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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 Anthony Faccenda on
Nissan issues a fuel system recall, which may trigger fires. It is the automaker's third recall in just two weeks.
By Anthony Faccenda on
Nissan becomes the fourth automaker this month to recall faulty airbag components manufactured by Autoliv.
By Nicolas Zart on
If rental car companies are going to allow you to test drive electric cars at your leisure, another way will be free events.
By Nicolas Zart on
One of the best and most efficient ways to introduce electric cars is to appeal to car rental companies to rent them to the general public.
By Frank Sherosky on
John Hipchen, who has blogged about his experience of buying and owning a new Nissan Leaf on the coppertalk blog on behalf of the Copper Development Association (CDA), also addressed how to buy an electric car.
By Keith Griffin on
Lost amidst the hype of the new Nissan 370Z introduced at the Chicago Auto Show (still ongoing in the Windy City through Feb. 19) was the North American intro of the Nissan NV200 Compact Cargo Van, which is hitting the market at the right time to make a major impact.
By Anthony Faccenda on
Some 36,000 Nissan Versa owners are expected to receive recall notices, due to a faulty shifter.
By Nicolas Zart on
2012 is shaping up to be a year where you are able to choose from more electric vehicles, EV and plug-in hybrids, PHEV than ever before.
By Keith Griffin on
The new 2013 Nissan 370Z was previewed today for the first time at the Chicago Auto Show and it appears to be a winner with new front fascia and new wheels leading the improvements for the roadster that goes on sale in June.
By Patrick Rall on
The battle of the mainstream electric vehicles headed into its second full year with the start of January 2012 and when the month came to an end – the Nissan Leaf had outsold the Chevrolet Volt by a narrow margin.
By Nicolas Zart on
Nissan’s new Invitation pushes technical innovation by going after the hot B-segment car market.
By Nicolas Zart on
Better Place wants to build battery swapping stations for your electric car to relieve you of the so-called “range anxiety” touted by reluctant automakers. Will it be enough to entice you over to the electric car, EV world?
By Keith Griffin on
The fastest-selling 2012 vehicle, based on days on the lot before they sell, is, of all things, a station wagon, according to a report posted by TrueCar.com on its blog.
By Patrick Rall on
While the new Nissan Pathfinder SUV and the Leaf drivetrain-based electric e-NV200, the Japanese automaker brought out the new, more powerful 2013 Nissan GT-R supercar and today, the company announced that the 2013 GT-R will come with a much bigger price for the next model year.
By Adam Yamada-Hanff on
Infiniti is giving five lucky couples the chance to win an all expenses paid trip to attend the Spanish Grand Prix, a premiere F1 racing event. How does that sound to all you race fans?
By David Herron on
After ten years in an electric car like the Nissan Leaf, its battery pack might still have 70% of its original capacity, theoretically making it reusable in the smart grid.
By Adam Yamada-Hanff on
The Nissan 370Z took a podium finish at the Dunlop 24 Hours of Dubai this afternoon. The four drivers and team-mates who drove the Nissan 370Z all had one thing in common, all were video gamers and have won the Gran Turismo Academy.
By Armen Hareyan on
TorqueNews asked a random Nissan Leaf driver to write about his experience. Brian Keez's story is very interesting as he writes how he obtained his orphaned Leaf and how his father also bought one, spending only 12 dollars a month on charging his EV.
By David Herron on
Instead of showing that "federal investigation of three fires that occurred after Volt crash tests lowered demand for the Chevy Volt" a recent report instead shows interest in the Volt has fallen due to its price.
By David Herron on
The NV200 is Nissan's flexible multi-purpose vehicle, with the e-NV200 slated to be its zero emission electric model starting in 2017.
By Keith Griffin on
Renault-Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn and Dieter Zetsche, chairman of the Daimler Board of Management and head of Mercedes-Benz Cars, have announced a major production alliance between the two companies that will have an impact in Tennessee.
By David Herron on
While many voices in politics and the media want us to believe electric cars, like the Nissan Leaf or Chevy Volt, are failing, Chevy Volt and Nissan Leaf cases show that their's is hardly the only interpretation of reality.
By Patrick Rall on
The Chevrolet Volt ended 2011 the same way that it started, comfortably outselling the Nissan Leaf (for the third month in a row) but as the numbers were tallied up for all of the 2011 year, the Nissan Leaf claimed the title of the bestselling electric vehicle in the American market.
By Keith Griffin on
The 2011 sales numbers are in and it seems as if Infiniti is poised to follow Lincoln's path to irrelevance in the marketplace. The problem may be that Nissan is making its own cars and trucks too damn well to justify buying an upscale Infiniti.
By Patrick Rall on
The next generation Nissan Pathfinder is scheduled to make its grand debut next week at the 2012 North American International Auto Show in Detroit and tonight, the Japanese automaker issued two short (very short) videos giving us our best look yet of the redesigned front and rear end of the new Pathfinder.
By David Herron on
The Nissan Leaf and Chevy Volt were just the beginning, we take a look at the electric cars coming in 2012.
By Don Bain on
Two New York entrepreneurs took over a Nissan dealership site in the Bronx during 2009 that had been closed for over a year. Since then, Ted Bessen and Steven Risso have turned the showroom into the top Nissan dealership in the Big Apple, creating 80 much-needed jobs in the beleaguered borough in the process. This dynamic duo has recently added a VW dealership a few blocks away to their holdings, with plans to boost the business in a similar fashion.
By David Herron on
A report by 24/7 Wall Street spins the truth about the Chevy Volt into a negative view on its sales and popularity record.
By David Herron on
In the first time in over 110 years since electric taxi's were last used in New York, Nissan and NYC are working together to develop the Taxi of the Future starting with a fleet of Nissan LEAF's.
By Don Bain on
Nissan is recalling 14,700 of its 2011-12 models because of troubling defect, which could cause the engine to suddenly lose so much oil the engine could seize, if the condition were ignored. Any owner who had to replace an engine before their car was two years old would not be likely to buy that brand again.