Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took a ride in Nissan’s Autonomous Drive LEAF electric vehicle on November 9, 2013.
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Japanese PM Shinzo Abe Rides in an Autonomous Drive Nissan LEAF
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ANIMATION: Nissan TITAN XD’s Cummins 5.0L V8 Turbo Diesel Two-Stage Turbocharger
The Cummins 5.0L V8 Turbo Diesel in the upcoming 2016 Nissan TITAN XD features a unique Cummins M²™ Two-Stage Turbocharger is configured to work well at both low and high engine speeds. The series sequential turbocharging system, involving two differently sized turbochargers, effectively provides a small turbocharger for low air flow requirements and a large turbo for high air flow.
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From DAT to Datsun
In 1910s Japan, engineer Masujiro Hashimoto had an dream of 100% Japanese car: the DAT car, which would one day evolve into the Datsun brand.
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A Day in the Life of an EV Fast Charger
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Sept. 27, 2013) — Nissan is selling more LEAFs than ever before and is the lead sponsor of National Plug-In Day in 2013. With the day being about plugging in to charge up, Nissan pointed some video cameras at the company’s EV quick charger, stationed in front of Nissan Americas headquarters in Nashville, Tenn. to see who is stopping in to charge and go.
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Vintage Datsun Fairlady Roadster Travels 30,000+Mile, Helps Owner to Recharge His Life
Scott Fisher is a man on a mission. Not the kind of mission with deadlines and meetings — a mission to reconnect with his 1967 Datsun Fairlady Roadster and discover the wide-open spaces of North America. Fisher has blogged the entire trip in detail at RoadsterRoadTrip.com, sharing an impressive array of his photographs from the road.
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Stretch Electric: World's First Electric Nissan LEAF Limo Debuts in Tennessee
You have never seen anything like it. Inside it’s a limo and outside it’s a stretched Nissan LEAF. “This is the world’s first road-worthy, licensed, street legal electric limousine, and this is it,” said Trevor Goulding, director of sales for Embassy Suites Nashville South.
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Nissan Rogue Takes to the Track – The Ice Track – With Ease
MONTREAL, Canada (Feb. 4, 2014) — Winter has been unrelenting throughout the U.S. and Canada this year. There certainly was no exception to be found in Montreal, a southwest city in the Canadian province of Quebec.
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