Nissan builds baffling, belly-surfing GTR-X 2050 concept

Nissan’s design team has built a full-scale model of Korean designer Jaebum “JB” Choi’s concept of an autonomous supercar for the year 2050. Conceived as a mind-controlled, rolling exoskeleton, the GTR-X is one of the year’s most unusual concepts.Conti… Continue reading Nissan builds baffling, belly-surfing GTR-X 2050 concept

Nissan electric mini-campervan doubles its lithium to leave gas behind

As the world waits for truly off-grid-capable next-gen electric campers like the Tesla Cybertruck pop-up pickup and double-popping eBussy van camper, conversion shops continue to reach for the Nissan e-NV200 as their electric camper base vehicle of cho… Continue reading Nissan electric mini-campervan doubles its lithium to leave gas behind

Battery Swap Gives Nissan LEAF New Lease on Life

It’s often said that one of the advantages of owning an electric vehicle is reduced maintenance costs, and for the most part, that’s true. That is, until the vehicle’s battery pack starts to show its age. Then you might be on the hook for a repair bill comparable to swapping …read more

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Nissan drives out mobile power and disaster relief concept

Earlier in the month, Toyota and Honda revealed plans to start testing a fuel-cell bus designed as a mobile power source for disaster relief. Now Nissan has driven out an emergency response vehicle based on its Leaf electric car that will also provide … Continue reading Nissan drives out mobile power and disaster relief concept

Improving More Leaf Design Flaws

[Daniel] was recently featured here for his work in improving the default charging mode for the Nissan Leaf electric vehicle when using the emergency/trickle charger included with the car. His work made it possible to reduce the amount of incoming power from the car, if the charging plug looked like …read more

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Retrolicious Nissan Z Proto tiptoes through the past toward the future

The pretty, bright-eyed yellow canary sitting before you is the all-new Nissan Z Proto, an early look at what Nissan’s cooking up with the seventh-generation Z. If it feels more like you’re looking at an older generation Z, that’s on purpose. Nissan ha… Continue reading Retrolicious Nissan Z Proto tiptoes through the past toward the future

Adding Luxury Charging Features to an Entry-Level EV

The Nissan Leaf is the best-selling electric car of all time so far, thanks largely to it being one of the first mass produced all-electric EVs. While getting into the market early was great for Nissan, they haven’t made a lot of upgrades that other EV manufacturers have made and …read more

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Nissan debuts its first all-electric crossover SUV, the Ariya

We got our first look at Nissan’s plans for an all-electric crossover SUV at the 2017 Tokyo Motor Show, when it revealed the IMx. Two years later the concept had grown into the Ariya, and now the company’s first all-electric crossover is going into pro… Continue reading Nissan debuts its first all-electric crossover SUV, the Ariya