If you want to use your LEAF for a long distance trip, you really need level 3 charging…and a level 3 charging port. In Japan, Nissan is setting up a L3 charging network via their dealership base, so that there is one available L3 on the SL for drives on...

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...

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...

About a year ago (less a month) then GM CEO Fritz Henderson announced a rating so terrific on his Chevrolet Volt, it caused a small earthquake in Toyota city Japan…that number was 230 MPG, 180 MPG greater than anything else on the market. Not to be out done...

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...

It seems Nissan has does nothing in a small way. Today is no different. The first test drives have begun at Nissan’s Yokohama’s test track, and they didn’t just open it up to one or two lucky, hand picked drivers…they opened it up to some...

Now we are talking. Real cars, real world testing. Nissan has claimed the all electric LEAF would get 100 miles per charge, based on normalized driving. To be specific the company has this to say – officially: “Load and driving style have an impact,...

There is not much we still don’t know about the LEAF. The main question marks are 0-60, real life range, when can I actually order MY LEAF, how long will it be until my car gets to my driveway, the weight of the car. While throwing out some random factoids...