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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.

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The Datsun brand re-deubted in select markets last year, starting with India, Indonesia, South Africa, and Russia. Now, 100,000 vehicles later, they're ready to go further.
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Nissan's new Piloted Drive was its latest technology showcase at Tokyo and a LEAF prototype equipped with the autonomous car tech is taking to public streets and highways for a test run.
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If Apple were to actually make a car, it would look like the Nissan Teatro for Dayz concept shown in Tokyo.
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Production on the 2016 Nissan Altima sedan began in Smyrna, Tennessee and pricing for the significantly refreshed car has been announced ahead of it's entry into dealerships next month.
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Nissan will unveil the new Nurburgring Attack package for the GT-R supercar at SEMA. This new track-focused package incorporates the expertise gained in dominating the 'ring at the Time Attack Project.
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Nissan will have not one, but three Titan XD pickups at the SEMA Show in Vegas. One of them will be an all-new showcase of the new accessories line Nissan is to begin promoting.
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A Nissan New Mobility Concept is an electric two-seat compact with a 40 mile range and 25 mph speed limit. It's now part of the Scoot network in San Francisco, California as an alternative rental option for urban drivers.
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Its not too far a leap to expect an electric performance car out of Nissan Motors using the Nissan GT-R platform. Besides why couldn’t they? The company has suggested that they are seriously considering producing the Nissan GT-R as a fully electric version soon.
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The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has been under negotiation, behind closed doors, for some time. It's now up for Congressional approval, which could mean the "chicken tax" on pickup truck imports would be lifted. Would that mean Nissan would bring us a Navara?
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Every year, the Texas Auto Writers Association hosts its annual Texas Truck Rodeo, whose awards have become one of the most important accolades for pickup trucks and sport utilities. This year, all of the top awards for pickup trucks went to the Titan XD in its press ride-and-drive debut.
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A program in Adams County, Boulder County and Denver creates incentives to buy a package that includes an electric LEAF, solar panels, and a charging system. The Denver area has jumped past other, larger markets to become the #4 sales area for the Nissan LEAF.
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The Nissan GT-R wrapped in electric blue and featuring characters and scenery from the classic Nintendo game Duck Hunt is now for sale. Get your light gun and go buy this 884 horsepower one of a kind Godzilla.
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A recently released video on Youtube shows the construction of the Nissan Leaf Battery in Smyrna, TN. The video does not report whether or not this is a 2015 or 2016 vintage battery pack.
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The 2016 Frontier virtually holds the line on pricing, sees three new color options added, and continues with King Cab and Crew Cab configurations with two engine choices.
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Nissan has announced pricing for the 2016 Versa Note, starting at $14,180, and has added two new colors to the paint palette for the car as well.
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Nissan has announced that the beleaguered, but innovative LeMans racer will return to the circuit in 2016 for the FIA World Endurance Championship.
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Nissan saw a huge sales gain for September, led mainly by the Rogue and Murano crossovers, which customers can't seem to get enough of.
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The Titan XD plowed into Texas for the State Fair and Nissan's Fred Diaz gave it a date for the showroom floor.
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A more than significant refresh was given to the 2016 Altima, introduced this week by Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn in New York and then detailed at an same-day event in Detroit. We have details on the car plus a showroom date.
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What if the Nissan LEAF crossed over to be a Chevy Volt? Would that increase market share? Is there a segment of young consumers that want a Crossover EV Performance car? The Nissan Gripz is a concept car that is extremely stylish for the younger generation and in this video it is screaming for attention.
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There's no denying that the Nissan Juke has taken the compact crossover market by surprise, being one of the founding models in that segment. Now, Nissan sees that going a step further, combining elements we've wanted to see from Nissan all along.
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A new crossover concept will be unveiled in Frankfurt this week. Nissan is calling it the Gripz and it's modeled off the Juke and a surprise old-school Nissan of renown.
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The MSRP for the best-selling compact sedan on the market, the Versa, remains unchanged for 2016 with value beginning at $11,990.
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Today, as National Electric Drive Week (NEDW) kicked off, many electric car Events where held across the USA and one interesting debut was a new fast EV charger.
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How many times have you been towed in your Nissan Leaf, Tesla or other Electric Vehicle? Fortunately for me I have never ever had to be towed in my Nissan Leaf. I always use the Plugshare app to make sure that I know where the charging stations are prior to me leaving if my destination is outside of my normal Leafs range.
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Anyone with a Nissan Leaf likely knows where every single CHAdeMo DC Fast Charger is to fill up his or her car. At present, there are three Electric Vehicle Fast Charging Standards in the USA and they are Telsa’s proprietary charging system, the Japanese CHAdeMo standard, and the USA’s SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) standard.
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Self-Driving Cars have been in the news lately and one key ingredient in the mix is becoming an issue. Turns out back in 1999 the FCC granted WiFi Spectrum to the auto industry and now technology has changed everything. At odds are the self-driving cars made by tech industry heavyweights Google and Apple compared to Nissan, Ford, GM and others. The prize now is the WiFi Spectrum and the tech industry has eyes on the automakers allocation.
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Many factors are contributing to the decline in Electric Vehicles Sales. This is trending to the lightest EV sales year since the modern days EV sales started back in 2011 when the category was virtually empty.
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If you have ever driven in a Nissan Leaf in the middle of the winter in a snow storm in the Northeast you have inevitably felt some range anxiety prior to getting you to your destination.
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Earlier I wrote about some design and concept changes that could be part of the 2016 or 2017 Nissan Leaf. While many people do not appreciate the current Nissan Leaf design, there are those that appreciate the design elements like the headlights that have a very distinct reason for looking the way they look. Either way, whether you love the Nissan Leaf’s current design or not, there have been some concept visions of found online that show some interesting ideas as to what the Nissan Leaf could become.