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Nissan Introduces Diesel X-Trail with Automatic Transmission

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Nissan Motor Co., g/km and PM emissions of 0.005 g/km—reductions by 47% and 64% respectively from the levels required by the New Long-term Regulations (exhaust emission standards) which have been in effect in Japan since 2005 (applicable to vehicles weighing more than 1,265 kg). Tags: Brief. Earlier post.)

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Interview with Chris Paine in the Whole Life Times

Revenge of the Electric Car

A: I’m much more hopeful today than I was in 2005, simply because the car companies have painted themselves into a corner. Even the car companies are saying, “Well, no one’s trying to buy our SUVs, so for us to stay in business, we need to have other kinds of cars.&#. Tags: interviews chris paine In the Media.

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Who is winning the green car race? Part II. The Green Piece

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In last week’s edition of The Green Piece Column, we looked at the leaders in the green car race including the likes of Toyota, Honda, Volkswagen and Nissan. Tags: Electric cars Latest news NICE Car Company Tata Tesla Motors The Green Piece axiam mega BYD Auto Fisker green piece Tesla Roadster. Fisker Automotive. Faye Sunderland.

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Infiniti Introducing New Renault-Nissan Alliance 3.0L V6 Diesel in Europe

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It was developed in Europe by Infiniti engineers working with other engineers from Renault and Nissan and will be produced at Cleon in France, some 100 km west of Paris. For that reason, with the [Renault-Nissan] Alliance we decided to develop our own engine, a performance diesel worthy of the Infiniti badge.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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Nissan Includes PHEVs in its long-term development program. Focusing on all-electric, Nissan-Renault partnership with Better Place for EVs. Beginning in 2005, we excerpted individual statements of intentions by carmakers, but by the start of 2008, the number of comments became too numerous for us to track. No announced plans.

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Who is winning the green car race? The Green Piece

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Nissan: Until recently Nissan’s only contribution to the green car explosion was the Altima Hybrid, produced in collaboration with Toyota. However, Nissan has since embraced the need to drive down emissions and placed its focus firmly on electric cars. In 2005, it launched the Ford Escape Hybrid – the first hybrid electric SUV.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

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Cleantech Crunched Top 10 Low Carbon Footprint Cars (and one SUV) for. Nissan, through its joint venture with NEC, has created a battery pack that meets the requirements of the electric vehicle and will produce it in mass volume. Tags: evdriven. A Perfect Storm for Water Counting Calories and Counting Carbon: The Role of. .

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