nissan hybrid

In 2009, Renault-Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn stuck out his neck on electric vehicles when he said that he expects them to make up 10 percent of the new car market by 2020. A decade is a lot longer than ten years in the automotive industry, but Nissan remains confident in EV technology, as we can see ...

Nissan's Ellure concept hit the stage at the 2010 LA Auto Show a couple weeks ago. Though not a production vehicle, the Ellure's elegant and aggressive styling elements are strikingly similar to the automaker's current crop of ...

When Infiniti rolled out its M35h hybrid at the 2010 LA Auto Show, the automaker focused on two numbers: 360 horsepower and 30 miles per gallon. Combining stout performance numbers with decent fuel efficiency was Infiniti's ...

The Fuga Hybrid is a landmark vehicle for Nissan. For starters, this gas-electric luxury sedan is the first to employ Nissan's own hybrid tech and not some system borrowed from a competitor. The Fuga Hybrid – sold under ...

Infiniti has announced that it will officially debut its first hybrid at the Los Angeles Auto Show in November. The M35 hybrid first appeared – badged as the Nissan Fuga hybrid – at last fall's Tokyo Motor Show ...

Nissan is introducing two new power-saving technologies on the new Infiniti M hybrid that could eventually be adapted to both electric and conventional vehicles. One is an electro-hydraulic power-steering assist system combines the best of both electric and hydraulic systems. Traditional ...

If you thought that Nissan's green future lies solely in the electric Leaf, you'd be dead wrong. In fact, the Leaf and its zero-emissions status is an end goal for Nissan, but many smaller steps towards a greener future still lie ahead. Though Nissan's ...

Up to this point, Nissan has relied on hybrid technology purchased and licensed from the undisputed leader in hybrid vehicles. That would be Toyota, naturally. But the two Japanese automakers will be moving in ...

The 2011 Nissan Altima Hybrid will hit dealer lots later this year and Nissan has once again decided to limit sales of the model to just nine states. Nissan gives several reasons why it has limited the Altima Hybrid to just nine markets (California, Oregon, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New ...

While Nissan is making optimistic noises about introducing its new electric car next year – with some sales apparently to start in China in 2011 – the outlook for Japan is a little more tempered and lot more hybrid. Maybe all the Japanese customers who are flocking to Nissan's green car ...