Nissan has announced that the island state of Hawaii accounts for over 300 of the 18,000+ reservation they have taken so far for the LEAF in the United States. Now 300 reservations does not sound like a whole bunch, until you factor in that the population is only around 1.3 million people…meaning...

LEAF test drives and reviews are nothing new at this point.  Nissan literally has had hundreds of reporters in their 100 mile electric car by this point, and thousands of amateur wordsmiths and would-be owners. And for the most part, those reviews all read the same: * driver is excited to get the...

Tuesday saw the first day that the order books opened in the United States;  now it is the UK’s turn for pre-orders. For Europe, Nissan bills this as the “first step in securing a place on the list to receive the ground-breaking Nissan LEAF and means… British customers will be first...

Let me start by saying that while I would really like to have this be a article about pre-production LEAFs,but  Oppama Japan (where the LEAF is being built)  is a really long way away to request a tour…and the media/public are apparently a lot less pushy over there (or Nissan is very tight...

Alright, lets try this again.  After a slight hiccup that pushed back Nissan’s internal target of having orders open on Friday, August 27th, with Nissan telling their dealers they wanted to make sure the system would run perfectly, the day for order your own 2011 Nissan LEAF, a fully electric...

  In a effort to join this millennium, the EPA has finally got around to producing new labels for electric vehicles (like the Nissan LEAF). extended range vehicles (like the Volt), and fuel cell vehicles (like the…uh, whatever) These new labels come in one of two possible configurations, and...

When Nissan began to advertise the LEAF, Lance Armstrong was a central figure in the ads promoting the car, and Nissan announced he would be the first recipient of the car this September.  Over the summer some of you may have even seen Lance and the LEAF at one of the various “Livestrong Challenge”...

LEAFs in Tennessee Get Parking Spaces With Overhead Solar Recharging: Pulaski which is in the LEAF’s home state of Tennessee, opened the south’s first solar assist charging car park this month. The 20 kW solar array can “generate enough electricity to power approximately four homes.”...

When Nissan first introduced the LEAF for Europe it was eyebrow raising that Ireland would be first in line to reserve the 100 mile EV (happening now) and second to actually receive their cars. (happening in February of 2011)  While, one of the major powers in Europe, the UK, has to wait until September...

Now that the Nissan ordering system has gone live for dealers, all cost factors, are now known, this includes the inaugeral list of options for the LEAF.   It should be noted that the L3/Quick Charge option can NOT be added post delivery. Nissan LEAF SV: $32,780 24 kWh Lithium Ion Battery 3.3 kW Onboard...