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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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This episode, titled "The Sounds of Silence," focuses on the noise, vibration, and harshness (NVH) measurements used to improve the interior experience in the all-new Nissan Titan pickup truck.
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Based on all the fire hysteria from a few years ago regarding electric vehicle car fires, it is with sadness that I report a Nissan LEAF was caught on fire in Texas on September 1st.
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Could Nissan have done better with the LEAF? Could various simple tweaks actually have improved the overall sales of this record setting electric car? Could they have fixed things without increasing the cost of the LEAF dramatically?
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The latest rumor about the next-generation 370Z is that the new Z-car will not be a car at all, but instead will be a crossover.
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The 2015 model year is well on its way and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is nearing completion of its crash test results publications for various makes and models. Among them, Nissan has been hit especially hard with the problematic small-overlap front crash test.
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Can you plan a long distance trip with a Nissan Leaf? Should you even attempt it? How scary is it to go outside the 80 mile safe zone of the Nissan Battery’s comfortable range?
Can eco driving and expert planning prevent inevitable “fill up” problems from occurring?
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Nissan has announced that the all-new Murano crossover will have a hybrid variant, which will debut in the Chinese market. It may come to North America, but Nissan is playing that close to the vest.
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The 2016 Nissan Frontier has several updates coming to keep the little truck fresh. We also speculate on when an all-new, redesigned Frontier might come and what will likely be included with that.
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A decade ago, the Xterra was one of the most popular offroad vehicles you could find. Now, sales figures are so abysmal that Nissan, after having left it unchanged for years, has decided to kill off the model in favor of crossovers and trucks.
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What if you could drive from Maine to Florida and not even need to stop for a charge while driving your Nissan Leaf. Forget about all the EVSE (Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment) that has been installed by Tesla for their Model S Electric Car. Technology is scheduled to be tested in England that will enable just that. Long Distance travel with no stops for charging.
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Enterprise has announced that its CarShare rental program for universities will use Nissan vehicles exclusively.
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The Nissan PlayStation GT Academy International Race Camp took place at Silverstone with competitors going from game-winners to race track stars. Mentoring and judging took place after a final race between contestants found a winner.
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A Juke with a GT-R powertrain. It was done last year and caught a lot of attention. Now, Nissan is doing it again, this time with even more power.
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John Urschel is a guard on the Baltimore Ravens and the 300+ pound NFL player drives a used Nissan Versa. He’s also one of the smartest men in the game.
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Nissan has pulled its three LeMans P1 race cars from the circuit in order to address technical issues before returning to the World Endurance Championship series.
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With month over month sales declines from Tesla S and Nissan Leaf cars, are we seeing a slowdown because of the declining gas price or is there something else that is causing sales declines?
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Nissan LEAF and Tesla Model S have started a true revolution as well as the other companies that are producing Electric Vehicles and Plug In Hybrid Electric Vehicles. Since the US market has seen the almost exponential growth in both these types of cars what will happen if this car segment moves out from the early adopter phase into the main stream market phase?
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For kids headed back to school and in need of a car, the Versa Note makes the grade, says KBB.
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Five years into their strategic cooperation, the Daimler-Renault-Nissan partnership is expanding with a new manufacturing venture in Central Mexico.
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This video is becoming popular as we see a stock Charger Hellcat take on Godzilla in a series of drag runs. The outcome is surprising, but very close.
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Last week I published an article asking the question when will EV range anxiety end? One week later, Tesla announces a 90Kwh battery pack upgrade to the Model S and decreased the Price for the 70Kwh Model S.
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The seventh part of a series of "truckumentary" short films from Nissan featuring the all-new Titan XD has released. "Truck Love" features the TExas NIssan Truck Meet and enthusiasts.
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The Rogue continues its sales boom this year and Nissan wants to continue that trend as they introduce the updates and changes for the 2016 model year, hitting showrooms this fall. We look at what's coming to the new 2016 Rogue.
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Recently I posted an article that Nissan’s next version of the Leaf is planned to have 330 miles of range. Another article read that Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn stated range will be 3 and 4 times the current Leaf Range. Well that means 300 to 400 miles. So you know it is coming and the energy density of LiFePo4 cells are improving every day. Here is my surprise.
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How far do you need to go in a single day? If you spend 6 hours a day in a car and have an insane commune as a salesman or making delivers the future of unbelievable EV Range may be here for you. This recently released video shows one thing that is truly going to be the real time game changer for sure.
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Multiple cameras attached to the car caught the action as a 2009 GT-R missed a corner and went Dukes of Hazzard off Pikes Peak.
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If you have a convertible Z Car, you are likely tired of the restrictions and button holding associated with lowering and raising that top. Here’s a solution.
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When compared to the Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid and Chevrolet Volt, the Nissan LEAF electric car produces less CO2 emissions overall in most of the U.S.
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Nissan is issuing a call to action for fans, looking for enthusiasts to join the #NISMOroadtrip to Memphis, Tennessee for the annual Z Car Convention and showcase, with cars and coffee meetups along the way.
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Allow us to toot our own horn a bit as we pat ourselves on the back for hitting the nail on the head with our guesses about the awesome new Juke R NISMO concept.