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Why Buy or Lease an Electric Vehicle

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Motorists who want to reduce the size of their carbon footprint are always drawn to the 2019 Nissan LEAF when they look through our inventory of new Nissan cars. If you’re not familiar with everything the new Nissan LEAF brings to the table, you may wonder why you should consider buying or leasing an electric vehicle.

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Experience No Charge to Charge with Nissan LEAF

As if driving green wasn't reward enough, now purchasing a Nissan LEAF will get you 24 months of free access to EV charging stations across the country, including right here at home in Indianapolis!


Simply purchase or lease a new model year 2013 or later Nissan LEAF from Tom Wood Nissan during this limited time offer and receive complimentary public charging with the Nissan No Charge to Charge program. With No Charge to Charge...
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Tom Wood Nissan GM Attends EV Charging Station Event

Continuing their dedication to green vehicles and technology, Nissan has partnered with the Anderson-based Ricker Oil Company to install electric vehicle charging stations at select gas stations around Central Indiana. Working with the Greater Indiana Clean Cities Coalition, the Ricker's BP at East 38th Street and Fall Creek Parkway in Indianapolis hosted a ribbon cutting event for a new charging station on March 20th.



Tom Wood Nissan General Manager Ken Kassenbrock attended the event...
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Nissan is the Most Fuel Efficient Automaker in the United States

Nissan is the most fuel efficient full-line automaker in the United States, according to the 2014 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) "Trends" Report. Nissan's fleet-wide fuel economy rating of 26.2 combined mpg was highest among all full-line automakers in the annual report, which is the authoritative reference on new light-duty vehicle carbon dioxide emissions, fuel economy and powertrain technology trends in the United States.

As a full-line automobile manufacturer, Nissan sells passenger cars, SUVs...
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Nissan's Sparky is a One-of-a-Kind Hybrid

If necessity is the mother of invention, engineers fuel that fire at Nissan's Technical Center in Stanfield, Arizona. Here engineers are plentiful. They love to build things, test things and tinker with things. This team thinks a lot about "why not?" Recently they created a one-of-a-kind electric vehicle to haul supplies and people around on the tech center property.



"We tried to keep it a secret and be exciting for everybody. But we have...
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Celebrate National Drive Electric Week with the Nissan LEAF

More than 60,000 U.S. consumers have "kicked gas" and are now driving the all-electric Nissan LEAF. To celebrate National Drive Electric Week, held Sept. 15-21, Nissan is the exclusive automotive sponsor for more than 130 grassroots events scheduled for markets across the U.S. and abroad.



National Drive Electric Week, formerly National Plug In Day, started in 2011 as a series of local events aimed at spreading the word about plug-in vehicles. The annual event, which is organized by Plug In America, Sierra Club and the Electric Auto Association, attracted more than...
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Nissan LEAF Helps Spread Sustainability Message

One of the United Kingdom's leading zoological attractions has tamed its fuel costs and moved further towards its sustainability objectives by adding a 100% electric Nissan LEAF to its fleet. The award-winning model is being used by the Learning and Discovery Team at Knowsley Safari near Liverpool as they deliver a conservation and sustainability message to schools across England.



The team's two full-time educators clock up around 10,000 miles a year working...
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The Nissan LEAF as a Race Car? Meet the LEAF NISMO RC.

The Nissan LEAF is going racing! Nissan debuted the LEAF NISMO RC at the New York International Auto Show in 2011, and since then has made a series of special demonstration appearances at various motorsports venues, including the Goodwood Festival of Speed. It had its competition debut in September 2012 in a 50 km EV race in Japan, and finished a very respectable second.



On the cutting edge of zero emission vehicle technology, Nissan and...
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Tom Wood Nissan Shows Electric LEAF at Mayor's Green Fleet Announcement

Tom Wood Automotive is helping the City of Indianapolis stay on the cutting edge of green vehicle adoption after the introduction of a new mandate for an oil-free vehicle fleet. An Executive Order signed by Mayor Greg Ballard yesterday mandates that Indianapolis replace its current fleet of city-owned sedans with electric and other non-oil burning vehicles by 2025. Mayor Ballard hopes that introducing electric and other alternative fuel powered vehicles will reduce and eventually eliminate our dependence on foreign oil, thus saving lives and strengthening our foreign policy leverage.
 
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