Skip to Content

NissanElectricCar


Nissan ready to make 500,000 batteries a year when demand is there

You certainly can't argue with Carlos Ghosn's commitment to battery-powered vehicles. No one else in the auto industry has placed such a huge bet on plug-in vehicles. Renault has committed to four different battery-powered vehicles in the next few years, and Nissan has committed to three and possibly a fourth. Building so many EVs will require an awful lot of advanced batteries and Ghosn has been lining up the necessary financing to build battery plants in the United States and Europe in addition to Japan. Speaking in China this week, ... Read more →

Tokyo 2009: Nissan confirms three EVs for production, including Infiniti Sam Abuelsamid

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/Nissan_Confirms_Three_EVs_for_Production_Including_Infiniti'; We're here at the Tokyo Motor Show, where CEO Carlos Ghosn has just confirmed that Nissan, ...

Nissan to lease LEAF battery for $150/month Sam Abuelsamid

Aside from the issue of limited range, the biggest problem with electric vehicles in the near term is expected to be cost. Mitsubishi has already announced that the starting price for its ...

Nissan and Showa Shell partner to test solar quick charge system Sam Abuelsamid

Nissan is preparing to make a major push, starting next year, with its new LEAF EV and the ability to quick charge it is one of the primary selling points. However, doing 480V charging on a wide ...

At Witz' End: Turning over a new (Nissan) LEAF Gary Witzenburg

Had lunch the other day with Nissan North America Product Planning Vice President Larry Dominique. He is the point man for communicating Nissan's green-vehicle vision, beginning with its soon-to-come ...

Nissan LEAF's "100% Torque" advertising line meant to push driving heritage (and don't forget 367 mpg) 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

Nissan isn't being shy about introducing a slightly new wrinkle into the public awareness of electric vehicles with its "100% Torque" tagline for the new Nissan LEAF. We asked Mark Perry, director of product planning and advanced technology strategy for Nissan NA, about the line and he said that ...

Nissan to begin retail sales of 5,000 Leaf EVs next year in major U.S. markets 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

Nissan is wasting little time in planning for the release of its recently-announced Leaf electric car. Perhaps the reason details of the car's U.S. launch were so slim at launch is because Nissan was waiting for the official announcement of the Obama administration's $2.4 billion investment ...

The past and the future of Nissan's electric cars: from 1947 to iPhone apps 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

Nissan has made a big splash in the electric car world with its recent Leaf unveiling, but let's not forget that the company has a long, long history with engine-free motoring. A new press release put out by the Japanese automaker quotes Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park novel (seriously) for ...

Is Nissan making a mistake with an overly optimistic range estimate for the LEAF? 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

Let's say right up front that we don't know for sure if Nissan's 100 mile range estimate for its new LEAF electric car is overly optimistic or not. No one outside of Nissan has actually tested the car to verify it one way or the other. However, based on what we do know, it's not unreasonable to ...

New Nissan-ZeroEmission micro-site provides teaser of new EV 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

Nissan has launched a micro-site dedicated to its new electric car. At this point, there isn't any useful information posted but the site does give the first concrete hints of what the new car will look like (much better than this drawing). The as yet un-named EV will be debuting this Sunday in ...

Nissan new electric vehicle signup page hints at home charging set-up 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

Nissan has been building up anticipation for it's new all-electric sedan over the past few months as it goes around the world setting up partnerships to promote electric vehicles. To make sure the word about the new car gets out in a big way on August 1 (in Japan, Aug. 2 here in the States), ...

Nissan looking at UK, Portugal for two new battery plants 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

- That Nissan is interested in building battery packs for plug-in vehicles in the countries where it wants to make its upcoming electric vehicles, including the U.S. and somewhere in Europe, is no surprise. Today, Nissan Motor Co. announced plans with the governments of the UK and Portugal to ...

Nissan wants to bring its EVs to China in 2011 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

A local Nissan official has announced that the company wants to start selling its upcoming electric vehicles in China in 2011. Yasuaki Hashimoto, president of Nissan (China) Investment Co., Ltd. announced that Wuhan, in central China, would likely be the first market for the lithium ion-powered ...

Nissan: EVs a viable business model in 2012 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

Despite the sorry state of the global economy, Nissan is investing rather heavily into electric vehicles these days, which is why the Japanese automaker won a $1.6 billion low interest loan under the U.S. Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing program to build batteries and vehicles at its ...

Nissan to unveil new electric car in Japan August 2 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

AutoCar is reporting that Nissan will publicly unveil its new electric car on August 2 in Japan. The debut is planned to coincide with the opening of the automaker's new global headquarters in Yokohama, Japan. The actual production version of the car is expected to debut at the Tokyo Motor Show ...

REPORT: Nissan considering building EVs and batteries in the U.S. 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

Earlier this year, Nissan applied for low interest loans under the Department of Energy Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing incentive Program. In order to qualify for those loans, Nissan would have to use it to build something in the U.S. It now appears that if Nissan gets the loan it ...

Nissan's $1.1 billion loan likely to be approved by DOE 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

The DOE loan that Nissan applied for to help it build electric cars and advanced batteries is likely to be approved for $1.1 billion, according to a report that cited "unidentified sources" in Kyodo News. The loan will probably speed up Nissan's already fast-moving electric car program that is ...

Nissan to build EVs at its Oppama assembly plant in Japan 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

As Nissan gets ever closer to Job 1 for its new dedicated battery electric vehicle, the question arises: Where does it get built? That question has now been answered with the announcement that its Oppama factory near Kanagawa will be the initial source of its EVs. Production will start in the fall ...

Renault-Nissan goes to Singapore with newest electric car partnership 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

Who wants to start a Nissan-Renault new electric vehicle partnership location betting pool? I call Singapore. Oh wait, that was just announced. The Renault-Nissan Alliance has signed an MOU with three official organizations in Singapore - the Energy Market Authority (EMA), the Land Transport ...

Another day, another Nissan EV partner, this time Raliegh, NC 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

- Perhaps its time for us to just start up a google map and just add push-pins to indicate all the cities that are signing up with Nissan to test electric cars (see a partial list here). At the current rate, a map like this should be filled up pretty soon. The latest city to join the list is ...

Nissan and Seattle partner up for electric cars 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

- You know the drill: Renault-Nissan makes an announcement about a new partnership to build an electric vehicle charging infrastructure and says it will begin testing their EVs in that location. Today's spot on the map? Seattle. The city's green energy-friendly Mayor, Greg Nickels, said in a ...

Nissan brings electric vehicle prototype to Tennessee for Earth Day 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

Let's try an experiment. Can we name all of the places where Nissan has announced some sort of electric vehicle partnership? I can think of Arizona (Phoenix and Tucson), California, Monaco, China, Ireland, Zürich, and, you know what? Let's just get to the news: we can add Tennessee to the ...

Nissan and ECOtality will bring "electric vehicle corridor" to Arizona 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

Recently, ECOtality and Nissan announced the creation of an EV Micro-Climate Working Group in the Tucson, Arizona area. Nissan and ECOtality just announced they will expand their Arizona electric vehicle project to Phoenix. The Renault-Nissan Alliance will work with the Maricopa Association of ...

Nissan to start electric car pilot program in China 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

Nissan and its corporate partner Renault seem to have embarked on what could best be described as a march towards electric vehicle world domination. Over the last few weeks alone, we've heard about Nissan's plans to bring EVs to the United Kingdom, United States, Monaco, Ireland and Switzerland. We ...

Nissan could sell electric car to the U.S. masses in 2011 or earlier 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

Nissan's big electric vehicle announcement last week wasn't enough. While the news from last week was that Nissan's EV, when it arrives, would be price competitive with cars like the Honda Civic, Toyota Camry and Nissan Altima, the plan was to make the first batch of vehicles available only to ...

Nissan to demo EV Cube at Kanagawa Electric Vehicle (EV) Festa 2009 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

Nissan will be showing off the second-generation version of its electric Cube this weekend at the Kanagawa EV Festa 2009. Nissan showed a concept called the Denki Cube at last year's New York Auto Show and then showed the EV-02 (right) later in the year. The festival this weekend will be the first ...

Nissan electric car for sale in America in 17 months 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

Somebody start the countdown clock! We've been hearing promises from Nissan for some time now that they would be selling an all-electric car in America. They've trotted out several interesting concepts over the past few years but they still haven't shown a design that they are committed to ...

Popular Mechanics takes a spin in Nissan's EV-02 prototype 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Nissan unveiled the latest edition of prototype electric Cube a few days ago as part of an advanced technology forum in Japan. Unfortunately ABG didn't get an invite to this event. Popular Mechanics however did have someone on hand and he got to sample the EV-02. The Cube stores electrical energy ...

Ghosn: EVs will be profitable from the start, no range extenders 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Carlos Ghosn has some harsh-sounding words for alternative vehicles which still use some form of oil for their operation -- think current hybrids and future extended-range electric vehicles. "I want a pure electric car. I don't want a range extender. I don't want another hybrid. It's not going to ...

Nissan to trial "sexy" electric cars in London and California by 2010? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Lots of Nissan electric car news today. Shortly after hearing that Nissan intends to be a global leader in affordable electric cars, news comes that the company is looking at a few cities to trial some of their new electric vehicle technology. One such city on the short-list is reportedly London. ...

Nissan to unveil an electric prototype in Frankfurt 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Nissan has announced a concept EV, called Mixim, for the Frankfurt Motor Show. The vehicle has four-wheel drive because two sets of motors (called supermotors) are placed on each axis. The batteries are Li-Ion. No information about performance is given in the press release, although they're called ...

Nissan developing electric and plug-in hybrids for 2010 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Apparently, in addition to the new hybrid car that Nissan is developing, they will also be building a fully battery-powered electric car. The Japanese paper Nihon Keizai Shimbun is reporting that a subcompact electric equipped with lithium-ion batteries is on the way by 2010. The car is expected to ...


Featured Galleries

  • 1 Liter Racing League
  • Suzuki Alto in Global Green Challenge
  • Proterra Electric Bus
  • Local Motors Rally Fighter
  • 1916 Woods Dual Power Model 44 Coupe
  • Audi Avatar
  • Global Green Challenge Tesla Roadster goes 313 miles
  • Meyers Motors NMG
  • Cozmo NEV
  • Tokyo 2009: Suzuki Swift PHEV
  • Tokyo 2009: Suzuki SX4-FCV
  • Honda mobility devices

Categories

Autoblog

Daily Finance

Download Squad

Engadget

Joystiq

Autoblog Spanish

Switched.com

FanHouse

Asylum