Posts Tagged ‘Nissan’

  • Nissan Begins Construction of Portuguese Battery Plant
    Nissan has begun construction of a new advanced lithium-ion battery plant in Cacia, Portugal to support the rollout of electric vehicles from the Renault-Nissan Alliance in Europe. The battery plant is being built on a 30,450-square meter plot of land belonging to the Renault CACIA gearbox assembly plant following an investment of 156 million euros. The facility will start...
    by at February 11th, 2011 at 01:02 pm
  • Nissan Esflow Electric Sports Car Concept
    Nissan will use the Geneva Motor Show to debut an Esflow electric sports car based closely on technology pioneered in the production Nissan LEAF. Nissan says the Esflow concept has been created from the ground up as a pure electric vehicle, to give an idea how an electric car of the future might look. The rear-wheel-drive Nissan Esflow is powered by a pair of electric...
    by at February 9th, 2011 at 01:02 pm
  • Nissan LEAF Arrives in the UK on Eco-Carrier
    The first shipment of Nissan LEAF EVs for Europe arrived on Thursday in North East England, on the maiden voyage of the ‘City of St. Petersburg’, Nissan’s brand new energy-saving car carrier for transporting vehicles in Europe. The 67 Nissan LEAF EVs are destined for customers in the UK and Ireland. The City of St. Petersburg has a sleek and semi-spherical bow which...
    by at February 3rd, 2011 at 04:02 pm
  • Nissan Unveils Eco-Ship to Transport LEAF EVs
    Nissan has unveiled an all-new energy efficient car carrier for sea transport of its LEAF electric cars across Europe. A massive transport car carrier, called “The City of St. Petersburg”, is the first carrier of its kind to incorporate a unique design, cutting air resistance by nearly 50 percent compared to conventional vessels by making the bow sleek and semispherical. Based...
    by at January 1st, 2011 at 07:01 am
  • MOBI.E Receives Electric Nissan LEAF Fleet
    Portuguese electric mobility consortium MOBI.E took delivery of nine Nissan LEAF electric cars today, becoming the first commercial customer in Europe of the world’s first mass-market 100% electric car. The keys to the cars were handed over to the CEO’s of the nine companies belonging to the consortium by Carlos Tavares, Executive Vice-president Nissan Motor...
    by at December 22nd, 2010 at 11:12 am
  • Nissan Delivers LEAF Electric Cars in Japan
    Nissan has delivered the first 10 units of its Nissan LEAF electric car in Japan to the Kanagawa Prefectural Government. Six Nissan LEAF EVs will be designated for official prefecture use and four will serve as rental cars to be used in the prefecture’s “EV Sharing Model Business”. Kanagawa Prefecture has announced comprehensive and proactive support measures to...
    by at December 22nd, 2010 at 08:12 am
  • Sumitomo, Nissan and NEC to Promote Membership-based Charging Service for EVs
    Sumitomo Corporation, Nissan and NEC have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to promote a new membership-based charging service for EV users that will be available for the first time nationwide in Japan. Under the MOU, the three companies will conduct a joint study to develop charging facilities which can provide continuous service to EV users and maintenance of...
    by at December 21st, 2010 at 08:12 am
  • Mitsubishi, Nissan to Share EV Chargers in Japan
    Mitsubishi and Nissan have agreed to allow drivers to recharge their electric cars at one-another’s dealerships in Japan as automakers there work to cut so-called “range anxiety.” Together there are about 2,900 Nissan and Mitsubishi dealerships with electric-car charging stations in Japan. Both companies offer free recharging for their clients at the...
    by at December 12th, 2010 at 04:12 am
  • Nissan LEAF Gets its First Customer
    The first person who ordered a Nissan LEAF electric car will be the first to get one, Nissan said yesterday. Olivier Chalouhi, a 31-year-old San Francisco Bay Area resident and the first person in the United States to place a Nissan LEAF order, will take delivery of his black Nissan LEAF SL at North Bay Nissan of Petaluma today. The Nissan LEAF has a $32,780 base price...
    by at December 11th, 2010 at 02:12 am
  • FleetWise EV300 Orders 500 Nissan LEAFs
    Nissan Canada has committed the availability of 500 Nissan LEAF EVs to Toronto Atmospheric Fund’s FleetWise EV300 and the first units will be delivered in the second half of 2011. The FleetWise EV300 initiative aims to put at least 300 electric vehicles on the road in the Greater Toronto Area by 2012, helping to prepare the region for full-scale electric mobility....
    by at December 9th, 2010 at 11:12 pm