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Twittering Nissan’s New Electric Car


Posted Thursday, November 12, 2009 - 11:18pm

Nissan is rolling out its forthcoming all-electric car, the Leaf, for media on Friday in Los Angeles. It's part of the Leaf’s “Zero Emission” tour, which will take the car to other cities. And it’s all happening at Dodger Stadium, where I last was when the Dodgers clinched the NL West title. I’m going to Twitter the event—check it out at @mattdebord—and assuming there’s no ban on Flip video, provide an analysis of what Nissan has to say, with moving pictures.

  • Matthew DeBord has written about the auto industry for the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the Huffington Post, and Car Design News.

Carmakers Hit Twitter Squatters


Posted Thursday, November 12, 2009 - 5:10pm

From Automotive News, via Nick Chambers at Gas 2.0: automakers don’t appreciate it when their names are turned into Twitter accounts that have nothing to do with their brands. Evidently, Twitter has been overwhelmed and slow to deal with carmakers’ complaints.

  • Matthew DeBord has written about the auto industry for the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the Huffington Post, and Car Design News.

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