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New Nissan Leaf EV to be Made in the UK Also
The United Kingdom will become the third global manufacturing location for Nissan's new dedicated electric vehicle, the Leaf, the automaker has announced.
Production of the Nissan Leaf will begin in Oppama, Japan later this year followed by Smyrna, Tennessee, USA in 2012. The Japanese firm's Sunderland plant in the UK will commence production in 2013 with an initial annual capacity of around 50,000 units.
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Nissan Drops Price Of U.s.-made Leaf By More Than $6,000 To As Low As $18,800 With Tax Credits
At the Detroit Auto Show, Nissan revealed the 2013 model year Leaf, which aside from a host of upgrades, will be built from now on in the U.S. at the brand's manufacturing plant in Smyrna, Tennessee. As a result of the shift in production from Japan...
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Nissan Unveils 2013 Leaf With New Electric Motor, Cheaper S Grade And Weight Savings Of 80kg/176lbs
Some two years after its market launch, Nissan has presented an updated version of its Leaf EV that features a number of enhancements, the most important of which concern a new, more compact and significantly lighter electric powertrain, and the addition...
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Mercedes-benz And Nissan Join Forces To Build 4-cylinder Engines In The Usa
Back in April of 2010, Daimler, Mercedes-Benz's parent company, and the Renault-Nissan Alliance announced a broad strategic cooperation in which the two companies exchanged a 3.1 percent stake with each other and made plans to collaborate on several...
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Put A Socket On It: Nissan Celebrates Leaf's First Birthday With An Ad
It's been about 365 days or a year since Nissan launched its new pure-electric Leaf onto the market and to celebrate the event, the Japanese company released a commercial featuring household electric-sockets singing the traditional 'happy birthday...
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Nissan To Expand Qashqai / Dualis Production In Japan
The unexpected success of Nissan’s compact crossover in Europe -58,051 units since the Qashqai’s market launch in February ’07, has led the Japanese firm to the decision to add new capacity at its Kyushu plant in Japan to meet increased...
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