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Nissan

Nissan is one of the world's fastest-growing automakers with a full product line. The company makes nearly every vehicle sold in the U.S. in its American plants. This page publishes the latest news and breaking stories on Nissan, including its iconic Nissan Leaf battery electric car.

By Aaron Turpen on February 20, 2016 - 8:26PM
Nisan quietly unveiled specs and information on the new Titan gasoline-powered truck, which will come later this year as a 2017 model. Amid the hubub of the Chicago Auto Show, the Titan's release got sidelined and went largely unnoticed. Here's what you missed.
By Aaron Turpen on February 6, 2016 - 11:07AM
It's not unusual for high-powered executives like Carlos Ghosn to have a driver chauffeur them around town. This time, however, Ghosn was driven to Nissan's new Silicon Valley facility by the car itself.
By Aaron Turpen on February 6, 2016 - 10:54AM
Nissan's Datsun brand is showcasing a new concept vehicle at the Delhi Auto Expo in India. The car is a crossover version of the popular little Datsun Go and is meant to test the waters for a potential production version of the idea in that market.
By Aaron Turpen on January 28, 2016 - 7:00PM
The Nissan Micra Cup 2016 race series will begin in May and run through September, according to the official calendar release this week. The calendar now expands out of Quebec to include Ontario as well. Nissan also announced a new Micra Cup Limited Edition consumer trim for the 2016 model year.
By Aaron Turpen on January 22, 2016 - 12:18PM
The Nissan IDS Concept was shown in Detroit at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) as a showcase of zero-emission, autonomous driving for the near future. There’s a lot of reality in this futuristic car.
By Aaron Turpen on January 14, 2016 - 1:51AM
The all-new Titan XD just launched in December and at the Detroit show, it’s being celebrated with an extreme design study called the Warrior Concept. This extreme XD is aggressively targeting off-road as its focus and it’s friggin awesome.
By Aaron Turpen on January 3, 2016 - 2:08AM
A newly refreshed exterior design and added feature sets for the interior bring the 2016 Nissan Sentra into the new year. Base manufacturer's suggested retail price is $16,780, a small bump up from last year.
By Aaron Turpen on December 25, 2015 - 11:29PM
Nissan has announced official manufacturer suggested retail prices for the 2016 Pathfinder and Murano. Each receives a few upgrades to go with the new model year as well.
By Aaron Turpen on December 24, 2015 - 12:50PM
Nissan and BMW have come together to mutually deploy dual-duty fast chargers in 120 locations nationally as a way of promoting electric vehicles. Nissan, which builds the best-selling EV of all time, the LEAF, and BMW, whose i3 is the second-best seller in recent months, are adding fast chargers in 19 states.
By Aaron Turpen on December 24, 2015 - 12:37PM
For those who were wondering where the new 2016 Titan XD would fall in the pickup truck price spectrum, the wait is over. The Titan XD is surprisingly low cost for a beefy diesel truck, starting at $40,290 MSRP.
By Armen Hareyan on December 21, 2015 - 5:16PM
You may have heard of range anxiety from Nissan Leaf, Tesla Model S and other electric car owners, but now what about charging anxiety?
By Armen Hareyan on December 18, 2015 - 1:02PM
Few days ago I reported on how multi charge setups can speedup and improve electric car charging efficiency. Here is how EV owners responded sharing some useful insights.
By Armen Hareyan on December 17, 2015 - 9:03AM
Here is a case. Electric car is parked at a charging station and fully charged. It has been two hours and the owner has not returned yet. Other EVs are not able to charge. What do you do? Here is, what I think a brilliant and a very simple idea charging stations can implement to improve EV charging efficient and avoid issues like this.
By Armen Hareyan on December 17, 2015 - 8:30AM
EPA estimate shows the cost of electric cars exceeds the social cost of carbon. If we want to reduce emissions by 80 percent by 2050 governments need to almost completely remove carbon from transportation, this means from electric cars like Nissan LEAF, Tesla Model S, Chevy Volt, BMW i3 or Prius Plug In. How do we reconcile this?
By Aaron Turpen on December 15, 2015 - 11:52AM
Nissan has finally released details for the V8-powered gasoline versions of the 2016 Titan and Titan XD pickup trucks. The trucks get an all-new engine and transmission with the same displacement as the outgoing model.
By Armen Hareyan on December 14, 2015 - 3:39PM
A company, named Hybrid Industries, has posted a message on Los Angeles Craigs List offering to install double batteries on any Nissan LEAF increasing range to 160 miles on a single charge. The announcement says they can prove it works. The price is 6,500 dollars and this announcement has promoted an active debate in SF Bay Area Nissan LEAF Owners' group on Facebook.
By Aaron Turpen on December 13, 2015 - 8:41PM
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety released crash test results for several vehicles, including some key Nissan models. Many of those Nissans received Top Safety Pick Plus designations, the IIHS' highest award.
By Armen Hareyan on December 11, 2015 - 11:43AM
If you are an electric car owner, do you charge for free or pay a fee at your employer owned charging station? Here is what Nissan Leaf owners say, sharing their experiences at a public group on Facebook called SF Bay Area Nissan LEAF Owners.
By Armen Hareyan on December 9, 2015 - 9:29AM
Which tires are good for Nissan LEAF in terms of cost efficiency and range. There is an interesting discussion at SF Bay Area Nissan LEAF Owners public group on Facebook where LEAF owners are discussing the pros and cons of Ecopia tires.
By Armen Hareyan on December 8, 2015 - 6:11PM
I personally own a 2012 Toyota Prius, which I bought two weeks ago. I am very happy with it and think it's a great compromise between an electric car and a ICE. However, one man, who says he tried all EVs and Plug-in Hybrids, calls the hybrids as "garbage." As a hybrid owner I disagree with him. But let's share his reasoning. Here is Mathias Carlberg from Electric Cars Facebook Group.
By Armen Hareyan on December 4, 2015 - 5:42PM
Nissan has announced that in 2016 it will introduce an electric car with a range extender engine, which will only serve to generate electricity for the battery. This raises a valid question on what will be the future of the consumer cars. Will they be the Hybrids like Toyota Prius and Chevy Volt or the EVs like Nissan LEAF and Tesla. My Facebook friend and an avid EV supporter Dr. Raza Khan, who drives both Chevy Volt and Nissan LEAF shares his opinion.
By Armen Hareyan on November 28, 2015 - 2:51PM
Many owners choose to buy their Nissan LEAF, but many others prefer the lease option and naturally search for better deals on new LEAF. Nissan has already unveiled its holiday 2015 LEAF lease deal the details of which are below.
By Aaron Turpen on November 27, 2015 - 10:48PM
Now that Black Friday, the nation's worst shopping day, is over with, it's time to relax with some of the Hoonigan Team as they blast their Z-cars through a dust-covered, abandoned shopping mall.
By Aaron Turpen on November 27, 2015 - 10:34PM
In this episode of Nissan's Titan Truckumentary series, the Titan's testing in Arizona is highlighted again, this time for off-road and mountain climbing.
By Aaron Turpen on November 27, 2015 - 10:26PM
Nissan has sold more electric vehicles than any other manufacturer. Now the company is also Europe's largest electric taxi cab maker. More than 550 electric taxis are plying European roads.
By Armen Hareyan on November 24, 2015 - 2:09PM
Electric car owners are really frustrated when new EV owners don't understand how to use the public chargers and don't show respect to other users who are behind them. Here is what one Nissan LEAF owner says.
By Armen Hareyan on November 24, 2015 - 1:33PM
If more people bought Electric Cars, would our grid handle the additional load? These are some of the questions being discussed today on Facebook by Nissan LEAF owners. Here are some of the interesting answers.
By Aaron Turpen on November 19, 2015 - 10:59PM
The LA Auto Show had many unveilings, among which were the new Nissan Color Studio options, introduced through a street art battle with the Versa Note as a canvas, and a specially-designed Juke Stinger Edition.
By Aaron Turpen on November 19, 2015 - 2:41PM
The all-new Nissan Navara pickup, the global version of the Nissan Frontier, won the coveted International Pick-up Award for 2016. Other contenders on the finalist list included the Ford Ranger and the Mitsubishi L200.
By Aaron Turpen on November 19, 2015 - 2:08PM
Upgraded for the 2016 model year, the new Sentra has added content and some styling changes. Pricing starts at $16,780 MSRP.