Nissan has completed a new LEAF prototype featuring a 48 kilowatt-hour (kWh) battery pack, according to recent reports. Word of a 48 kWh pack is of course nothing new, as the company has been working on a 48 kWh LEAF (probably on and off) since at least back in 2013. Interestingly, the … [continued]
(Also published on EV-Sales and EV Obsession.) The European EV market had more than 17,000 registrations in May, representing just a 1% increase over June 2015. The slowdown in these last couple of months is largely due to fiscal changes in Germany. Nevertheless, the market is set to surpass 200,000 units … [continued]
The private sector is a big part of the fresh plan to accelerate electric vehicle adoption in the United States. 50 industry partners have offered commitments/targets to help do so in collaboration with the Obama’s administration and its newest commitments to transportation electrification. Related Stories: Obama Admin. (Announces $4.5 Billion In DOE Loan … [continued]
Following in the footsteps of Tesla, amongst others, Nissan recently unveiled its new autonomous driving technology, known as ProPilot — which will allow for nearly hands-free highway cruising. The company’s new ProPilot autonomous technology will make its debut in the new Nissan Serena 5-door minivan set to be released soon … [continued]
By Bruno Marcoux It has been a year that I purchased my 2015 Nissan Leaf. My Nissan salesman made me discover QEVA (Québec Electrical Vehicle Association). I read with interest all the articles published on its website. I also started reading all the sites mentioned as sources on certain QEVA articles. That’s … [continued]
The Obama administration has just announced that it will be making $4.5 billion in US Energy Department loan guarantees available for the support of a commercial-scale electric vehicle charging station buildout. The initiative will see prominent auto manufacturers such as Ford Motor Company, GM, Nissan Motors, and Tesla Motors partnering … [continued]
The first thing that struck me when I arrived at the airport in Barcelona was the large number of Toyota Prius taxis. I know they are not plug-ins and they shouldn’t be on this post, but it was hard to escape the fact that some 25% of all taxis were Prii, … [continued]
I love the Nissan LEAF, and there are a lot of people with me on that, but there’s no doubt about it: the coming 200-mile Chevy Bolt and 215-mile Tesla Model 3 are eating into LEAF sales quite a bit. It seems everyone is itching to find out how Nissan will … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. I just realized while writing “Auto Industry: ‘We Can’t Change, Please Let Us Keep Abusing You‘” that I never got to publishing a 2016 edition of “Most Fuel Efficient Cars In The USA,” to follow the very popular 2015 and 2014 posts. As it turns … [continued]
I was going to run a very short survey on a few electric car matters, but then I realized it’s been almost one year since we ran our initial EV-driver and potential-driver surveys, and we’re ripe for an update. The surveys are still quite short, but might take a few minutes to … [continued]
