Green Car Congress
JULY 17, 2009
plans to begin selling hybrid vehicles based on its own technology in Japan in 2011. Nissan’s Serena minivan is likely to be the first model to get the hybrid makeover. Nissan is introducing an electric vehicle in Japan and the US at the end of 2010. Hybrids accounted for about 9% of new-car sales in Japan last month.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 27, 2010
plans to have hybrids account for more than 20% of its Japanese sales next fiscal year, double fiscal 2010’s roughly 10%, citing the company’s sales plan. The company also plans to release a hybrid version of the Freed next autumn—its first hybrid minivan. The Nikkei reports that Honda Motor Co.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 15, 2013
l/100 km), both slightly worse relative to MY 2010. EPA suggests that the reduction in MY 2011 car and car parts production in Japan in the aftermath of the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disasters “almost certainly” contributed to both the apparent slight worsening in MY 2011 and the large projected improvement in MY 2012.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 13, 2013
Light trucks (pickups, minivans/vans, and truck SUVs), accounted for 36% of all light-duty vehicle production in MY 2012, the second lowest level since 1993. This represents a 6% decrease relative to MY 2011, and essentially offsets the 5% increase from MY 2010 to MY 2011. l/100 km) or more, compared with nine models five years ago.
Plug In Partners
MAY 20, 2008
N ow that the number one automaker and the number two automaker has made the commitment to building Plug In hybrid / electric vehicles by 2010, another automotive giant is joining the race. The company plans to lease a limited number of plug-in hybrids by 2010 and put its gasoline-electric hybrid system into more models. Toyota ( TM ).
Green Cars News
JULY 18, 2009
Demand is so high for green cars after government incentives were introduced in Japan, that the Honda Motor Company, the country’s number two car manufacturer, has said it will start partial weekend shifts at two factories in a bid to push low emission vehicles off the production line.
Green Cars News
JULY 19, 2009
Though it has made no secret of the fact that it believes the future of green cars lies with pure electric vehicles, Nissan plans to sell hybrid vehicles based on its own technology in Japan from 2011. The company has already outlined plans to introduce an electric car in Japan and the US by the end of 2010.
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