Posts Tagged ‘nissan electric car’

  • Nissan to Launch New Electric Car in China by 2015
    Nissan announced a new business plan for China on Tuesday aiming to raise annual sales 70 percent to more than 2.3 million vehicles by 2015, up from 1.3 million units last year. Nissan, in a joint venture with China’s Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd., will invest 50 billion yuan ($8 billion) to introduce 30 models, including an all-new electric car, and add 1,000 dealerships...
    by at July 27th, 2011 at 02:07 am
  • UK Gives Green Light for Nissan Electric Car Grant
    The UK government gives green light for a £20m ($28.88 million) grant to help Nissan build LEAF electric cars in northern England. British Prime Minister David Cameron last week said that he wanted to electric cars to be built in Britain but was unsure if the 20 million pound, assured by the previous government, would be granted. Nissan said in March it would begin building...
    by at June 9th, 2010 at 10:06 pm
  • Nissan Teams With Carnegie Mellon on Electric Cars
    Students at Carnegie Mellon University spent this semester working with on projects to explore the future of electric cars throughout a partnership with Nissan USA. The class is a cross-campus collaboration among faculty and researchers at the university’s Carnegie Institute of Technology (College of Engineering), School of Design and Tepper School of Business. The...
    by at May 9th, 2010 at 02:05 am
  • Hertz, Nissan Partners on Electric Cars
    The Hertz Corporation, the world’s largest general use car rental brand, has entered a joint commitment with Nissan to bring zero-emission mobility to car rental in the US and Europe by early 2011. Under the terms of their Memorandum of Understanding, Hertz will develop a program for the roll-out of Nissan LEAF at select rental sites in those two major markets. As...
    by at February 13th, 2010 at 01:02 am
  • Spain Calls for Common Electric Car Strategy
    The electric cars must become a reality in Europe, Spain’s Industry Minister Miguel Sebastián said on 9 February in San Sebastian following the informal meeting of the Competitive Council that focused on the electric vehicle and its role in Europe. EU industry ministers gathered in northern Spain ahead of an action plan for European electric vehicle industry expected...
    by at February 10th, 2010 at 10:02 am
  • Nissan Forms EV Partnership with State of Massachusetts
    The Renault-Nissan Alliance is entering into an agreement with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to advance zero-emission mobility throughout the state by promoting the development of an electric-vehicle charging network and policies to support widespread adoptions of electric cars. The announcement was made at the Museum of Science in Boston, a stop on the Nissan LEAF...
    by at February 10th, 2010 at 08:02 am
  • Nissan Leaf Electric Car
    The Nissan Leaf is an electric car announced by Nissan in last August at Nissan’s Yokohama headquarters. Designed as a four-to-five seat hatchback, Nissan says the Leaf is not just for use as a specialty urban runabout, but rather, it was designed as an everyday vehicle – a “real car” whose 160-kilometer+ (100 mile) all-electric range meets the needs of 70% of...
    by at January 27th, 2010 at 06:01 am