News: Nissan IMx Electric Crossover is Two Years Out
Nissan’s global design chief, Alfonso Albaisa, recently said that the production Nissan IMx is still two years away. It is likely to appear as a 2020 model.
Green Motorsports: Formula E Electric Car Racing Series Closes Season 4
Season 4 of the FIA Formula E Championship came to an end with a doubleheader race last week on Brooklyn, New York’s waterfront, crowning a new drivers’ champion after Saturday’s race and awarded the Teams’ Championship on Sunday.
Personal: More Nissan Battery Complaints
As a result of its recent stories outlining Nissan’s response to consumer complaints about Leaf battery degradation, Clean Fleet Report has received a variety of communications from Nissan Leaf owners.
Exclusive: Documents From Nissan Leaf Battery Software Update
Letters from Nissan on customer service campaign on 2016-17 model Nissan Leaf batteries that were showing rapid loss of charge.
Exclusive: Nissan Releases Software Fix for 2016-17 Leafs
Nissan released a statement today about a fix for 2016 and 2017 Leaf battery electric cars that are experiencing indications that their vehicles’ 30 kWh batteries were losing range and capacity at an accelerated rate.
Comparison Test: 2018 Chevy Bolt & 2018 Nissan Leaf
Clean Fleet Report has written extensively about these two cars, but have not compared them head-to-head. We wanted to look at the value of the Leaf vs. Bolt beyond the MSRP and provide additional data points to compare them.
Road Trip: 2018 Nissan Leaf
With its new range and capabilities, Clean Fleet Report wanted to see if the new 2018 Nissan Leaf was an option for taking a weekend vacation of a few hundred miles.
Flash Drive: 2018 Nissan Leaf
I sampled two new LEAFs at the annual Western Automotive Journalists Media Days event. I grabbed it for the first drive of the day, 23+ miles that included some freeway, some in-town, and some open road travel, including the climbing the winding Laureles Grade in Monterey County.
News: Nissan IMx Electric CUV One of Eight New EVs
Nissan pledged to maintain its leadership in electric vehicles as the automaker outlined plans to launch eight new EVs and hit annual sales of 1 million electrified vehicles by March 31, 2023. The eight new EVs will come on top of Nissan’s current offerings, the Leaf and eNV200 van. One will be the all-electric crossover based on the Nissan IMx concept, while four of the new EVs will be directed to China.
Road Test: 2017 Rogue Sport AWD
Acceleration isn’t great, and driving dynamics are focused more on comfort than excitement, but the 2017 Nissan Rogue Sport makes up for these shortcomings with excellent cargo-hauling capability, a smooth ride and above-average fuel economy.