Nissan Cube

The Cube “looks like a rolling tribute to Pikachu and his animated Pokemon buddies,” says Contributing Editor, Chris Chase. It’s certainly roomy and practical, but there’s a downside to its upright stature, he says.  

SEATTLE — While international diplomats are meeting in Copenhagen to hash out a new climate policy, the car company Nissan came to Seattle looking to inspire a few, well, guinea pigs in an experiment to see how its new all-electric car will fit the ...  

With the Nissan Cube release in the UK this January, the reviews have been flowing ... Take a look at Parkers first look here , and Auto Week’s here . Let us know what you think of the Nissan Cube in the comments. Will you be buying one?  

By Gina Gomez Dec.13, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The latest model of the Nissan Cube cars which until now have been available in Japan, would soon be seen thronging the streets of United Kingdom. The first deliveries of the car is expected to take place from the month of January next year as this is the first time [...]  

It may be a little funny-looking, in a kind of cute way, but Nissan's new cube "van-like object" is a pretty nifty vehicle overall. And while it does tend to perform somewhat like the brick on wheels that it resembles, it actually acquitted itself ...  

The carbon crisis may end up as the defining struggle of our time. But so far the discourse has been a decidedly wonky mix of policy and engineering. As part of its preparations for the 2011 launch of the Leaf, its all-electric vehicle, Nissan asked TBWA to craft a campaign that would express an artier, more reflective side of the shift to a non-carbon future. The digital division of TBWA, in turn, recruited Richard Saul Wurman, founder of...  

Eco Factor: Zero-emission transportation vehicle powered by batteries. Nissan VanNEXT is the work of industrial designer Victor Romero who has tried to make some deep changes in small transport vehicles in use today. The all-electric concept...  

Japan's Nissan Motor Company is working on a lithium-ion battery that can power an electric vehicle for 300 kilometres on a single charge, a report says. Japan's Nissan Motor Company is working on a lithium-ion battery that can power an electric vehicle for 300 kilometres on a single charge, the... Just-auto - JAPAN: Nissan working on longer range li-ion battery - paper The Motor Report - 2011 Nissan Qazana To Mark New Design...  

The Nissan Leaf electric car made its Canadian debut in Vancouver today as part of the Nissan Leaf Zero Emission tour. Vancouver is the first Canadian city to commit to providing the vehicle plug-in requirements necessary for recharging electric vehicles. The Leaf is expected to go on sale in Vancouver first, in 2011.  

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Nissan 2010 Nissan Leaf - Click above for high-res image gallery Nissan is steaming ahead at full speed on its electric car plans but it's not ignoring the infrastructure elements required to make those vehicles a viable proposition. This week, the automaker announced a partnership with the city of San Francisco to help create the elements needed for success. The city is a part of the Bay Area EV corridor that covers...  

High Gear Media has at last driven the 2011 Nissan LEAF electric car. Okay, admittedly it's a stretch to say that we actually drove the LEAF, but we did take a quick spin in a vehicle that demonstrates, according to Nissan, how the LEAF will perform and feel behind the wheel. In an unusual--and brave--move, Nissan is taking an engineering ..  

Ahead of the UK launch of the new Cube city car, Nissan Design Europe has created a 'Cube Store' in Brick Lane, East London [home to several popular markets and art galleries] as the venue to give potential buyers here "sneak previews" of the new car.  

The 2010 model year brings new standard features and slightly higher prices for three out of four models in the Nissan Cube range. All models (Base, S, SL and Krom Edition), are powered by a 122HP 1.8-liter four-cylinder engine that can be linked to either Nissan's Xtronic CVT or a 6-speed manual transmission. The starting MSRP, which doesn't include applicable tax, title and license fees, has remained unchanged from 2009 at $13,990 for the 1...  

U.S. News & World ReportNissan Expects Leaf to be First Affordable All-Electric CarEnergy Priorities Magazine(podcast) by Denis Du Bois At the test location, Nissan technician Dean Romaine orients me to the prototype car's dashboard and controls. ...A first peek at Nissan electric carSan Jose Mercury Newsall 33 news articles »  

Filed under: Concept Cars, LA Auto Show, Nissan, Electric Nissan V2G -- Click above for high-res image gallery The LA Auto Show's Design Challenge has a victor from among its Youthmobile 2030 entries: the Nissan Vehicle-to-Grid, aka V2G. It envisions a nationwide electric highway system (the "grid") driven on by Generation Z, and their cars will pay for use of the grid like a mobile phone plan. The V2G doesn't offer much in the way of variety...