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Today, as National Electric Drive Week (NEDW) kicked off, many electric car Events where held across the USA and one interesting debut was a new fast EV charger.

How many times have you been towed in your Nissan Leaf, Tesla or other Electric Vehicle? Fortunately for me I have never ever had to be towed in my Nissan Leaf. I always use the Plugshare app to make sure that I know where the charging stations are prior to me leaving if my destination is outside of my normal Leafs range.

Anyone with a Nissan Leaf likely knows where every single CHAdeMo DC Fast Charger is to fill up his or her car. At present, there are three Electric Vehicle Fast Charging Standards in the USA and they are Telsa’s proprietary charging system, the Japanese CHAdeMo standard, and the USA’s SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) standard.

Self-Driving Cars have been in the news lately and one key ingredient in the mix is becoming an issue. Turns out back in 1999 the FCC granted WiFi Spectrum to the auto industry and now technology has changed everything. At odds are the self-driving cars made by tech industry heavyweights Google and Apple compared to Nissan, Ford, GM and others. The prize now is the WiFi Spectrum and the tech industry has eyes on the automakers allocation.

Many factors are contributing to the decline in Electric Vehicles Sales. This is trending to the lightest EV sales year since the modern days EV sales started back in 2011 when the category was virtually empty.

If you have ever driven in a Nissan Leaf in the middle of the winter in a snow storm in the Northeast you have inevitably felt some range anxiety prior to getting you to your destination.

Earlier I wrote about some design and concept changes that could be part of the 2016 or 2017 Nissan Leaf. While many people do not appreciate the current Nissan Leaf design, there are those that appreciate the design elements like the headlights that have a very distinct reason for looking the way they look. Either way, whether you love the Nissan Leaf’s current design or not, there have been some concept visions of found online that show some interesting ideas as to what the Nissan Leaf could become.

This episode, titled "The Sounds of Silence," focuses on the noise, vibration, and harshness (NVH) measurements used to improve the interior experience in the all-new Nissan Titan pickup truck.

Based on all the fire hysteria from a few years ago regarding electric vehicle car fires, it is with sadness that I report a Nissan LEAF was caught on fire in Texas on September 1st.

Could Nissan have done better with the LEAF? Could various simple tweaks actually have improved the overall sales of this record setting electric car? Could they have fixed things without increasing the cost of the LEAF dramatically?

The latest rumor about the next-generation 370Z is that the new Z-car will not be a car at all, but instead will be a crossover.

The 2015 model year is well on its way and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is nearing completion of its crash test results publications for various makes and models. Among them, Nissan has been hit especially hard with the problematic small-overlap front crash test.

Can you plan a long distance trip with a Nissan Leaf? Should you even attempt it? How scary is it to go outside the 80 mile safe zone of the Nissan Battery’s comfortable range?
Can eco driving and expert planning prevent inevitable “fill up” problems from occurring?

Nissan has announced that the all-new Murano crossover will have a hybrid variant, which will debut in the Chinese market. It may come to North America, but Nissan is playing that close to the vest.

The 2016 Nissan Frontier has several updates coming to keep the little truck fresh. We also speculate on when an all-new, redesigned Frontier might come and what will likely be included with that.

A decade ago, the Xterra was one of the most popular offroad vehicles you could find. Now, sales figures are so abysmal that Nissan, after having left it unchanged for years, has decided to kill off the model in favor of crossovers and trucks.

What if you could drive from Maine to Florida and not even need to stop for a charge while driving your Nissan Leaf. Forget about all the EVSE (Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment) that has been installed by Tesla for their Model S Electric Car. Technology is scheduled to be tested in England that will enable just that. Long Distance travel with no stops for charging.

Enterprise has announced that its CarShare rental program for universities will use Nissan vehicles exclusively.

The Nissan PlayStation GT Academy International Race Camp took place at Silverstone with competitors going from game-winners to race track stars. Mentoring and judging took place after a final race between contestants found a winner.

A Juke with a GT-R powertrain. It was done last year and caught a lot of attention. Now, Nissan is doing it again, this time with even more power.

John Urschel is a guard on the Baltimore Ravens and the 300+ pound NFL player drives a used Nissan Versa. He’s also one of the smartest men in the game.

Nissan has pulled its three LeMans P1 race cars from the circuit in order to address technical issues before returning to the World Endurance Championship series.

With month over month sales declines from Tesla S and Nissan Leaf cars, are we seeing a slowdown because of the declining gas price or is there something else that is causing sales declines?

Nissan LEAF and Tesla Model S have started a true revolution as well as the other companies that are producing Electric Vehicles and Plug In Hybrid Electric Vehicles. Since the US market has seen the almost exponential growth in both these types of cars what will happen if this car segment moves out from the early adopter phase into the main stream market phase?

For kids headed back to school and in need of a car, the Versa Note makes the grade, says KBB.

Five years into their strategic cooperation, the Daimler-Renault-Nissan partnership is expanding with a new manufacturing venture in Central Mexico.

This video is becoming popular as we see a stock Charger Hellcat take on Godzilla in a series of drag runs. The outcome is surprising, but very close.

Last week I published an article asking the question when will EV range anxiety end? One week later, Tesla announces a 90Kwh battery pack upgrade to the Model S and decreased the Price for the 70Kwh Model S.

The seventh part of a series of "truckumentary" short films from Nissan featuring the all-new Titan XD has released. "Truck Love" features the TExas NIssan Truck Meet and enthusiasts.

The Rogue continues its sales boom this year and Nissan wants to continue that trend as they introduce the updates and changes for the 2016 model year, hitting showrooms this fall. We look at what's coming to the new 2016 Rogue.