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Nissan’s electric car powers Spinnaker Tower landmark

Nissan’s all-electric LEAF has powered Portsmouth’s famous Spinnaker Tower as part of a campaign to raise awareness of the potential of battery electric models. Pop sensation and Britain’s Got Talent presenter Alesha Dixon was on hand last night (May 21) to turn the lights on on the tower using the electricity stored in the LEAF’s [...]

Nissan LEAF plugs in at Scottish councils

Councils in Scotland have started to turn on to the benefits an EV like the Nissan LEAF can provide. Dundee City Council, Perth & Kinross Council, and Dumfries and Galloway Council have introduced a total of 10 LEAF models to their fleets thanks to public sector grants from Transport Scotland, covering the EVs’ initial cost. “We [...]

Nissan’s electric NV200 wins Environment Award

It’s not even due to hit the market for at least another year but Nissan’s e-NV200 has won its first award. The fully electric version of the LCV is still in testing stages with various companies but that didn’t bear any influence on Van Fleet World presenting it with the Environment Award at this week’s [...]

Nissan begins electric vehicle testing

Having already established itself in the electric vehicle market with the Nissan LEAF, the Japanese carmaker is now starting to test another electric vehicle. The vehicle is based on the Nissan NV200 (pictured) and will be used by AEON Retail Company to make deliveries within the Tokyo area as part of the company’s new online [...]

British Gas won over by electric NV200

Electric vans will make up at least 10% of British Gas’ fleet of 14,000 light commercial vehicles by the end of 2015. The home energy supplier made this announcement after trialling an electric version of Nissan’s NV200 at its Leicester and Newbury depots for the past few weeks. The e-NV200 covered over 1,200 miles at [...]

Superchips boosts fuel economy of Qashqai

In the ever-more urgent mission for better economy from our cars, performance, chipping company Superchips says it has developed the perfect solution for one of the UK’s most popular car models. Europe’s leading provider of high performance ECU programming (also know as chipping) has announced the launch of a new ‘bluefin’ remap for the best-selling, [...]

Norway leads the way with LEAF incentives

If the UK Government is struggling for ideas on how to seriously ignite sales of electric vehicles, it should look no further than Norway. A batch of seemingly irresistible incentives have made Nissan’s LEAF the manufacturer’s second biggest selling car in Norway (behind the Qashqai), shifting 1,000 units since its launch in the country six [...]

Nissan launches new Cima with hybrid system

The fifth generation of the luxury saloon car, the Nissan Cima, is to feature a one-motor, two-clutch parallel hybrid system. Expected to go on sale in dealerships in Japan in May, the new Nissan Cima (pictured) boasts a 20 per cent improvement in fuel economy over 2015 standards and emits 75 per cent fewer exhaust [...]

Nissan begins Electric Vehicle Demonstrator Programme

Japanese carmaker Nissan has teamed with the Fleet Forum to launch the Electric Vehicle Demonstrator Programme. The programme offers free use of the Nissan LEAF (pictured) to five organisational members of the Fleet Forum – which is a collaborative association including international organisations; the United Nations; NGOs; corporate partners; donors; and academic institutions. It is [...]

Electric NV200 wired for EV and Low CO2 Fleet Show

Nissan will showcase a prototype of its fully electric NV200 van at the EV and Low CO2 Fleet Show next week. The event aimed at increasing interest and awareness of greener fleet vehicles amongst fleet decision makers is set to open this Wednesday [18 April] at Silverstone Race Circuit in Northamptonshire featuring some of the [...]