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Nissan BladeGlider Concept Headed For 2013 Tokyo Motor Show (w/videos)
Nissan BladeGlider At the upcoming 43rd Tokyo Motor Show 2013 in late November, Nissan will reveal a new electric concept car called BladeGlider. "More than a concept, Nissan BladeGlider is both a proposal for the future direction of Nissan electric vehicle (EV) development and an exploratory prototype of an upcoming production vehicle from the world's leading EV manufac...
Nov 08, 2013
Nissan's "We Lounge" Zero Emissions Concept is for Loungers
First, we presented Nissan's Pedestrian on Wheels zero-emissions concept. Here, we show Nissan's We Lounge autonomous, electric concept. Why Not Put the Lounge in the Vehicle? Nissan envisions We Lounge as a self-driving vehicle that could be used to tour a city, for sightseeing purposes or for any similar occasion when lounging in the room-style seating w...
Oct 22, 2013
Meet the Nissan Pedestrian On Wheels Zero Emissions Concept
Nissan Motor is hard at work on multiple versions of what it believes is the future of autonomous, zero-emissions vehicles. Wonder What Would Happen If You Tried to Drive Your EV Here? Here we present Nissan's Pedestrian on Wheels Concept. Nissan envisions this concept as something buyers could use out on public roads and even inside a crowded shopping ma...
Oct 21, 2013
Nissan e-NV200 in Final Development Phase; Second Battery-Electric Commercial Vehicle e-NT400 in Queue?
Nissan confirmed that its second mass production zero emission vehicle, the e-NV200 compact van for urban delivery applications, will hit the market early next year. Coca-Cola e-NV200 Electric Van: It's the real thing After few years of prototype trials, the e-NV200 is now in final development phase before production. It will be equipped with Nissan LEAF pow...
Sep 08, 2013
Nissan Aims To Lead China In EVs, Venucia E30 And VIWA Concept Shown At Shanghai Auto Show
In an effort to be "China's EV No. 1" (some translation issues from Chinese obviously at work in that statement), Nissan displayed both its new Chinese branded Venucia VIWA Concept and LEAF-alike Venucia E30 at the Shanghai Auto Show. And while the company still did not get into the specifics behind the VIWA (like specs, range, power numbers, etc), it did say they hoped the concept would s...
Apr 25, 2013
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Dongfeng-Nissan Joint Venture Venucia Unveils Electric ViWa Concept
Venucia ViWa Concept Since starting out as a relatively obscure Chinese offshoot of Nissan Motors, Dongfeng Motors seems to be making the news quite often outside of the People's Republic. First it was the green-lighting of a 1,000 LEAF-a-like electric vehicles (named the e 30) to built in China, then it was the company's interest in Fisker Automotive; which upon their exit...
Apr 22, 2013
Nissan LEAF To Get 25% More Range, Cheaper Entry Model In 2013 According To Report
Report: Nissan LEAF To Feature More Range, Cheaper Base Model In a report out of Japan, the Nissan LEAF is going to get both a range upgrade and a second, entry level, model by year's end. According to the SankeiBiz, (and armed with our Babel fish language translator), the Nissan LEAF's range will be expanding to exceed 250km, or 155 miles. Nissan LE...
Aug 16, 2012
Nissan To Show Electric SUV Concept At Paris Car Show
Could this be an electric Nissan Murano?According to Jeff Fisher, Nissan Australia's General Manager of Media Enquirers, at next month's Paris auto show, Nissan will show a battery-electric SUV concept. "At Paris," Fisher said to motoring.co.au, that Nissan will "have an SUV concept, with zero emissions; so an electric SUV concept vehicle." Although Nissan hinted this might be...
Aug 06, 2012