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Nissan Unveils Their Production Electric Car
Nissan held a world-wide unveil this past weekend, showing off the production version of the 2011 Nissan LEAF. The LEAF is the first mass-produced all-electric vehicle that’s really ready for prime time, and Nissan plans to have it in dealer showrooms this time next year. The real news here is that the LEAF is an [...]
Nissan Gets Juiced On Electrics
The car looks like a basic JDM-spec Nissan Cube – but as you turn the key, there’s no whirring of a starter, no cough as the engine catches and comes to life. Just a green light on the dash. “We’re ready to go,” says the engineer. And that’s all there is to it. Step on [...]
Forget the Prius, I want a Flivverette!
Recently, Google partnered with a number of magazines to offer complete back-issue catalogs online. For car fans, this collection of Popular Science is a tresure trove of automotive history. For example, way back in 1920 PopSci featured the Flivverette, the smallest electric car in the world. “It will carry you for less money than even [...]
MINI E charges up plug-in market
Just a couple years ago, the Los Angeles Auto Show was all about bigger, heavier, taller, faster. But what a difference a fuel price spike can make! There were a few standout fast cars this year (The Nissan 370Z springs readily to mind) but the big noise at every automaker’s display was alternative fuel, hybrids, [...]
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