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Car Sales Jumped 14% Last Month

Matt Cantor — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 11:36:05 CST

Americans may be worried about the economy, but they still need to get where they’re going. Auto sales beat expectations last month, rising 14% to 994,721, their fastest sales pace since August 2009, reports the AP . Chrysler led the pack: The automaker’s sales jumped 45%, Reuters reports. Close behind...

Here Is NYC’s New Taxi ... Made by Japan’s Nissan

John Johnson — Tue, 03 May 2011 11:59:22 CDT

New York City has picked Nissan to build the next generation of the city's 13,000 taxis, reports the Wall Street Journal . Mayor Bloomberg's team picked the NV200, a small van currently in operation in Europe and Asia, as winner of the Taxi of Tomorrow competition, notes the New York...

Nissan Scrambles to Fix Leaf's Starting Issue

Kevin Spak — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 09:49:11 CDT

Nissan’s much-anticipated all-electric Leaf is having a hard time getting started—literally. Yesterday, Nissan revealed that the car had a technical glitch which sometimes caused it to have trouble turning on, CNBC reports. “This is not a safety issue as the vehicle will not stop running while being driven,” the...

Nissan's Leaf: 99MPG (!?)

Polly Davis Doig — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 17:08:24 CST

So the Nissan Leaf's efficiency technically isn't measured in gallons, but the feds say it's running at the equivalent of 99 mpg, reports the AP —106 city and 92 highway. The EPA says the Leaf can go about 73 miles on a full charge (that's down from Nissan's estimates of...

The 9 Cars Most Popular With Women

Nick McMaster — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:22:45 CDT

Women seem to agree on the cars they want to drive—just nine vehicle models have more female registrants than male, according to a survey of vehicle records. The top pick for women is the Volkswagen Beetle, and after that, a strong preference for small sport-utility vehicles emerges, the LA...

Nissan's Electric 'Leaf' Will Be $33K

Nick McMaster — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:53:22 CDT

Nissan has announced a price for the Leaf, its all-electric car due at the end of the year. The Leaf will be available for $32,780, meaning most US citizens can get one for $25,280 after applying the Obama administration's $7,500 tax credit for electric cars. That puts...

Nissan Leaf Wins Name Game

Nick McMaster — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:40:48 CDT

Nissan already had its work cut out in designing a hybrid—whatever it made had to measure up to Toyota’s hugely successful Prius. Then it needed a name, which came at the end of a process blending business, culture, and the law. Possibilities must be cleared in hundreds of countries,...

Nissan Reveals Mass-Market Electric Car

Nick McMaster — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:05:00 CDT

Nissan yesterday unveiled its entry into the electric-vehicle market, the Los Angeles Times reports. The LEAF is a five-seat compact that gets a top speed of 90 mph out of its lithium-ion batteries. The vehicle can go about 100 miles on a full charge, an attribute Nissan hopes will convince...

US Automakers See Sales Increase in May

John Johnson — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:46:02 CDT

Some actual good news for the auto industry: All three US automakers saw sales of new cars jump from April to May, reports the New York Times . Granted, sales are still way down compared to last year, but the month-to-month leap offers a glimmer of hope among the bankruptcy headlines....