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Rumormill: BMW Megacity is a premium product, will carry premium pricetag

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Filed under: Europe , Hatchback , BMW , Rumormill , Electric BMW Megacity EV – Click above for high-res image gallery According to the rumors kicking around the interwebs, the upcoming BMW Megacity won’t be bargain basement transportation. Autocar cites an unnamed source as saying that when the city-sized electric car hits dealers, it will carry a premium price tag. That likely means that the Megacity will cost more than the Nissan Leaf EV that it’s designed to compete against. That’s no real shocker given the Megacity’s complete carbon-fiber passenger cell and unique aluminum chassis

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Report: Nissan admits Leaf EV launch could have been handled better

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2011 Nissan Leaf EV – Click above for high-res image gallery Right now, saying that the individuals who pre-ordered Nissan Leaf EVs are a little disappointed about the slow rate of deliveries would easily catapult you to the reigning monarch of the nation of understaters. After the Japanese automaker happily snapped up over 20,000 pre-orders for the electric hatch, the company managed to deliver a paltry 19 units in December. No, not 19,000 or 1,900 – nineteen . Not surprisingly, the Internet has erupted into a rousing chorus of conspiracy theories about the holdup, with everything from cars being held at the docks for wiring repairs to Nissan holding vehicles so that the Japanese market can be satiated first.

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Nissan Leaf website is totally for the kids

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Filed under: Marketing/Advertising , Hatchback , Nissan , Toys/Games , Electric Nissan Leaf website for kids – Click either image for high-res gallery How do you teach children that electric cars can be fun to use and good to drive? By explaining that they work pretty much just like any other car except that you “refuel” at home. At least that’s the tactic that Nissan has taken with its ” An Electric Vehicle In Our Home ” sub-site, which features a cartoon family, backed by annoyingly peppy music enjoying their new electric car (a Leaf , natch). The extremely irritating mini-site is designed to show how quiet the car is, how you can use it to go shopping, go visit grandpa, etc

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Nissan Leaf snags 99 mpg rating on official EPA sticker

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Filed under: Government/Legal , Hatchback , Nissan , Electric As far as we know, the first production Chevrolet Volt models are still awaiting their official EPA stickers . Nissan , though, has received the details on what the government agency has rated its all-electric Leaf at, and it looks good: a combined rating of 99 miles per gallon (equivalent) which breaks down into 106 city/92 highway. The official EPA range for the car is 73 miles, which Nissan admits is a variable (we know it can be beaten ), and the annual electric cost is estimated at $561. The Leaf is the first vehicle to get this new label, Nissan spokesperson Katherine Zachary told AutoblogGreen that 99 mpg puts the Leaf way in front into the “best” fuel efficiency rating for mid-size vehicle class.

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Microsoft releases Windows Embedded Automotive 7

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Filed under: Technology , Nissan 2011 Nissan Leaf interior – Click above for high-res image gallery All the fancy new technology buried deep inside the guts of today’s latest crop of cars and trucks needs some serious software magic to function properly, and Microsoft is one of the leading suppliers of bits and bytes in the automotive realm. Carmakers like Fiat , Ford , Kia and Nissan are all using software sourced from the Redmond-based tech giant. Windows Embedded Automotive 7 introduces new technologies such as Silverlight, which allows for 2D and 3D graphics improvements, and Tellme speech technology, which allows real-time text-to-speech technology and the ability to respond to text messages using spoken input. Another interesting tidbit officially revealed by Microsoft today is that the 2011 Nissan Leaf touchscreen information hub (shown above) is, in fact, powered by Windows Embedded Automotive technology.

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Nissan announces Leaf rollout plans, 8-year battery warranty

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Filed under: Hatchback , Nissan , Electric Nissan Leaf EV – Click above for high-res image gallery At the Plug-in 2010 Conference in San Jose, CA today, Nissan North America’s executive vice president, Carlos Tavares, announced that the Leaf’s battery pack will be covered by an eight-year/100,000-mile warranty – exactly what Chevrolet is offering on the Volt pack. He said that feedback from people interested in the Leaf was important in setting these levels, so that explains why Leaf hand-raisers received email surveys about the topic recently. For what it’s worth, the official Leaf battery warranty is what about half of AutoblogGreen readers voted for in our unscientific poll on the topic. Almost 45 percent said the eight-year/100,000-mile level was good for electric vehicles, while a few more thought 10-years/150,000 miles was the preferred level.

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