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When thinking about the greenest places on earth, let's be honest, New York City doesn't exactly spring to the forefront of your mind. With such a high population density, it's rather difficult for the city to remain green and clean. The good news is that with a great amount of people comes a great opportunity for change. In this case, we're talking 13,000 taxis worth of change. Confused yet? Allow Jenkins Nissan to explain.

If you've been paying attention to Nissan news lately, you know the Japanese automaker debuted an all-new quick charger, in September. Boasting 500V (20V more than the last generation) it's currently slated to hit select Japanese markets, next month. If you're expecting it to be faster than the 480V variant, which offers a 30-minute, 80-percent charge time, you'll be very pleased.

You'll also be happy to know, Nissan isn't…

Nissan Leaf Is making traveling across the pond to compete in the classic Canonball Run. The race is being held in Ireland this year, and there will be a combination of diesel, gasoline, and alternative fuel racers competing.

The Cannonball Run is not the same race it use to be in the 1970's. Back then it was a dangerous but today's it has evolved into a charity event. Sponsors can donate and help…

If you are an owner of a Nissan LEAF, you are most likely not to keen on the stretch SUV. Well Nissan may just have the right remedy for that gas-guzzling giant. Nissan is working with a custom limo maker in Springfield, Missouri and has plans to...

In the fall of 2010, Nissan promoted its pure-electric LEAF by taking it on tour and inviting driver in select U.S. cities to test drive the EV. The first part of the Nissan "Drive Electric Tour" gave roughly 50,00 people the chance to test drive the LEAF by March of 2011.

Since that time, interest in the first 100-percent electric zero-emission car available to the mass market has...

The LEAF is already deemed a pretty green car. It is after all an EV. However, Nissan is now looking into a way to make it even greener in the future. Specifically, they are working on and testing the usage of solar power.

For those of you who are not familiar with the Nissan LEAF, the pure electric car currently draws power from the grid. However, this isn't the only thing Nissan is concerned…

Nissan is working to enable LEAF electric vehicle (EV) owners to use the energy reserves of the cars' batteries to power homes during rolling blackouts. After the crisis in Japan, Nissan knows how blackouts can affect daily operations. According to Hideaki Watanabe, Global Head of Zero Emission Vehicles, Nissan, the LEAF battery stores a maximum of 24 kWh - enough energy to power a U.S. house for roughly a day.

Nissan's initiative bodes extremely well for LEAF drivers in Japan who are very eager to see the idea come to fruition.  Watanabe says, "Some people are saying that instead…