Four years into its run as the undisputed champion of the Japanese electric vehicle market, the Nissan Sakura is getting a mid-cycle refresh. The tiny kei car has single-handedly carried Nissan to the top of Japan’s EV sales charts since its 2022 debut, often accounting for nearly half of the … [continued]
The Philippines is seen as one of two key ASEAN markets for the Nissan Frontier PHEV which is based on the Dong Feng D9. Photo for CleanTechnica by Raymond Tribdino.
Part 2: The Legacy Response. See Part 1 here. If the Chinese manufacturers represented the disruption phase of the industry’s transformation, the second major story at PIMS 2026 was scalability. Electrification is no longer confined to passenger vehicles. Increasingly, manufacturers are targeting the fleets, logistics operators, and transport providers that … [continued]
Over the Memorial Day holiday weekend, many Americans watched auto racing and attended automotive enthusiast events. The Indy 500 was held, the largest single-day sporting event in the world with over 300,000 live spectators. And, while the death of Kyle Busch put an emotional damper on the event and mother … [continued]
I saw a headline this morning that Nissan has just dropped plans to produce powertrains for the new Nissan LEAF in the UK. The reason is reportedly that consumer demand in Europe is not as high as hoped for the model. This struck me, particularly because the new Nissan LEAF … [continued]
MONACO, Monte-Carlo — Nissan Formula E Team claimed victory at Monaco in Round 10 of the 2025/26 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship with Oliver Rowland, recovering superbly from a difficult Saturday in the Principality. Lining up 12th and 14th for Saturday’s Round 9, both Rowland and teammate Norman Nato had … [continued]
I just wrote an article yesterday about Chinese EV companies probably taking over the global auto market. And then what news do I see this morning? News that BYD is in talks with Stellantis and other European automakers about potentially taking over their underused factories in Europe. “We are talking … [continued]
The USA is becoming a true backwater nation. Following the lame, anti-EV trend that is so atypical globally right now (more on that coming later today), Nissan has decided not to produce electric vehicles in the United States (as once planned) and to instead produce expensive gas powered pickup trucks … [continued]
I am writing this story because today, April 25, marks seven years since Ghosn walked out of a Japanese jail for a second time after posting bail of ¥500 million (about $4.5 million at the time). He had been arrested in 2018 and charged with multiple counts of financial misconduct, … [continued]
Within the first month of release, the Nissan Serena e-POWER recorded over 1,300 bookings and around 250 deliveries nationwide, indicating solid initial demand for a midsized MPV in this price range. April deliveries are now approaching 1,000 units. Nissan assembler and distributor Edaran Tan Chong Motor introduced the sixth-generation version … [continued]
Didn’t I just write this story? No, that was another one, but we do already have another award announcement from Nissan about the 2026 LEAF winning a notable award. The fully electric car has been named one of Autotrader’s Best New Cars of 2026. “Autotrader’s editorial experts evaluated hundreds of … [continued]
