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GM Just Sold Its 100,000th Chevy Volt
General Motors announced this week that it has sold 100,000 of its plug-in electric cars, the Chevrolet Volt. The number is an important milestone for one of the first mainstream electric cars to hit...
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Nissan In Talks With Panasonic, Others to Sell Battery Operations
Nissan Motor Co is in talks with Panasonic Corp and overseas companies, including Chinese firms, over the possible sale of its controlling stake in a car battery manufacturing venture, sources said....
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Nissan Revolution: Could New Gas Engine Make Diesel Obsolete?
Japanese automaker Nissan Motor Co has come up with a new type of gasoline engine it says may make some of today’s advanced diesel engines obsolete. The new engine uses variable compression technology,...
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Why Tesla’s New Battery Pack Is Important
Tesla Motors announced a breakthrough on Tuesday that was the stuff of energy nerds: a new battery pack for its performance cars that packed more energy into it. The not-so-geeky result of that new 100...
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The Big Potential of Used Electric Car Batteries
Almost a third of electric car batteries are expected be reused by 2025, providing important applications for the power grid and buildings, according to a new report from Bloomberg New Energy Finance....
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Uber Taps Nissan, BYD to Bring Electric Vehicles to London Drivers
Ride-hailing company Uber has partnered with Nissan and Chinese automaker BYD, to give drivers easier access to all-electric vehicles in London. The program will start with 50 electric vehicles and...
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Renault and Nissan Just Bought This French Tech Firm to Develop Mobility Apps
Renault and Nissan Motor announced on Tuesday they would buy French software development company Sylpheo as they compete with global automakers and tech firms to develop new services including ride...
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Nissan’s Carlos Ghosn Said to Be Named Mitsubishi Motors Chairman
Nissan Motor nsany plans to appoint Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn as chairman of Mitsubishi Motors mmtof when Nissan takes a controlling stake in the smaller automaker struggling to recover from a...
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Nissan Completes Takeover of Mitsubishi Motors, Keeping Its Embattled Chief
Nissan Motor said on Thursday it had completed a deal to take a controlling stake in Mitsubishi Motors, and would be retaining the embattled automaker’s chief executive to ensure its recovery from a...
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Nissan Will Decide Next Month Whether to Build Its Qashqai SUV in Britain
Nissan Motor will make a decision next month on whether to produce the next Qashqai SUV model at its Sunderland plant in Britain following the country’s decision to leave the European Union, Chief...
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Nissan Close to Making Post-Brexit Investment Decision
Japanese carmaker Nissan will decide next month whether to make its new Qashqai model in Britain or elsewhere in the first major investment decision affecting the country’s car industry since the vote...
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Why Nissan Is Killing One of Its Most Famous Auto Models
Nissan Motor said on Wednesday it would stop production in May of the Mexican-built Tsuru, an economical and hardy sedan beloved by taxi drivers but often sold without airbags and widely criticized for...
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Nissan to Build New Model in UK After Government Pledges Brexit Support
Japanese carmaker Nissan will build its new Qashqai model in Britain despite the vote to quit the EU, giving Prime Minister Theresa May her most important corporate endorsement since the Brexit...
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Britain’s Government Says It Didn’t Pay Nissan to Build More Cars in the U.K.
Britain’s business minister said he had not opened the “cheque book” to secure a major new investment in the country’s biggest car plant by Japanese carmaker Nissan, an announcement which was hailed by...
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Here’s How Toyota Plans to Pack More Power Into the Prius
Engineers at Toyota Motor tm say they have tamed volatile lithium-ion battery technology, and can now safely pack more power at no significant extra cost, giving the Japanese automaker the option to...
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Tesla Will Start Charging for Its Fast Charging Network
As expected, electric car maker Tesla Motors plans to start charging new customers for use of its fast charging network, which it refers to as its Superchargers. In a blog post on Monday morning, the...
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Nissan CEO: Getting Back Two Hours a Day Will Change Our World
The most exciting part of the technology in driverless cars will be the one spent in the extra two hours drivers will gain per day when they no longer have to sit behind the wheel, the chief executive...
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EU Competition Chief Unconcerned About Deal Nissan Struck With UK
The European Union’s competition chief said on Monday she did not see any concerns over a British assurance to Japanese carmaker Nissan related to Brexit, but that she was still waiting for details to...
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Nissan Is Placing a Big Bet on Connected Car Services
Nissan Motor Co. will make its first major foray into Internet-connected cars by offering an option in some new vehicles that will use big data technology to notify drivers when vehicle maintenance is...
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In Kansas City, a New Nissan Leaf is Only $11,510
If you're shopping for a car near Kansas City, it might be time to make like Bob Dylan and go electric. Until January 3rd of next year, a $10,000 rebate on several models of the Nissan Leaf is...
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