Nissan announced last week that its all-electric LEAF vehicle officially hit 10,000 sales in the United States. In 2011, the EV fell short of reaching the 10,000 mark by just a few hundred units, but now the vehicle has reached that goal. “From a Leaf perspective,...

Photo via MotorTrend Nissan’s all-electric LEAF vehicle did exceptionally well in 2011, but Ford anticipates that its Focus Electric vehicle will surpass the LEAF on fuel economy in the coming year. Ford said the Focus Electric will achieve a 100 mpg-equivalent...

In the United States, the Nissan LEAF vehicle has surpassed the Chevy Volt in sales to-date(8,720 to 6,142, respectively), but it’s an entirely different story in Canada. Chevrolet dealers across Canada have sold 243 Volts this year, compared to 111 LEAFs....

  The Chevy Volt beat out the all-electric Nissan LEAF in sales for the month of November. The Nissan LEAF experienced a slow month in November. Nissan reported that sales of the all-electric vehicle came in at 672 units in the United States last month. That’s...

September proved to be anther successful month for the all-electric Nissan LEAF. The zero emissions vehicle didn’t increase its sales from last month, but it did outsell the Chevrolet Volt once again. For the month of September, Nissan moved 1,031 LEAF units,...

There is no minimum noise standard for vehicles in Australia, but Nissan Australia is going against the grain and setting a standard. Nissan’s head office in Japan requests that the innovative Approaching Vehicle Sound for Pedestrians (AVSP) system be fitted...

Nissan sales were up for the month of August and overall for the year. Even the car company’s all-electric Nissan LEAF seems to be back on track. The final tally showed that Nissan North America’s August sales were up by 19.3 percent overall from the same...

Ford Motor Company has released a video of test sounds for their 2012 Ford Focus. It’s no secret that EVs are rather quiet vehicles, so Ford has decided to take things up a notch and test-out various sounds. The video starts off with the real-life sound that...

The Nissan LEAF has been cleaning up in the awards department, but it seems as though the Mitsubishi i, has a slight edge over the zero-emissions car when it comes to its Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rating. Mitsubishi recently announced the EPA rating ...

The Nissan LEAF has hit a stride and then some. The all-electric vehicle has taken the lead in the blossoming EV market by surpassing the Chevy  Volt in sales for the first half of  2011. In May, the Nissan LEAF sold 1,142 units while the Chevy Volt only sold...