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REPORT: Nissan may offer optional higher-capacity batteries at premium

It looks like Tesla probably won't be alone in offering different-sized battery packs in its future electric vehicles. At a U.S. launch event for the Leaf electric car on Friday, a Nissan product planner Mark Perry told Paul Eisenstein of the Detroit Bureau that the Japanese automaker is investigating a similar idea. Lithium ion batteries are likely to remain expensive for the foreseeable future, so in a bid to make EVs more affordable, they could be offered with different battery capacities. Tesla is planning to offer three sizes for ... Read more →

Nissan and Reliant Energy team up to promote EV infrastructure Sam Abuelsamid

At the U.S. launch of the Nissan LEAF EV tour on Friday, the automaker announced a partnership with Reliant Energy to promote the build out of a suitable infrastructure for the vehicles. The two ...

Nissan LEAF named one of Time's top 50 inventions of 2009 Sam Abuelsamid

As we approach the waning days of 2009, it's time for everyone to compile their lists of best and worst of this and that for the year. Time magazine is no exception to this grand tradition and ...

Nissan Leaf heading south of the border to Mexico City Sam Abuelsamid

The latest addition to the ever growing list of regions signing up to support the Nissan-Renault alliance and its electric vehicle plans is Mexico City. The Mexican capital has reached an ...

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

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 ...

REPORT: Nissan's Ghosn rules out hybrid-only models like Toyota Prius, Honda Insight 29 days ago on Autoblog Green

Quick, think of a hybrid automobile. Got it? Are you thinking of the Toyota Prius? Pretty much everyone instantly recognizes the well-known profile of the Prius, and it's by far the most popular fuel miser on the market. A good bit of Toyota's success with the Prius has been attributed to its ...

Tokyo 2009: Nissan confirms three EVs for production, including Infiniti 1 month 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 2 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 ...

Nissan and Showa Shell partner to test solar quick charge system 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

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 scale is problematic. First of all, there are almost no such charging stations in existence today. ...

At Witz' End: Turning over a new (Nissan) LEAF 3 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 LEAF's "100% Torque" advertising line meant to push driving heritage (and don't forget 367 mpg) 3 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 tries something a little different to promote Leaf electric car 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

One of the very important components in getting Joe V6-pack on board for electric-drive vehicles in the coming years will be education about how EVs are different (and better, in many ways) than traditional liquid-fueled cars. While the whole "zero emission" tagline is becoming common, Nissan is ...

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 ...

Report: Nissan Qazana and Nuvu could join EV lineup 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

The new Nissan EV that is debuting this weekend is just the first of a whole series of electrically-driven vehicles from the Japanese automaker. Among the future additions to the lineup may be a production crossover based on the Qazana concept that we saw at the Geneva Motor Show last March. ...

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 shows off new Versa-based electric vehicle prototype 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

A week before it shows the world what its new dedicated electric vehicle will look like, Nissan is showing off its latest-generation prototype. The company's previous iteration was based on the original Cube, but the new test units are based on the Versa/Tiida. A 108 horsepower / 206 pound-feet ...

Nissan new electric vehicle signup page hints at home charging set-up 4 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 4 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 ...

Officially, official: Nissan gets $1.6B DOE loan to build EVs, batteries in Tennsessee 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

Nissan has just announced that the Department of Energy has approved its request for a $1.6 billion low interest loan under the ATVM program. The money will be used to update the Smyrna, TN factory to build up to 150,000 battery electric vehicles and 200,000 lithium ion battery packs annually. ...

REPORT: Nissan considering building EVs and batteries in the U.S. 5 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 ...

REPORT: Nissan not planning Prius/Insight competitor 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

- As you read this, Japanese rivals Toyota and Honda are in the midst of a knock-down, drag-out fight for global hybrid supremacy with their two latest gas-electrics, the standard-bearing 2010 Prius and the revived-for-2010 Insight, respectively. Might Nissan, Japan's other major automaker, get ...

Nissan brings electric vehicle prototype to Tennessee for Earth Day 7 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 7 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's electric vehicle, more details from San Diego 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

Out in San Diego today, the Renault-Nissan Alliance officially brought its electric vehicle world domination plan project to California. Renault-Nissan will work with local utility company San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) in a partnership "to advance zero-emission mobility by promoting ...

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