Remove 2011 Remove Buy Remove Cars Remove Nissan
article thumbnail

You Should Never Buy A Used EV … Or Should You?

CleanTechnica EVs

For example, I had a bad experience with a used 2011 Nissan LEAF I bought when the EV bug first bit me. It turned out that the early Nissan LEAF batteries weren’t very good at handling the. continued] The post You Should Never Buy A Used EV … Or Should You? appeared first on CleanTechnica.

Buy 109
article thumbnail

2011 Nissan Leaf: GreenCarReports Best Car To Buy 2011

Green Car Reports

More than 80 years, in fact, since viable electric cars were offered to U.S. car buyers. The 2011 Nissan Leaf is the first practical, five-seat electric car—a full plug-in, running solely off grid electricity—that you have been able to buy since the.

2011 160
article thumbnail

With electric trucks and SUVs coming, is it time to reevaluate what a green car means?

Green Car Reports

Over the past ten years, the green-car landscape has made progress in fits and starts. Since the 2011 Nissan Leaf that we named our original Best Car To Buy—rated at just 73 miles—electric cars have evolved rapidly. Lucid announced a model.

article thumbnail

2015 Volkswagen Golf: Green Car Reports' Best Car To Buy 2015

Green Car Reports

Our Best Car To Buy award can go one of several ways here on Green Car Reports. Sometimes it goes to a moonshot car, like the first Nissan Leaf (in 2011) or the Tesla Model S (in 2013). Those are cars that radically redefined what green transportation could be, changing the auto industry forever.

2015 167
article thumbnail

Past Green Car Reports Best Car To Buy winners: the recap

Green Car Reports

On Monday, Green Car Reports will name its 2017 Best Car To Buy. It will be the seventh time we've given the award, and it's worth looking back to see how far green cars have progressed in those seven years.

article thumbnail

Who Actually Buys 2011 Chevy Volt Electric Cars, And Why?

Green Car Reports

Despite media attempts to conjure a "sales battle" between the 2011 Chevy Volt and the 2011 Nissan Leaf, both companies are selling every car they can manage to get into the showrooms. Now Chevrolet has released its first look at who is actually buying its Volt range-extended electric cars.

Volt 137
article thumbnail

Green Car Reports Best Car To Buy 2018: Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid plug-in minivan

Green Car Reports

In 2011, Green Car Reports launched an award for the new car, or family of cars, that represented the best green vehicle introduced for the model year. The Nissan Leaf won that year because it was the sole affordable battery-electric vehicle on the market.