For the new model year, Nissan
is applying lessons learned from two years of selling the Leaf electric
vehicle – and seeing what the competition is doing – to offer a
lower-price trim line as well as faster charging and new, upper-level
options.
Showing posts with label USA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label USA. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Monday, January 7, 2013
NHTSA: Under 18 mph, electric vehicles will need to make "alert sound"
It's been a long time coming – remember the Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act of 2010? – but the proposed rules for the noises that electric or hybrid vehicles have to make at low speeds have been released (get them here in PDF). The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced the proposed rules today in response to some requests for the noises to be generated to alert vision-impaired pedestrians.
Saturday, January 5, 2013
Oregon lawmakers considering instituting mileage tax... again
In a move likely to cause an uproar across Portland-area coffeehouses,
Oregon's state legislature is again considering instituting a per-mile
tax on super-fuel-efficient cars and electric vehicles. The state is
looking to recuperate revenue lost because more fuel efficient vehicles
on the road result in fewer dollars being collected from gas taxes.
Saturday, December 29, 2012
Fisker sues insurance company over Karmas damaged in Hurricane Sandy
Whoa boy. According to Reuters, Fisker has been denied some $33 million in damages by its insurance company, XL Group PLC, for 338 Karma sedans that were destroyed by Superstorm Sandy
while at port in New Jersey. Not surprisingly, Fisker is suing the
insurer, which is based in Dublin, Ireland but has offices in the US.
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