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2013 Nissan LEAF updated

Nissan has updated the LEAF EV in Japan for 2013 with better range, less weight and a new LEAF S entry-level model. Revealed in Japan – but likely to come to the UK from 2013 when the LEAF starts rolling out of Nissan’s Sunderland factory – there are significant upgrades to the powertrain which result in both less weight and better range. Nissan has had a play with the electric powertrain and made it both smaller and lighter with a new motor that uses 40 per cent less dysprosium (a rare earth metal) than before, and comes in 30 per cent smaller and 10 per cent lighter, and a new streamline battery case and a few other tweaks drops the LEAF’s weight by 80kg.

First Sight: Qoros 3 Sedan, Wagon and Cross Hybrid

'Drive New Answers'. That's the tagline for the all-new Qoros brand, a company set to take the European world by storm and shake up the status quo doing so. With an in-house modular platform, hybrid drivetrain and team of big hitters behind the company scenes there's plenty of reason to take this Chinese-Israeli joint venture very seriously indeed.

Study: More likely to date millionaire than crash car

You are less likely to be in a car accident on a 1,000-mile trip than you are to date a millionaire. Seem unbelievable? Esurance says it's true in an infographic it published recently that compares the odds of common driving mishaps, such as getting pulled over, to flipping a coin or pulling an ace out of a shuffled deck of cards.