New idea combines leaf spring low-cost with more travel and comfort.

Leaf springs were a hot new technology several years ago, and by "several years," we mean the Bronze Age. Vehicles have evolved somewhat since the chariot, what with trotting and biting horses being ...

Nissan is ending production of the iconic all-electric LEAF at its Sunderland factory in the UK this week. The move comes as Nissan prepares to launch its next-gen EVs, including an electric LEAF ...

Toho Tenax, the core company of the Teijin Group’s carbon fibers and composites business, announces that it has agreed with Kawasaki Heavy Industries, to jointly develop a carbon fiber reinforced ...

For its third generation, the LEAF has dropped the hatchback design, trading it for a more crossover-like SUV look. Since 2013, Nissan has built over 282,000 LEAFs in Sunderland. On Tuesday, the first ...

Nissan helped pioneer mass manufacturing of electric vehicles in the United States when it began producing the Leaf hatchback in Smyrna, Tenn., more than a decade ago. But Nissan will not build the ...

Automotive design has come a long way since Karl Benz designed the Patent Motorwagen in the late 1800s, and Henry Ford brought the T-4 powered Model T to the masses in 1908. Those early cars were ...