The Nissan Newbird is a 1980s Nissan Bluebird with the heart of the electric Nissan LEAF, celebrating 35 years of Nissan in Sunderland. Now Nissan has woken up to the need for a bit more than the LEAF to drive it into an EV future, we’ve seen the Nissan Ariya priced ahead of arriving on […]
Electric Nissan Ariya goes on sale in the UK as Nissan finally delivers a new EV to market
The new electric Nissan Ariya goes on sale in the UK from £43k, as Nissan finally delivers a new EV to the market, 12 years after the Nissan LEAF arrived. Nissan has become synonymous with EVs ever since the electric Nissan LEAF arrived back in 2009, but despite that early lead in electric cars it’s […]
Now Nissan turns the Ariya in to a single seater electric concept – in a week of Nissan EV concepts
The Nissan Ariya Single Seater Concept is revealed in a week of Nissan Concepts, turning the Ariya into a 400bhp track car. This week, we’ve already seen four new Nissan EV Concepts, including what looks like a LEAF replacement. And now we get another – the Nissan Ariya Single Seater Concept. Although it seems likely all […]
Nissan Chill-Out Concept (LEAF replacement?), three more EV Concepts and Solid-State batteries too
Nissan to invest £13 billion in Nissan Ambition 30 Plan in the next five years to deliver solid-state batteries and 23 electrified models by 2030. It’s probably fair to say that Nissan has squandered the lead it had in EVs with the LEAF, but it now has a plan – Nissan Ambition 30 – to […]
You can now have an EV home charger lumped in with your Nissan LEAF finance
Nissan now offers the purchase and fitting of a home charger for your Nissan LEAF included in HP or PCP deals. We’ve long thought a good incentive to encourage car buyers to move to electric cars is to offer a free home charger fitted without the aggravation of doing it yourself. After all, for many, […]
New Nissan Townstar Van comes with a hint of Nissan Ariya styling
The new Nissan Townstar Van arrives with either a petrol engine or electric powertrain – replacing the e-NV200 – and new styling. Nissan’s electric e-NV200 van has been something of a sales success, but now it’s time for a new Nissan Van, with the Nissan Townstar Van arriving as a replacement and using the Renault […]
Nissan Z Proto turns in to the NEW Nissan Z – but it’s not for the UK
Nissan has taken last year’s Z Proto and turned it into the new Nissan Z, with a 400bhp twin-turbo V6. But it’s not coming to the UK. It’s actually almost 13 years since the current Nissan 370Z was revealed, and although it’s been facelifted a few times since it’s still much the same car that […]
2021 electric Nissan LEAF – now with ‘Canto’ Sound
The 2021 Nissan LEAF goes on sale in the UK, and it now comes with Nissan’s new ‘Canto’ Acoustic Vehicle Alerting System (AVAS). The electric Nissan LEAF may have been around for longer than just about every other EV – and about to be usurped by the new electric Ariya SUV – but Nissan has […]
Nissan to build new battery Gigafactory and new EV in Sunderland – OFFICIAL
Nissan has confirmed plans to build a new gigafactory in Sunderland to produce batteries for electric cars, and a new EV too. Last week we reported that Nissan is planning a huge EV battery factory in Sunderland, and now it’s officially confirmed, as is a new electric car to be built in Sunderland too. Nissan declares […]
New Nissan Qashqai production STARTS as Nissan aims to inspire local schoolchildren
The new Nissan Qashqai production starts in Sunderland, and Nissan celebrates with a Skills Foundation Course for all local schoolchildren. You probably don’t think of the Nissan Qashqai as a ‘British’ car, but it is. Since it launched in 2007, the Qashqai has accounted for one in five of all cars built in the UK, […]