Nissan (Page 38)

Knowing how the technology comes together, we can now consider how it is that Nissan will make it so affordable and get an idea of which vehicle(s) it will appear in first.

When we dig deeper into what Nissan has been doing with cars that drive themselves, we can see not only how they plan to make the technology work in only 7 years, but why it will be "affordable" as promised.

By early 2014, Nissan will be producing more than two million vehicles per year in North and South America.

Nissan Motor's Autonomous Driving program has hit some big benchmarks and the company says that they will have self-driving cars ready for you to purchase within seven years.

As summer ends, and the fall begins, it turns out that the best place to watch (Nissan) Leafs is the left coast. Like foliage, the Leafs are in clusters.

The winner of New York City's "Taxi of Tomorrow" competition has now begun production at Nissan's commercial vehicle plant in Mexico.

Speaking before a crowd of electric car owners gathering in Silicon Valley, long-time EV activist turned Nissan Leaf salesman Paul Scott talked about the big strides being made in electric vehicle adoption, and the coming tipping point.

Nissan's first "gamer-to-racer", Lucas Ordonez, has been made the official test driver for the ZEOD RC electric Formula One car program. Ordonez was the 2008 winner of the first ever Nissan PlayStation GT Academy competition.

The Titan, Nissan's full-sized truck, will be getting a V8 turbo diesel option in its next overhaul. The new 5.0-liter diesel engine is currently undergoing testing in engineering test beds at Nissan.

Nissan has announced pricing and options for the upgraded 2014 Altima, including some new technology to be showcased in the company's flagship sedan.

The battle to be the best selling electric vehicle in the US has continued to heat up as the Nissan Leaf outsold the Chevrolet Volt in July 2013 – allowing the all electric Nissan to climb back into the top spot in annual EV sales race.

All these Asian automakers are responding to the perceived need to rapidly develop a charging network to serve the growing fleet of plug-in hybrid, plug-in electric hybrid, and full-time electric vehicles from all four manufacturers in Japan.

Nissan has announced a reduction in price for the new 2014 370Z Coupe and 370Z NISMO gets new interior and exterior enhancements.

Nissans master craftsmen are known as Takumi and there are only four of these who build the twin-turbo VR38 engines used in the hallowed GT-R – to show their pride in their creations, each signs the block of the engines he builds.

Dolly Parton likes teaching kids to read. Nissan likes helping the communities around them. The United Way enjoys matchmaking. So when Dolly needed a sponsor for her preschool reading program in Mississippi, the UW found her the perfect mate in Nissan.

A Bush-era program giving federal loans to support "advanced technology vehicle manufacturing" is under threat from Congress, but it should be ended anyway.

That electric cars are starting to become normal in society is underscored by the Renault-Nissan alliance reaching the milestone of 100,000 total sales of electric cars since late 2010.

Nissan's Driving Innovation discussion groups have a meet up like structure and will also be available in podcast form. The goal is to be part of the growing autonomous vehicle world.

Nissan Leaf owners facing battery capacity loss stand to gain some relief thanks to a class action lawsuit settlement in which Nissan will extend the battery warranty to cover this condition.

The 2014 Nissan Leaf is getting a few modest changes, the most important of which is being released as part of Nissan's regular product cycle.

The Nissan Leaf has seen sales rise gradually over the past few months as there has been more and more interest from new markets around the United States but the continued sales growth has hit a wall due to the company’s inability to build enough EVs to satisfy the demand.

The world's most streetable supercar gains a bit of exclusivity and some custom parts and paint for a surprisingly low price adder.

Nissan knows how to market the new Versa Note to its intended demographic, notably among the young, urban and active, who will use the second generation of the aerodynamically sculpted hatchback not only to go places, but also to access the life experiences of their dreams.

Looking to increase the Nissan Leaf's attractiveness, Nissan is expanding the network of dealer-based fast charging stations to include 100 such stations in 21 markets by 2014.

General Motors announced new cash incentives for the Chevrolet Volt in early June and those offers paid off big time – as the Volt posted its best sales month of the year which allowed the electric Chevy to beat the Nissan Leaf in monthly sales while also pulling into the lead in total 2013 EV sales.

Datsun has revealed sketches giving a preview of the first new-generation Datsun car before its global premiere on July 15.

On July 2nd 2013, the first playable demo of Gran Turismo 6 hits the stores of the Playstation Network – giving Playstation 3 gamers their first chance to experience the 6th iteration of the fabled racing simulator while also kicking off the newest version of the popular GT Academy that offers gamers a chance at literally becoming a professional race car driver.

With a new 2013 refresh and the introduction of a hybrid option for 2014, the Nissan Pathfinder is poised to continue its rapid sales growth and its new MSRP will only help.

The Hennessey HPE1000 2013 Nissan GT-R pumps out an incredible 1000 horsepower and is the hottest GT-R on the planet.

NISMO is collaborating with Williams Advanced Engineering and along the lines of the 2014 GT-R NISMO, there are many more high-performance cars planned in the future.