Nissan has created an ‘Open Air’ LEAF as it celebrates sales of 100,000 electric LEAFs in its home market of Japan. But it doesn’t preview a new Nissan LEAF Convertible. Probably. There are plenty of cars which look exceptional as a convertible, but they’re usually sporty numbers. There are equally as many cars which look […]
Nissan Energy SOLAR goes on sale in the UK
Nissan Energy Solar, Nissan’s battery storage system for solar power, goes on sale in the UK with a range of power options and costing from £3,881. A few months ago we revealed that Nissan was joining the home power storage game in the UK with the Nissan Energy SOLAR storage system – just like Tesla’s […]
Nissan to END Diesel car sales in UK and Europe
Nissan are the latest car maker to declare the end of diesel engines, with the Japanese press reporting Nissan will not deliver any more new diesel-engined cars in the UK and Europe. The writing on the wall for the future of diesel engines in Nissan cars was writ large a few weeks ago when Nissan […]
New Nissan LEAF is OFFICIALLY a ‘5-STAR’ Electric Car
The new Nissan LEAF EV is the first car to be tested under the new stricter 2018 Euro NCAP tests, and the LEAF has come out with a 5-star rating. When it comes to safety, we all want our cars to be rated as highly as possible, and car makers have done plenty in recent […]
Nissan Micra is the best ‘First Car’ you can buy
The Nissan Micra has won the inaugural FirstCar Awards top gong, being voted the best first car for a new driver. Wins too for Ford, Citroen, VW, Renault and Toyota. FirstCar has been around for a decade advising young and new drivers on how the world of driving and car owning works, so they reckoned […]
Nissan CUTTING jobs in Sunderland as Diesel sales slump
Nissan are cutting jobs at their Sunderland Plant in the UK as demand for diesel-engined cars slumps across Europe reports the Financial Times. Jaguar Land Rover have been tweaking their workforce as demand for diesel-engined cars starts to bite, and it looks like Nissan are about to do the same at their Sunderland Plant. The […]
Nissan has been building electric Cars for 70 YEARS – from the Tama to the 2018 LEAF (video)
The Nissan LEAF was a bit of a novelty as an electric car when it arrived in 2010, but Nissan can trace its electric car history back to the Tama – 70 years ago. There was a time, at the turn of the last century, when electric cars were competing head-on with ICE cars, but […]
Nissan Qashqai N-Connecta dCi 110 (2018): Long Term Test
2018 Nissan Qashqai N-Connecta dCi 110 – our long-term review car arrives 2018 Nissan Qashqai N-Connecta dCi 110 Long Termer arrives We’ve got a 2018 MY Nissan Qashqai N-Connecta with the 1.5 litre dCi diesel engine in for three months to find out what Nissan’s big selling Qashqai is like to live with. The Nissan Qashqai has […]
Cost of replacing the Nissan LEAF’s Batteries DROPS 90% in seven years
The cost of replacing the batteries in a Nissan LEAF has dropped to just £2,000, thanks to a new Nissan scheme to offer refabricated batteries in Japan. The price of batteries for electric cars has been such a big part of the cost of an EV that, ignoring range issues, electric cars have struggled to […]
Nissan will produce a MILLION electrified cars annually by 2022
Nissan has revealed its plans to extend its range of electrified vehicles will mean annual production of one million EVs and hybrids by 2022. Nissan was a pioneer in electric cars with the LEAF – which has now sold more than 300,000 – and the new LEAF is selling so well it’s now the fastest […]