Posts Tagged ‘Nissan’

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    Nissan Brings Low-Cost EV Quick-Charger to US
    Nissan announced Thursday that is bringing an innovative, low-cost DC quick charger for electric cars to the US market. The DC quick-charger is being launched as part of a global collaboration with Sumitomo Corporation, with the first installations planned for early 2012. The new DC quick-charger can support all plug-in vehicles capable of quick charging on the CHAdeMO...
    by at November 11th, 2011 at 12:11 am
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    Nissan Accelerates Rollout of EV Quick Charge Network in Europe
    Nissan is accelerating plans for a European-wide Quick Charge network for electric vehicles by giving 400 new quick charging stations free of charge to EV charging operators. Strategically located, these new points will boost existing networks and give EV customers greater freedom and flexibility by effectively extending the range of their car. By recharging batteries...
    by at November 9th, 2011 at 01:11 am
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    Nissan Leaf to Begin NYC Electric Taxi Pilot Program
    Nissan North America and New York City will be piloting six Nissan LEAF electric cars beginning in Spring 2012. Six Nissan LEAFs will be put into normal taxi service (with an existing taxicab medallion) and will enable Nissan, the City, the taxi industry and the public to learn more about how electric vehicles work as taxis. Nissan is looking for owner-drivers and fleet...
    by at October 31st, 2011 at 01:10 am
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    Nissan Electrifies Tokyo Truck Show with Electric e-NT400 Concept Truck
    Nissan is exhibiting five models from its Light Commercial Vehicles (LCV) lineup, including trucks equipped with EV-related technology at the 2011 Tokyo Truck Show. Nissan is working on the development and sales of zero-emission vehicles, including the electric vehicle (EV) Nissan LEAF, as well as battery development and production. From July 2011, the company began efforts...
    by at October 30th, 2011 at 03:10 am
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    Nissan Aims to Sell 1.5 Million Electric Cars by 2016
    Nissan Motor Co. is aiming to be the world’s No. 1 in green cars, targeting cumulative sales of 1.5 electric cars by 2016 with its French alliance partner Renault SA. Nissan today announced its new six-year environmental plan, Nissan Green Program 2016 (NGP 2016), planning a plug-in hybrid by the fiscal year ending March 2017 and reducing carbon dioxide emissions...
    by at October 24th, 2011 at 07:10 am
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    Nissan LEAF Wins ‘Electric Vehicle Of The Year’ at GreenFleet Awards in Europe
    The all-electric Nissan LEAF five-door hatchback has picked up another award – it was voted Electric Vehicle of the Year at the 2011 GreenFleet Awards. Sponsored by EDF Energy, the Nissan LEAF was judged as the best performing and most suitable electric vehicle in its class. “With five-door practicality, a generous boot, a high level of spec, and most importantly,...
    by at October 21st, 2011 at 01:10 am
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    Nissan to Reduce Pricing of LEAF Home Charging System
    Nissan North America announced a reduction in the price of the home charging system for the Nissan LEAF to make it more accessible to drivers. The home charging system, developed by AeroVironment and available with the purchase of a LEAF at Nissan dealers, includes both hardware and installation services at a price of $1,818 for a typical home installation. Although the...
    by at October 13th, 2011 at 03:10 am
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    Nissan Develops Next Generation Fuel Cell Stack
    Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. today released its Next Generation Fuel Cell Stack (2011 Model) for Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles (FCEV). Through improvements to the MEA (Membrane Electrode Assembly) and the separator flow path, which make up the structure of Fuel Cell, Nissan significantly improved the power density of Fuel Cell Stack to 2.5 times greater than its 2005 model and...
    by at October 13th, 2011 at 03:10 am
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    Nissan Developing 10 Minute Electric Car Charger
    Nissan and researchers from Japan’s Kansai University have announced that they’ve been working on the technology to make it possible to charge the batteries of the electric cars in just ten minutes, much faster than the fastest charger at the moment. This ability to charge so quickly comes by changing the electrode inside a capacitor from carbon to tungsten oxide and...
    by at October 11th, 2011 at 03:10 am
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    GE, Nissan Team Up to Boost Electric Car Adoption
    GE and Nissan have signed a two-year research collaboration to speed up the development of a reliable, robust smart charging infrastructure to fuel mass market adoption of electric cars. GE and Nissan have identified two key focus areas for the research efforts. The first relates to the integration of electric cars with homes and buildings. The second looks at electric...
    by at October 1st, 2011 at 01:10 am
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