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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 ...

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

Nissan to build EVs at its Oppama assembly plant in Japan Sam Abuelsamid

Nissan ready to make 500,000 batteries a year when demand is there 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

Tokyo 2009: Nissan confirms three EVs for production, including Infiniti 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

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, Renault's Japanese alliance partner, will boast a lineup of at least three electric vehicles in the next ...

Nissan to lease LEAF battery for $150/month 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

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 diminutive iMiEV in Japan will be approximately $47,000 before incentives and Tesla's Model S will start at ...

At Witz' End: Turning over a new (Nissan) LEAF 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

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 LEAF battery electric car. A few minutes earlier, he had presented exactly that to a large roomful ...

Nissan to build EVs at its Oppama assembly plant in Japan 7 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 ...

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