Nissan Insider

TWO Nissan LEAFs have been delivered to Microsoft UK, becoming the first 100% electric cars to join its staff company car scheme. Keen to look for ways to reduce its vehicle fleet carbon footprint, Microsoft UK ran five weeks of competitive internal trials with other electric car manufacturers. The trial involved inviting 500 Microsoft UK [...]

COUNTY Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service (CDDFRS) has taken delivery of a 100% electric Nissan LEAF in a bid to meet the highest levels of environmental responsibility across all areas of its operations. CDDFRS approached Nissan for help to reduce its pool car fleet carbon footprint and the LEAF, with zero tailpipe emissions, [...]

DESIGNED for Europe and built in Europe: The 2013 Geneva Motor Show marks the start of another exciting chapter in Nissan’s history. Driven by a passion for delivering future technology today, Nissan is showcasing a new generation of innovative European designed, engineered and built models that will redefine standards in their sectors. The future of [...]

NISSAN achieved a record European market share over the January-December 2012 period of 3.9 per cent, up 0.1 per cent from 2011′s figure. The market share growth came from 665,756 units sold in 2012 in an overall European car market that shrunk versus last year, when Nissan sold 683,813 units. Sales for the month of [...]

Vehicle owners in New York and New Jersey have been struggling to fill up since Superstorm Sandy hit, as many stations are either out of fuel or unable to operate. But EVs like the Nissan LEAF are having an easier time. ‘I didn’t realise I would be the only one driving for a couple of [...]

SCORES of delighted passengers – both Londoners and visitors to the capital – were treated to free ‘taxi’ rides in the zero-emission Nissan LEAF over the weekend (June 23-24). Journey requests came in for destinations all over London, from Covent Garden to Croydon, with professional taxi drivers from Battersea-based Climate Cars driving the 100 per cent [...]

IN THEORY, it goes just as fast backwards as it does forwards. And now comes the proof. At the Goodwood Festival of Speed (June 29 – July 1), the 100 per cent electric Nissan LEAF will attempt to complete the famous 1.16-mile Goodwood hillclimb course as fast as possible… but in reverse. The attempt could [...]

SOMETHING big is about to happen. Something so electrifying, it will change minds and open consumers’ eyes – and you are invited to join in. It’s called The Big Turn On. It’s not about the future. It’s about today. And Turning On more people than ever to 100 per cent electric driving and having the [...]