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Northumbria NHS Nissan e-NV200

Costs Saved with Electric Nissan Vans Contribute to NHS Trust’s Patient Care

Nissan has helped one of the largest NHS trusts in the North East of England move to an almost entirely electric fleet of vehicles, with savings made from transport costs being reinvested into patient care.

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has added 13 all-electric Nissan e-NV200 vans, which offer ultra-low running costs and zero emissions mobility, to its fleet. The Trust is using them to deliver health…

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Nov-Dec 2015 AutoVolt Available Now!

The AutoVolt Nov-Dec 2015 issue is now available via all your favourite digital distributors; Magzter, Readly and Magcloud. This issue features a special first drive of the latest Nissan LEAF 30kWh version, that we tested in the South of France up the Col de Turini. We find out if the increased battery capacity and updated infotainment system improve the world’s favourite electric car. Plus, we conduct our first review of…

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Nissan Ecotricity Charge-Symbol

Nissan and Ecotricity Call for Official EV Charging Point Road Signage

Nissan and Ecotricity are campaigning to the UK government to introduce official road signage to highlight the location of the many thousands of standard and rapid EV charging points across the UK.

There are more than 9,000 EV charging points across the nation yet no official signage to help motorists find these often obscurely positioned charge points. The locations of charge points has largely been a lottery in…

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Nissan LEAF 30kWh MY2016

Nissan Brings LEAF Up to Date with 30kWh Battery and New Tech

Nissan have brought their much loved world best selling electric car, the LEAF, bang up-to-date with a new larger battery and improved user technology.

The New LEAF includes a larger capacity battery, that only weighs little more than 20 kilos heavier than the 24kWh model. The new car does not replace the older version, however, and instead will be sold alongside it.

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Go Ultra Low

£2.6 Billion of Fuel Savings Missed Out by Commercial Vehicle Fleets

New Go Ultra Low research indicates a massive £2.6 billion of potential fuel savings are being missed by commercial vehicle fleet operators who choose not to go with an ultra-low emission vehicle. When compared to the cost of running a diesel-powered van, 1.8 million of the 3.7 million vans on UK roads could tap-in to

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Mayor of Watford, Dorothy Thornhill and Alex Calnan, Director of Electric Blue

Electric Blue Officially Opens First Rapid Taxi Charge Point in Watford

Amongst the daffodils of Watford, there is a new tall white monolith that has seemingly landed from space. It’s not quite the scene from 2001 A Space Odyssey, but not far off. Electric Blue, the new electric taxi company with a difference, has installed their first electric charge point in Watford, near the bus stop

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