[From October 2014] NISSAN DELIVERS FIRST ALL-ELECTRIC TAXIS TO BARCELONA AND MADRID Delivery marks significant milestone in the expansion of zero-emission transportation to Europe’s city centres Madrid and Barcelona (Tuesday 21st October) – The era of the 100% electric taxi has arrived to Spain’s two largest cities, as Nissan delivered its first 100% electric taxis
[From May 2014] This summer Taxi Electric becomes the first taxi company in Amsterdam to adopt the zero-emission Nissan e-NV200 Taxi Electric first 100% Nissan LEAF fleet since November 2011 Pioneering Amsterdam-based company have covered 1.5 million km demonstrating Nissan EVs’ quality and reliability AMSTERDAM, Netherlands – Taxi Electric will be the first private taxi
Kia Motors brought home another prestigious award, with the Kia Soul EV winning the Car of the Year title in Norway. The largest consumer information service providing organization in Norway, Dinside, has named the Kia Soul EV the best car for 2015 based on its price, space, handling, technology, and environmental friendliness. Soul EV gained the highest marks
As electric cars become more common, it’s only a matter of time before more people start thinking of things to do with them besides drive to and from work. Like, for example, turning one into a barbecue on wheels. In this case, it’s an electric van, not a car–all the better to power your electric
POWER TO SPARE – NISSAN AND ENDESA SIGN PLEDGE TO PROMOTE EUROPE’S FIRST MASS MARKET VEHICLE TO GRID SYSTEM Nissan and Endesa, an Enel Group subsidiary, collaborate on bringing key technologies to market Game-changing technology unlocks the potential of two-way charging and allows customers to reduce costs by selling power from electric vehicle batteries to the
Investment bank says wide deployment of battery storage will hasten the demise of fossil fuels and utilities that remain focused on centralised generation. It tips rapid fall in costs and a $400bn storage market by 2030. citi reportInvestment bank Citigroup predicts that the wide deployment of battery storage technologies will hasten the demise of fossil
The UK’s minister for energy has said that her government is not planning any framework of incentives for energy storage, but said nonetheless that public funds can help “bridge the gap” between ideas and commercialisation. Amber Rudd, a minister at the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC), attended an event hosted in Westminster, London
Thanks to growing requests from companies and fleets alike, Nissan has announced it is bringing forward the introduction of the latest iteration in its electric vehicle line-up – a seven seat version of the all-electric e-NV200. Since its inception, a seven seat version of the revolutionary van has always been part of Nissan’s plans, fulfilling
The first all-electric car club in the UK — the E-Car Club — is going to be experiencing some rapid growth this year, based on recent reports. The club is apparently now set to increase its fleet by roughly 100 vehicles before the middle of 2015 — which means that the car club will have
Nissan began deliveries of 50 e-NV200 electric vans under one of the largest orders to date to DHL in Italy. The electric vans will be used in dispatches and delivery fleets in Milan and Rome. DHL Express tested the e-NV200 prior to ordering and according to the press release, the electric version was able to
