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Junkyard Find: 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line

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That car was the 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line, and I managed to find one in a Denver-area car graveyard recently. Nissan introduced the Altima Hybrid as a 2007 model (and using licensed Toyota hardware), though it disappeared quickly and without leaving much trace. A 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line hybrid in a Colorado wrecking yard.

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2025 Nissan GT-R announced for Japan, could be the last edition of the supercar

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By: HT Auto Desk | Updated on: 16 Mar 2024, 18:12 PM The 2025 Nissan GT-R has been revealed for Japanese markets and while not officially confirmed, this could be the last production model of the GT-R. However, it now seems Nissan is ready to draw the curtains on its halo offering. The 2025 Nissan GT-R arrives with minimal changes.

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Nissan’s Yokohama Plant engine production passes 40 million milestone; motors, solid-state batteries

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The Yokohama Plant now makes the VR38DETT engine, which is hand-assembled by skilled takumi master craftspeople for the Nissan GT-R. Since 2007 it has produced the VC Turbo—the world’s first mass-produced engine featuring variable compression ratio technology. Earlier post.) As society changes, so does the Yokohama Plant.

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Nissan GT-R’s last hurrah: Limited edition 2025 model to be announced

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By: HT Auto Desk | Updated on: 10 Mar 2024, 10:18 AM In a bittersweet finale, Nissan prepares to bid farewell to its iconic GT-R with a final limited-edition model for the 2025 model year. Read more In a bittersweet finale, Nissan prepares to bid farewell to its iconic GT-R with a final limited-edition model for the 2025 model year.

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Nissan to sell AESC automotive Li-ion battery business to GSR Capital

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Nissan Motor has entered into a definitive sale and purchase agreement with GSR Capital (GSR), a private investment fund, for the sale of Nissan’s automotive electric battery operations and production facilities to GSR. NNA), and in Sunderland, England, owned by Nissan Motor Manufacturing (UK) Ltd.

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Nissan launches EV battery manufacturing in Smyrna plant

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Nissan has launched production in its new battery plant in Smyrna, Tenn. The plant, which is making battery components for the ramp-up of production of the 2013 Nissan LEAF early next year, is located adjacent to Nissan’s existing vehicle assembly plant in Tennessee, which itself has been retooled to accommodate production of the Nissan LEAF.

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Nissan licenses autonomous driving technology to Hitachi Construction Machinery Company

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Nissan Motor Co., These two systems are the building blocks of autonomous driving technology that will operate commercially-viable Nissan Autonomous Drive vehicles by 2020. has licensed its Around View Monitor and Moving Object Detection (MOD) technology ( earlier post ), jointly developed with Clarion Co.,

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