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Nissan Leaf test drive

By mmt | Published: October 10, 2010
”The Stig” drives the Nissan Leaf. He gives a nice presentation of the car: http://www.youtube.com/watch?hl=da&v=0_4fvEwXros You can read my test of the car: http://www.easyecar.com/electric-vehicle-test/nissan-leaf-first-drive/
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EasyEcar Newsletter no.4 June 2010

By mmt | Published: June 18, 2010
EasyEcar Newsletter no.4 June 2010 Better Place Battery Switch in Tokyo: I have just returned home from a visit to see the battery switch station working in real life operation. I must say that it was a very convincing experience to sit in a car that switches the battery in less than two minutes. See the videos: http://www.easyecar.com/better-place-news/better-place-battery-switch-in-tokyo/ The [...]
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Better Place battery switch in Tokyo

By mmt | Published: June 3, 2010
Sitting in the back seat of a Better Place Taxi in Tokyo when it does a battery switch:   The car drives inside the switch station and gets cleaned underneath with air when it drives in. then it stops and after waiting a while the depleted battery is taken out underneath and then the fully charged battery [...]
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Nissan Leaf first drive

By mmt | Published: May 19, 2010
 Update 28´th May: Nissan fast charger in front of the Headquaters in Yokohama: When I first started to studying electric vehicles two years ago I did not expect that family cars would start to come in the first 5 years, but now both Nissan Leaf and Renault Fluence are almost here. Today I had an opportunity to [...]
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Better Place to start battery switchable electric taxi operation

By mmt | Published: April 12, 2010
 Update 4´th of may:   Update 28.th of April:   Article from Edmunds.com: http://blogs.edmunds.com/greencaradvisor/2010/04/battery-swap-program-begins-in-tokyo-with-taxi-company-demo.html   Update 26.th of April: Pictures from todays event: http://www.flickr.com/photos/btrplc/sets/72157623927307852/show/  And this post also has a video: http://www.betterplace.com/global-progress/japan/ This is Better Places chance to prove what many say that will never work: The batter switch technology. I will follow the test closely with in the next weeks, so get back to see [...]
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Free buyer’s guide

By mmt | Published: November 19, 2009
My  “2010 Electric & Hybrid Vehicles Complete and Independent Buyers Guide”  is out now
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Nissan Leaf US tour

By mmt | Published: November 14, 2009
Here you can see the dates and places where you can see the car. Please comment on it if you go! It will also be in Detroit: http://www.nissanusa.com/leaf-electric-car/#/car/index
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