Proposed New EPA Fuel Economy Label For BEVs 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,...

While on a call with shareholders on Monday (in between spinning why losing another 38.5 million dollars was really a good thing), Tesla CEO Elon Musk took the time to set aside fears of mounting competition and falling behind the cost structure of his peers by...

Depth of Discharge, or DOD. Its one of the few remaining mysteries of the LEAF. As a primer to the term, DOD is basically the amount of usable battery available to drive the car. Conventional wisdom on lithium ion batteries is that the use of 50% of the pack...

Based from personal experience, whenever I see something that is battery operated, I have a inherent distrust of how long it will operate. For example: My phone fully charged has ’4 bars,’ I will fearlessly not plug it in to recharge for several...

As Chevy customers are left reeling from a very high starting MSRP ($41,000+), the 17,000 odd reservation holders of the LEAF received some very good news from the Plug-In 2010 conference. Nissan used the opportunity to announce they will “match U.S. market...

It is almost August, one would assume this would be in the works if Nissan plans to deliver cars in the US in 5 months or so, but Sagamihara Japan is not exactly just across the Santa Monica Freeway to just pop over and have a look at. (Sagamihara (????, Sagamihara-shi)...

Late Friday night, (well, late for those of us living on the east coast and are eight years old) Nissan, through Qualtrics – who bill themselves as “the industry-leading provider of online Survey Software solutions” did just that. While the survey...

The march to production continues. Nissan has begun sending quotes out to customers on their level II chargers, and fortunately there seems to be no surprises. Nissan and AeroVironment are jointing working together to provide these chargers and had previously estimated...

It seems like all electric cars come with one of some kind. The ‘eco mode’ button. A setting, button, toggle, lever that magically promises to increase range. But do they work? Do they actually increase range, or do they simply control the driver’s...

Nissan LEAF warranty and the battery. Just what is it? That is always the question. We already know what the warranty will be for cars like the Chevrolet Volt, Fisker Karma, etc. — 10 years/150,000 miles if they want to qualify to the AT-PZEV, CARB standard. (Well...