Nissan recognised by EPA with Energy Star Sustained Excellence Award

Nissan remains a leader in energy performance with three new US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Energy Star accolades on the shelf, including the 2013 Partner of the Year - Sustained Excellence Award, the highest honour given to select organisations

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Nissan opens its most advanced paint plant in the world

With the recent additions of the Infiniti JX and Nissan Leaf and the future addition of the Nissan Rogue to its vehicle assembly lines in Smyrna, Tenn., the company announced the opening of its most advanced paint plant in the world, as a black 2013 Infiniti JX rolled-off

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Nissan brings new US-assembled 2013 Leaf @ $28,800

Nissan has announced that US pricing for the new 2013 Nissan Leaf will start at an MSRP of $28,800 for the newly-added S grade, making it the lowest priced five-passenger electric vehicle sold in the United States. Depending on location, some consumers may purchase

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Nissan begins U.S. assembly of 2013 Leaf and batteries in Smyrna

Nissan will ramp up U.S. assembly of the 2013 model year all-electric Leaf at its manufacturing plant in Smyrna, Tenn., where it will be manufactured alongside the company's gasoline-powered products.

The start of Nissan Leaf assembly in Smyrna comes on the heels of the

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Nissan begins eMotor trials at Decherd Tenn. Plant

The eMotor that powers the Nissan Leaf has more than one mile of copper wiring inside. Currently those motors are assembled in Japan. Soon, however, Nissan's eMotor will be produced in Decherd, Tenn., about 70 miles away from where Nissan will build the 2013 Nissan

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Growth drives Nissan Frontier, Xterra, to Canton, Miss.

Change is coming to Nissan. Long-time employees at Nissan's Smyrna vehicle assembly plant see it as both a beginning and an end, the final frontier.

Plant Manager and Director Randy Knight started his career at Nissan the same year the Smyrna manufacturing

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