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Like most people today, if you are interesting in reducing your carbon print, you have heard about the Nissan LEAF. However, as much as the LEAF has been advertised all around, it's not available everywhere yet. Even if drivers from across the U.S. can order the LEAF, the EV is currently being sold in only in 28 states, plus Washington, D.C. This makes test driving a LEAF more challenging for those not

Nissan North America popularity proved exceedingly strong in 2011. And, January sales numbers indicate the upward trend is continuing in 2012. Compared to January 2011, January 2012 sales rose a healthy 10.4 percent. Overall Nissan Division sales increased by 12.5 percent.

While Gates Nissan of Frankfort, serving drivers from Lexington has to credit the entire new Nissan lineup for these successes, we can't ignore the fact that two models shined particularly bright

"The new Versa Sedan has hit a sweet spot with sub-compact buyers, offering the most legroom, most headroom and most trunk room per dollar, along with the lowest starting M.S.R.P. in America of just $10,990 USD," explains Al Castignetti, vice president and general manager, Nissan Division, Nissan North America, Inc.

Both Nissan Versa total sales and market share, tell the same story: The Versa, which dominates the highly-competitive and saturated sub-compact

Nissan Leaf EVs, similar to those headed to Gates Nissan of Frankfort in KY, are coming to New York as part of a taxi cab experiment. 6 electric Leaf hatchbacks are involved with NYC's 'Taxi of Tomorrow' project.

This project, which began as a joint venture between the Taxi & Limo Commission and the Japanese auto maker in 2007, doesn't only include hybrid cars. Anti-bacterial seats, extra luggage room, and fuel efficiency improvements

Nissan is looking for more EV cars, like the successful Nissan Leaf and upcoming NV200 delivery van.

One option is an electric sports car. Nissan introduced their Esflow two-door concept last year, which featured a sporty design. Pivo 3, a small city car concept, might be an option as well. The EV battery operated car was shown off at the Tokyo Motor Show.

Another alternative is Townpod EV. This small minivan provides easy access via

There are automakers that do hybrid technology; and there are those that do it right. Nissan may not be the first to add hybrid accoutrements to their vehicle lineup. But by taking their insights as a pioneer in the realm of EVs, they're perhaps the first to do it justice.

What differentiates satisfactory hybrid technology from exemplary hybrid technology? Simply stated, the ability to retain the performance of petrol-powered counterparts and exceed expectations for

"Nissan LEAF owners are conscientious about their energy use, and it makes sense for them to understand how they can offset the power that their all-electric LEAF requires with clean, renewable solar power generated from their own rooftop."¹

What does this mean for those who love Nissan Leaf EV? Their eco-friendly car can now be powered by the sun!

SunPower hopes that Nissan Leaf owners will benefit by having a solar power system attached

The Nissan Leaf is coming to Gates Nissan of Frankfort in 1220 Versailles Rd, KY - as well as a dealership near you, and you? and you. In fact, the Leaf will be everywhere within a few years.

The Japanese auto maker plans to make their popular all electric hatchback Leaf available across the globe. Pierre Loing, VP of product planning and zero-emission business at Nissan International, "believes zero-emission vehicles will account for 10 percent of

Soon, vehicles like Nissan Altima may be able to read your mind.

Nissan is collaborating with École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) to research "Brain Machine Interface" (BMI) concepts. The idea allows disabled people to maneuver wheelchairs by thought transference. Nissan hopes to convert this project for use in cars, so that disabled drivers (and able bodied ones) can drive telepathically.

"The Nissan and EPFL collaboration is developing systems that go to the…

The push to develop a faster quick charger for EVs isn't a new initiative for Nissan. They've been talking about it for some time now. And, now they're gearing up to put a production-model charger where their mouth is.

That's right, Nissan revealed its new quick charger for EVs, just last week. Coinciding with the unveiling of the new technology, the Japanese automaker divulged plans to bring it to market, starting