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Nissan's plug-in electric car, the Leaf, outsold General Motors' Volt electric car for the first time in April — the first results of Nissan aggressively expanding its production of the Leaf to meet an almost insatiable demand for the electric car. Nissan sold 573 leafs last month, compared to General Motors' 493 Volts sold in April. GM's Volt has consistently outperformed the Nissan Leaf each month until April. Electric car buyers bought 326 Volts the month after the car went on sale, compared to 19 Nissan Leafs sold that same month. GM sold 608 Volts in March. It's an accomplishment for Nissan, which regularly faces hurdles in bringing its Leaf to the United States. The company said it is on track to deliver 20,000 Nissan Leaf cars to people who have reserved them by September. But that's because GM said its Volt sales would likely be lower because the company was shipping more cars to dealerships as demonstration models to bring in new electric car buyers. General Motors has also shipped around 1,700 Volts since the vehicle went on sale last year, while Nissan has shipped around 1,000 Leafs. Electric car buyers usually have higher incomes, so the higher price ... Both cars earned top scores for front, side and rear-impact crashes and for rollover crash protection, according to results released by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. Insurer-funded group puts Chevy Volt, Nissan Leaf through their paces and finds they make the grade The Chevrolet Volt and Nissan Leaf have earned the highest safety ratings in the first-ever U.S. crash test evaluations of plug-in electric cars, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety said Monday. One owner has averaged 547mpg Though oil is still king in this country, nearly every major auto company is making a push to develop and manufacture electric cars. General Motors has the Chevy Volt, Ford produces an electric Focus, Mitsubishi manufactures the i-Miev, Toyota will soon offer a plug-in Prius, and Nissan--which recently had to stop taking orders until production and shipping could catch up with demand --puts out the Leaf. The Nissan Leaf won the 2011 World Car of the Year award at the New York International Auto Show, beating out the short list of three finalists… BARKHAMSTED, Conn., April 19 (UPI) -- GM engineers have determined a Chevrolet Volt was not the cause of a fire that destroyed the Connecticut garage where it was recharging, the company says. The dream is slipping away Automotive valuation guide Kelly Blue Book named the Nissan's Leaf electric vehicle — regardless of how scarce the vehicle is in the U.S. — the top green vehicle of 2011 with an effective fuel efficiency rating of 99 miles per gallon. Kelly Blue Book is a widely used guide for car shopping — with terms like "blue book" and "blue book value" actually trademarked when referring to prices for a car.  The company said the Leaf won out with a "ground-breaking combination of range, room and price." The Chevy Volt, an electric car with a range-extending gas engine, came in behind the Leaf as the second best green car of 2011. But only 453 Leaf vehicles have made it stateside to date. There are around 20,000 active reservations in the U.S. for the Nissan Leaf. And Nissan seems to face a setback in the Leaf's production every time it turns around — whether it's a glitch in the system or a massive earthquake that stalls the car's production line. The Leaf is an ambitious electric vehicles with a low (by electric vehicle standards) price tag — still a hefty $33,000 — designed to attract more casual ... General Motors has taken oil-soaked booms from the BP Gulf spill and reused them in the Chevy volt. Recycling programs overall have netted GM some $2.5 billion in four years. Here's how it works. CNET's Brian Cooley goes on a test drive to review the 2011 Chevy Volt, the most anticipated car in at least a generation.
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