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Nissan releases official sketch of NV200-based electric commercial vehicle

Nissan has electricity on the brain. The Japanese automaker is readying its opening salvo in the alternative propulsion wars in the form of the Leaf compact hatchback. Carlos Ghosn, though, announced at the Tokyo Motor Show that there would be plenty more to come, including an unknown Infiniti model, something like the unique leaning Land Glider concept and an electric version of the NV200 light commercial van that debuted at the Geneva Motor Show. Naturally, there needs to be some sort of differentiation between the standard-fare NV200 ... Read more →

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 ...

REPORT: Nissan working on Tata Nano-like cheap car strategy Jeremy Korzeniewski

India's Tata Nano has seemingly shown the world's remaining automakers that it's possible to build a small, inexpensive car for emerging markets that's still profitable. You can reportedly count ...

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 ...

Nissan announces Leaf EV tour dates Sebastian Blanco

Nissan is continuing its "leadership on EVs" plans with an upcoming North American tour of the Nissan Leaf. The all-electric vehicle will make its debut on these shores in L.A. in about three ...

REPORT: Nissan's Ghosn rules out hybrid-only models like Toyota Prius, Honda Insight 16 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 Fuga hybrid arrives in Japan fall 2010, to U.S. in 2011 17 days ago on Autoblog Green

After several years of selling small volumes of its Altima sedan using Toyota's hybrid drive system, Nissan is finally ready to roll out its first gas-electric model using technology developed in-house. The first model to be so equipped will be the new Fuga sedan, a car sold in North America ...

Nissan and Sumitomo launch venture to reuse automotive batteries 17 days ago on Autoblog Green

One of the numerous ideas being looked at as a means of reducing the cost of batteries for electric vehicles is creating a re-use market. The premise is that even when batteries reach a point where they cannot hold enough of a charge to be useful in cars, they could still be used for ...

Tokyo 2009: Nissan confirms three EVs for production, including Infiniti 18 days 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 ...

REPORT: Nissan already working on next-gen battery tech 18 days ago on Autoblog Green

Though the Nissan Leaf has yet to even sniff a dealer's lot anywhere in the world, the automaker's Chief, Carlos Ghosn, says his company is already hard at work on the electric car's next-gen battery technology. Not surprisingly, the goals are to make the pack smaller, lighter and less expensive ...

REPORT: Nissan Land Glider could come to the States as an Infiniti 19 days ago on Autoblog Green

Concept cars tend to push the boundaries of what is and isn't possible with a four-wheeled vehicle. Such is the case with the Nissan Land Glider, which is going on display this week at the Tokyo Motor Show. Usually, such far-out-there concepts make the auto show circuit before being abandoned ...

Tokyo 2009 Preview: Nissan unveils Land Glider concept [w/VIDEO] 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

Nissan is pulling out all the zero emission stops at the upcoming Tokyo Motor Show. In addition to the expected Leaf electric vehicle, the Japanese automaker will also be showing off a new concept called the Land Glider. Intended to be an urban runabout, the two-seat Land Glider is fully ...

Nissan robot car concept avoids accidents by mimicking fishes 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

Nissan sleeps with the fishes? Well, no... not exactly. But we'd guess someone in Nissan's Japanese think tank must watch a little too much Discovery Channel. We've all seen those amazing videos where unspeakably large schools of fish travel huge distances without anyone or anything to guide ...

eTec's $99.8m DOE contract gives more details on how Nissan will roll-out the Leaf 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

Nissan will work with the Arizona-based Electric Transportation Engineering Corp. to build the charging network that will be important for rolling out the Leaf electric vehicle. We knew that Nissan and eTec will work to install 2,500 EV charging stations in(and bring 5,000 Leafs to) Tennessee, ...

Nissan prices 2010 Altima hybrid at $26,780 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

Nissan North America has announced that the 2010 Altima hybrid, which goes on sale October 5th (Monday), will have an MSRP of $26,780. The tweaked, fourth-generation Altima uses a 2.5L four-cylinder electronically-controlled CVT engine and puts out 198 hp. The new Altima hybrid has an estimated ...

Officially, official: Nissan Leaf reservations start in the spring; 20,000 predicted by end of 2010 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

Nissan has made it official: pre-orders for the Leaf electric car will start in spring 2010. The company said that, "Nearly 22,000 people in North America have contacted Nissan since the company unveiled the car in August." Nissan's Carlos Tavares, head of Nissan's operations in North, Central ...

Nissan drops sketches of next-gen global compact 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

Nissan has just sent out the first sketch of its next-generation B-segment compact. The new car will be available globally starting next March in Thailand and then spreading to over 150 countries. The new car should be replacing the Micra in Europe and elsewhere. In Thailand, the new model ...

REPORT: Nissan expecting 20,000 initial orders for Leaf EV 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

Starting next spring, Nissan plans to begin taking orders of its upcoming Leaf electric vehicle. By the time the first car is ready to be delivered to a paying customer in the fall, the Japanese automaker expects to have taken some 20,000 initial reservations – well over the 5,000 Leafs ...

Nissan to lease LEAF battery for $150/month 1 month 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 ...

Euro Nissan Qashqai crossover may get through-the-road hybrid in 2010 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

The Nissan Qashqai compact crossover is set for an update in 2010 and it may get a new through-the-road hybrid system. The Qashqa, built at Nissan's UK plant and sold in European markets, currently uses a conventional all wheel drive system driven by a take-off from the front transaxle. The new ...

Nissan to deploy methanol fuel cell material handling equipment 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

Nissan's Smyrna, Tennessee assembly plant will soon be cutting its CO2 emissions and improving productivity. The plant is retrofitting 60 material handling tugs that are used to move parts around with new methanol fuel cells. The tugs are currently fitted with lead acid batteries that have to be ...

Nissan and Showa Shell partner to test solar quick charge system 2 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. ...

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 ...

2010 Nissan Leaf electric car: In person, in depth -- and U.S. bound [*UPDATED w/vids & live photos] 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

It would be easy to paint Nissan as late to the burgeoning U.S. green party, as the company essentially only counts the Altima Hybrid to sell among its alt-fuel offerings – and that sedan utilizes technology borrowed from Toyota, and it's only sold in a few states in small volumes. While ...

Ener1/EnerDel expands electric vehicle partnerships with Nissan, Think 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

Ener1 this morning announced a new partnership with Nissan Motor Company to research and develop "a new generation of electrical conductive material intended to reduce cost and improve the performance of electric and hybrid vehicle batteries." Basically, they're looking for a new electrolyte. ...

Greener CVT, with auxiliary gearbox, coming from Nissan and JATCO 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

Nissan and JATCO have just announced a new continuously variable transmission that features a wider ratio spread than any previous example of the type. The maximum spread from low to high in the past has been 6:1 but Nissan/JATCO have expanded that range to 7.3:1, a change that offers better fuel ...

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 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), ...

REPORT: Nissan bringing wireless charging to electric cars 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

Upper-level Nissan executives like Minoru Shinohara (pictured above right with the Pivo 2 concept), the senior vice president of the technology development department, have talked about wireless charging for Nissan's upcoming electric vehicles for almost a year now. A plug-free electric car is ...

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 ...

REPORT: Nissan will bring own hybrids to Japan in 2011 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

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 ...

Automotive Energy Supply Corp starts pilot production of batteries 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

Automotive Energy Supply Corporation has kicked off pilot production of lithium ion batteries. For those who have not been paying enough attention, AESC is the joint venture between Nissan and NEC that is developing batteries for electric and hybrid batteries. The first AESC production line is ...

Nissan announces new Dual Injector System 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

We've said it before and we'll say it again – the internal combustion engine has lots of life left in it. As excited as we are about the impending arrival of the mass-market electric car, the reality is that the ICE's reign as sales leader won't be coming to an end for at least the next ...

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