japan as of Friday, Kyodo News reported, despite already taking 6,000 orders due by the end of March.
Energy & Green Tech
Jan 18, 2011
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Whooshing down Highway 101 toward his home in Redwood City, Calif., from San Francisco on Saturday afternoon, Olivier Chalouhi was a happy man - the world's first buyer of the all-electric Nissan Leaf to take possession of ...
Energy & Green Tech
Dec 20, 2010
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(AP) -- Nissan showed off its Leaf electric car Friday, trumpeting its zero-emission technology and practicality with video of the hatchback zipping through snow and water.
Energy & Green Tech
Dec 3, 2010
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Billed as the world's first mass-produced electric car, this month's launch of the Nissan Leaf is expected to send a jolt through an auto industry racing to build greener vehicles.
Energy & Green Tech
Dec 2, 2010
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US consumers looking to get Nissan's all-electric Leaf will have to wait another year, after dealers sold this year's entire shipment before the zippy sedan even hit showrooms, the Japanese automaker said Monday.
Energy & Green Tech
Nov 2, 2010
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Surprise, the Nissan Leaf is great fun to drive. Well, it's not all that much of a surprise: I'd driven two other cars with the Leaf technology under the hood, but this was my first go-round (through Central Park, of all ...
Energy & Green Tech
Oct 11, 2010
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