Nissan Leaf, the Glossary
The, stylized as "LEAF," is a battery-electric powered compact car manufactured by Nissan, produced since 2010 across two generations.[1]
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53 relations: All-electric range, Automatic parking, Automotive News, Backronym, Battery electric vehicle, C-segment, Car and Driver, Car of the Year Japan, CarPlay, CHAdeMO, Compact car, Edmunds (company), Electrek, Electric car use by country, Electric vehicle warning sounds, European Car of the Year, French Wikipedia, Front-engine, front-wheel-drive layout, Green Car Vision Award, Hatchback, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, List of battery electric vehicles, List of best-selling automobiles, Lithium-ion battery, Mass market, Mass production, NEC, Nissan, Nissan EM motor, Nissan Hypermini, Nissan Motor Manufacturing UK, Nissan R'nessa, Plug-in electric vehicle, Revenge of the Electric Car, Roger McGough, SAE J1772, Smyrna, Tennessee, Sunderland, Synchronous motor, Tesla Model 3, Tesla Model S, The Irish Times, The New York Times, The Northern Echo, Type 2 connector, United States Department of Energy, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Vehicle-to-grid, Venucia e30, Weblogs, Inc., ... Expand index (3 more) »
- Electric vehicles introduced in the 21st century
All-electric range
All-electric range (AER) is the maximum driving range of an electric vehicle using only power from its on-board battery pack to traverse a given driving cycle.
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Automatic parking
Automatic parking is an autonomous car-maneuvering system that moves a vehicle from a traffic lane into a parking spot to perform parallel, perpendicular, or angle parking.
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Automotive News
Automotive News is a weekly newspaper established in 1925, written for the automotive industry, predominantly for individuals corresponding with automobile manufacturers and automotive suppliers.
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Backronym
A backronym is an acronym formed from an already existing word by expanding its letters into the words of a phrase.
Battery electric vehicle
A battery electric vehicle (BEV), pure electric vehicle, only-electric vehicle, fully electric vehicle or all-electric vehicle is a type of electric vehicle (EV) that exclusively uses chemical energy stored in rechargeable battery packs, with no secondary source of propulsion (a hydrogen fuel cell, internal combustion engine, etc.).
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C-segment
The C-segment is the 3rd category of the European segments for passenger cars and is described as "medium cars".
Car and Driver
Car and Driver (CD or C/D) is an American automotive enthusiast magazine first published in 1955.
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Car of the Year Japan
The annual Car of the Year Japan Award (日本カー・オブ・ザ・イヤー, nihon kā obu za iyā), also known as Japan Car of the Year (or JCOTY), is an annual Car of the Year award given for newly released or redesigned vehicles released in the car buying market in Japan in the twelve months beginning 1 November.
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CarPlay
CarPlay is an Apple standard that enables a car radio or head unit to be a display and controller for an iOS device.
CHAdeMO
CHAdeMO is a fast-charging system for battery electric vehicles, developed in 2010 by the CHAdeMO Association, formed by the Tokyo Electric Power Company and five major Japanese automakers.
Compact car
Compact car is a vehicle size class—predominantly used in North America—that sits between subcompact cars and mid-size cars. Nissan Leaf and Compact car are Compact cars.
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Edmunds (company)
Edmunds.com Inc. (stylized as edmunds) is an American online resource for automotive inventory and information, including expert car reviews based on testing at the company's private facility.
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Electrek
Electrek is an American news website dedicated to electric transportation and sustainable energy.
Electric car use by country
Electric car use by country varies worldwide, as the adoption of plug-in electric vehicles is affected by consumer demand, market prices, availability of charging infrastructure, and government policies, such as purchase incentives and long term regulatory signals (ZEV mandates, emissions regulations, fuel economy standards, and phase-out of fossil fuel vehicles).
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Electric vehicle warning sounds
Electric vehicle warning sounds are sounds designed to alert pedestrians to the presence of electric drive vehicles such as hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), and battery electric vehicles (BEVs) travelling at low speeds.
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European Car of the Year
The European Car of the Year (ECOTY) award is an international Car of the Year award established in 1964 by a collective of automobile magazines from different countries in Europe.
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French Wikipedia
The French Wikipedia (Wikipédia en français) is the French-language edition of Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia.
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Front-engine, front-wheel-drive layout
In automotive design, a front-engine, front-wheel-drive (FWD) layout, or FF layout, places both the internal combustion engine and driven roadwheels at the front of the vehicle.
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Green Car Vision Award
The Green Car Vision Award is an annual award granted by the Green Car Journal.
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Hatchback
A hatchback is a car body configuration with a rear door that swings upward to provide access to the main interior of the car as a cargo area rather than just to a separated trunk. Nissan Leaf and hatchback are hatchbacks.
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is an American 501(c)(3) professional association for electronics engineering, electrical engineering, and other related disciplines.
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List of battery electric vehicles
Battery electric vehicles are vehicles exclusively using chemical energy stored in rechargeable battery packs, with no secondary source of propulsion (e.g., hydrogen fuel cell, internal combustion engine, etc.). The following list includes mass-produced vehicles, formerly produced vehicles, and planned vehicles. Nissan Leaf and list of battery electric vehicles are production electric cars.
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List of best-selling automobiles
Since the introduction of the Benz Patent Motorwagen in 1886, some passenger cars and light trucks can claim to being the highest selling vehicles in the automobile markets.
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Lithium-ion battery
A lithium-ion or Li-ion battery is a type of rechargeable battery that uses the reversible intercalation of Li+ ions into electronically conducting solids to store energy.
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Mass market
The term "mass market" refers to a market for goods produced on a large scale for a significant number of end consumers.
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Mass production
Mass production, also known as flow production, series production, series manufacture, or continuous production, is the production of substantial amounts of standardized products in a constant flow, including and especially on assembly lines.
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NEC
is a Japanese multinational information technology and electronics corporation, headquartered at the NEC Supertower in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.
Nissan
is a Japanese multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.
Nissan EM motor
Nissan EM is a brand of electric motors by Nissan.
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Nissan Hypermini
The Hypermini is a two-seater electric microcar by Nissan Motors, which produced 219 of the cars in 1999–2001 for the Japanese market. Nissan Leaf and Nissan Hypermini are Nissan vehicles and production electric cars.
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Nissan Motor Manufacturing UK
Nissan Motor Manufacturing (UK) Ltd (NMUK) is a British subsidiary car manufacturing plant in Sunderland.
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Nissan R'nessa
The is a station wagon manufactured by Nissan Motors from 1997 to 2001. Nissan Leaf and Nissan R'nessa are front-wheel-drive vehicles, Nissan vehicles and production electric cars.
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Plug-in electric vehicle
A plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) is any road vehicle that can utilize an external source of electricity (such as a wall socket that connects to the power grid) to store electrical energy within its onboard rechargeable battery packs, to power an electric motor and help propelling the wheels.
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Revenge of the Electric Car
Revenge of the Electric Car is a 2011 American feature documentary film by Chris Paine, who also directed Who Killed the Electric Car?.
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Roger McGough
Roger Joseph McGough (born 9 November 1937) is an English poet, performance poet, broadcaster, children's author and playwright.
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SAE J1772
SAE J1772, also known as a J plug or Type 1 connector after its international standard, IEC 62196 Type 1, is a North American standard for electrical connectors for electric vehicles maintained by SAE International under the formal title "SAE Surface Vehicle Recommended Practice J1772, SAE Electric Vehicle Conductive Charge Coupler".
Smyrna, Tennessee
Smyrna is a town in Rutherford County, Tennessee.
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Sunderland
Sunderland is a port city in Tyne and Wear, England.
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Synchronous motor
A synchronous electric motor is an AC electric motor in which, at steady state, the rotation of the shaft is synchronized with the frequency of the supply current; the rotation period is exactly equal to an integer number of AC cycles.
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Tesla Model 3
The Tesla Model 3 is a battery electric mid-size sedan with a fastback body style built by Tesla, Inc., introduced in 2017. Nissan Leaf and Tesla Model 3 are 2020s cars and production electric cars.
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Tesla Model S
The Tesla Model S is a four-door, battery-electric sedan car manufactured by the American automaker Tesla. Nissan Leaf and Tesla Model S are 2020s cars, hatchbacks and production electric cars.
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The Irish Times
The Irish Times is an Irish daily broadsheet newspaper and online digital publication.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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The Northern Echo
The Northern Echo is a regional daily morning newspaper based in the town of Darlington in North East England, serving mainly southern County Durham and northern Yorkshire.
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Type 2 connector
The IEC 62196 Type 2 connector (often referred to as Mennekes for the company that designed it) is used for charging electric vehicles, mainly within Europe, as it was declared standard by the EU.
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United States Department of Energy
The United States Department of Energy (DOE) is an executive department of the U.S. federal government that oversees U.S. national energy policy and energy production, the research and development of nuclear power, the military's nuclear weapons program, nuclear reactor production for the United States Navy, energy-related research, and energy conservation.
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United States Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is an independent agency of the United States government tasked with environmental protection matters.
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Vehicle-to-grid
Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) describes a system in which plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) sell demand response services to the grid.
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Venucia e30
Venucia e30 is a nameplate used for two different vehicles sold in China.
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Weblogs, Inc.
Weblogs, Inc. was a blog network that published content on a variety of subjects, including tech news, video games, automobiles, and pop culture.
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World Car Awards
The World Car Awards (also known as World Car of the Year, WCOTY) is a group of automobile Car of the Year awards selected by a jury of 102 international automotive journalists from 30 countries.
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Yokosuka
is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
Zero-emissions vehicle
A zero-emission vehicle, or ZEV, is a vehicle that does not emit exhaust gas or other pollutants from the onboard source of power.
See Nissan Leaf and Zero-emissions vehicle
See also
Electric vehicles introduced in the 21st century
- Aptera (solar electric vehicle)
- Chevrolet Bolt
- ElectraMeccanica Solo
- Ford F-150 Lightning
- History of the electric vehicle
- Myers Motors NmG
- Nissan Ariya
- Nissan Leaf
- Nissan Leaf (first generation)
- Rivian R1T
- Tesla Roadster (first generation)
- Toyota RAV4 EV
- VinFast VF 8
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_Leaf
Also known as 2021 nissan leaf, Leaf (car), Leaf (vehicle), Nissan Leaf (second generation), Nissan Nismo Leaf, Nissan Zero Emission Fund, Venucia Morning Wind.