The latest Euro NCAP Assisted Driving Test results are out, with the new Nissan Qashqai and VW ID.5 scoring top marks. We’re all aware of the Euro NCAP tests, where car makers’ latest and greatest models are subjected to a round of increasingly strict crash tests to rate their safety. But times move on, and […]
Nissan reveals prototype production facilities for SOLID-STATE Batteries
Nissan reveals a new prototype production facility for solid-state batteries as it heads towards production by 2028. We’ve been following the development of solid-state batteries for Evs for more than a decade, ever since Toyota revealed their work to make solid-state batteries a viable reality for powering electric cars (and anything else with a battery). […]
This is how Nissan is heading in to an ELECTRIC future in the UK
Nissan is heading in to an electric future with six electrified models including BEVs and e-Power hybrid models available this summer. With every car maker on the planet heading in to a legislation-driven future without ICE power, electrified models are becoming more important by the day, if for no other reason than that it’ll be […]
Nissan Qashqai e-POWER innovative Hybrid on sale in the UK in the summer
The new Nissan Qashqai will go on sale in the summer with Nissan’s innovative ‘Petrol-Powered’ EV powertrain for the first time. When is an electric car not an electric car? Perhaps it’s when the electricity for the batteries is provided by a petrol engine? If that combination of petrol making electricity seems a bit odd […]
New Nissan Juke Hybrid adds power and efficiency to the Juke range
Nissan is adding to the new Juke range with the Jike Hybrid, promising more performance and improved economy. On sale in the UK later in 2022. It was back in 2019 that Nissan revealed the new Juke, a Juke which looks more grown-up and more appealing, if not quite as individual. Since then, Nissan has […]
Nissan Micra Kiiro joins the Juke Kiiro as a ‘Yellow’ special edition
The Nissan Micra Kiiro special edition model joins the Juke Kiiro, offering a raft of yellow titivations with prices from £18,375. Last month, the Nissan Juke Kiiro was revealed as a special edition Juke to promote a tie-in between Nissan and ‘The Batman’ film, with Nissan declaring that the Juke’s spirit echoes that of Batman, […]
Nissan LEAF 2022: Nissan tweaks the electric LEAF to keep it current
The Nissan LEAF 2022 arrives as Nissan give its original electric car a bit of a makeover with updated looks and additional technology. It took Elon Musk’s Tesla to really light the blue touch paper which has convinced so many to move to EVs, despite the cost and, until very recently, usable range. But it […]
Renault Nissan SOLID STATE batteries to be mass produced from 2028
Renault Nissan is promising to have solid-state batteries ready for mass production in 2028, lowering battery costs by 65 per cent. Tesla may be the headline grabber as a pioneer of Electric Cars, but Nissan was delivering the LEAF when Elon Musk was still only bolting electric motors in to Lotus bodies. But things have […]
Electric Nissan Micra TEASED as sister car to the new electric Renault 5
Nissan teases the replacement for the Micra as an electric City Car, related to the upcoming electric Renault 5 reboot, and due in 2024. It’s received wisdom that the headlong dive into electric cars, and the banning of ICE cars, will see the demise of compact city cars because they will be just too expensive. […]
Nissan Juke Kiiro is a Limited Edition Juke celebrating a tie-in with ‘The Batman’
The Nissan Juke Kiiro is a Limited Edition Juke with cosmetic titivations and heralding a promotional tie-in with ‘The Batman’ film. If you’re going to have a limited edition model of a car to garner more sales, it helps to have a hook to hang it on. And Nissan has decided that the new Nissan […]