Nissan motorsport boss Michael Carcomo says Renault’s success in Formula E puts pressure on the Japanese manufacturer as it prepares to enter the electric championship for season five. In 2018/19, Nissan will take over its alliance partner’s FE collaboration with the e.dams team, with Renault exiting to focus on its works Formula 1 operation. Renault […]
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Consumer Reports Not Impressed By 2018 Nissan LEAF
Consumer Reports found the Nissan LEAF an enticing electric vehicle but only at first glance A longer look at car revealed shortcoming, according to Consumer Reports. The 2018 model with a 40 kWh battery, range of 151 miles (EPA) and an affordable price from $23,375 (after federal-tax credit and destination charge) sounds ok. However, the […]
Roadshow Tests Nissan LEAF: One Of The Best Truly Affordable EVs
The second-generation Nissan LEAF received 7.9/10 in the latest Roadshow review The new LEAF wasn’t received in the U.S. as well as in Japan and Europe, where it quickly has set new sales records. It’s hard to say why, because the LEAF is one of the most complete electric cars on the market for a decent […]
Nissan To Sell Battery Division To Envision Group
Nissan found a new buyer for its lithium-ion battery business after the deal with GSR Capital was cancelled. The battery unit will be acquired by Envision Group, a sustainable energy operator, which just like GSR Capital is a Chinese company. Under the definitive agreement, Envision will acquire Nissan’s electric battery operations and production facilities: Nissan subsidiary […]
Nissan to Sell Electric Battery Business to Envision Group
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (Nissan) has entered into a definitive agreement with Envision Group (Envision), a sustainable energy operator, for the sale of Nissan’s electric battery operations and production facilities to Envision. The agreement was signed …
Nissan IMx Production Still Some 2 Years Away
The production Nissan IMx is coming, but sales are expected to start around 2020 at the earliest. Alfonso Albaisa, Global Design Head for Nissan Motor, told IndianAutosBlog that the IMx crossover is at least two years away. As we are in mid-2018, the second half of 2020 seems to be the target. “We are going […]
July 2018 Plug-In Electric Vehicle Sales Report Card
July was a new breakout month for U.S. electric car sales. July marks the 34th month of consecutive year-over-year monthly sales gains for plug-in vehicles. Every month InsideEVs tracks all the plug-in EV sales/deliveries for the United States by automaker and brand. To say that 2018 has been an interesting year would be a massive understatement. January came and put a bit […]
Nissan LEAF Sales Down In U.S. In July 2018
You win some…you lose some. Or, in the case of the Nissan LEAF, you lose again. July 2018 is shaping up to be one of the strongest sales months in U.S. history (thanks largely to what we estimate as a massive surge for the Tesla Model 3) the same is not holding true for the Nissan LEAF. […]
Nissan LEAF 40-kWh Battery: Deep Dive
The second-generation Nissan LEAF, when introduced in late 2017 in Japan, was equipped with a new NMC 40 kWh battery. The 40 kWh is significantly more than the 24 kWh from 2010 (LMO type) and 30 kWh, but not fully competitive with the top long-range models like the Chevrolet Bolt EV, Tesla Model 3 or […]
Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance Increases EV Sales In 2018
Largely due to the success of the new Nissan LEAF. Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance, currently the world’s biggest car manufacturing group, announced 5.1% of sales growth during the first six months of 2018, to 5.54 million cars. The Alliance, led by Carlos Ghosn, long-time electric car supporter, also increased its plug-in car sales this year – mostly […]
