Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2010

Nissan Motor Co. Nissan will start the project by working together with travel agencies to encourage tourists who travel by public transport or private cars to Odawara and Hakone area to use rental EV for touring Hakone area. With the Association, Nissan will also discuss specific efforts for Hakone area. Tags: Brief.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2010

Nissan broke ground on the manufacturing facility in Smyrna, Tenn., that will produce the lithium-ion batteries that power the Nissan LEAF zero-emission vehicle. The all-electric Nissan LEAF will be produced at Nissan’s vehicle assembly facility in Smyrna beginning in 2012. Tags: Brief.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

Nissan Motor Co., Nissan will launch Nissan LEAF, the company’s first mass-market electric car in December 2010 in Japan and the United States, followed by the global release in 2012. Tags: Brief. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2010

Enel, Endesa and the Renault-Nissan Alliance signed a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at developing electric mobility across several geographical areas in Italy, Spain and Latin America. Between 2011 and 2012, Renault will launch a complete range of 4 electric vehicles: the urban vehicle Twizy Z.E., Tags: Brief.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2009

The Nikkei reports that Nissan Motor Co. Plans call for new electric-car assembly lines to be built at a plant in Smyrna, Tennessee, the location of Nissan North America Inc.’s This facility will be capable of churning out 50,000 to 100,000 of the eco-friendly vehicles a year by 2012. Tags: Brief. s headquarters.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

The City of Amsterdam (the Netherlands) has signed a Definitive Agreement with the Renault-Nissan Alliance to encourage the uptake of electric vehicles. As a first step to reaching that target, Nissan will deliver 100 Nissan LEAFs to fleet customers starting in February 2011. Tags: Brief.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2009

The Renault-Nissan Alliance and the State Government of Victoria in Australia have formed a partnership to explore the development of a Zero Emission Vehicles program. Nissan is targeting bringing its new LEAF EV ( earlier post ) to Australia by 2012. Tags: Brief.

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Plugs and Cars

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

Nissan will start taking orders for the upcoming all-electric LEAF next Spring. The report states that Nissan will launch the Leaf next year in the states of Tennessee and Oregon, along with San Diego, CA; Seattle, WA; and the Phoenix/Tucson region in Arizona. Tags: nissan leaf battery electric car. Game changing.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2010

The Irish Government; the ESB, Ireland’s largest electricity utility; and the Renault-Nissan Alliance announced a comprehensive partnership to position Ireland as a European leader in electric transport. Today’s Agreement with Nissan-Renault will see 2,000 cars on Irish roads by 2011. Tags: Brief. Earlier post.). Fluence Z.E.,

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OCTOBER 11, 2010

The Renault-Nissan Alliance will accompany E.Leclerc in equipping its parking lots with charging stations for electric vehicles. As such, 50 E.Leclerc centers will be equipped by 2011, 150 by the end of 2012 and nearly 500 by 2015. Tags: Brief. With a 17% market share, E.Leclerc is the leader of mass-market retailing in France.

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JUNE 23, 2009

Nissan European R&D hosted a meeting at the Nissan Technical Center Europe (NTCE) in Bedfordshire (UK) to launch the UK Hydrogen Network (UK-HyNet) project. The Renault-Nissan Alliance will introduce zero-emission vehicles in the United States and Japan starting with electric vehicles from 2010. Tags: Brief.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2010

Nissan Motor Co., Nissan aims to sell 6,000 units in Japan in fiscal year 2010. Beginning 1 April, consumers will be able to visit dealers throughout Japan to place their orders for Nissan LEAF. With the incentive, the consumer’s net price for Nissan LEAF will be ¥2.99 million (US$40,500). million (US$32,200).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2009

Nissan Motor Co., The Oppama Plant is a core base of Nissan’s manufacturing and will be positioned as the model plant for best practices in EV production. In the fall of 2010, the plant will start EV production with capacity of 50,000 units a year, which will continuously increase for the start of EV mass-marketing in 2012.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2009

The Renault-Nissan Alliance, the French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) and the French Strategic Investment Fund (FSI) signed a letter of intent to set up a joint venture company that would develop and manufacture batteries for electric vehicles, under the patronage of Christian Estrosi, the French Minister for Industry. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2010

The Renault-Nissan Alliance and Daimler AG today announced a broad strategic cooperation that also involves equity exchanges that result in giving the Renault-Nissan Alliance a 3.1% stake in Nissan. Carlos Ghosn, Chairman and CEO of the Renault-Nissan Alliance. The result of the equity exchanges. Click to enlarge.

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OCTOBER 8, 2010

Unibail-Rodamco and Renault will offer the public exclusive test-drives of the carmaker’s new electric vehicles across numerous dates from 2010 to 2012 in France and Spain. between 2010 and 2012 in coherence with Renault’s electric vehicle launch schedule. Tags: Brief.

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Plugs and Cars

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

Nissan has joined the world's automakers with bad news. Nissan's Carlos Ghosn had become a major industry advocate for plug-in cars, with a fairly aggressive plan for multiple platforms within a very few years. Tags: renault carlos ghosn nissan plug-in car. They'll be cutting 20,000 jobs worldwide.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2009

Nissan is a first tier OEM building a pure EV in the U.S. - Check out the article: Nissan to launch electric car in Tennessee. Here’s a snippet from the article: A top Nissan official in the U.S. Mr. Perry said the Nissan, running on a lithium ion battery pack, won’t be a test model. for sale to regular folks.

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DECEMBER 18, 2009

Regional Development Agency One North East and Nissan Motor Co., Electricity at the 619 charging points will be provided free of charge until 31 March 2012, or until an itemized billing system becomes available. Tags: Electric (Battery) Infrastructure Plug-ins. million (US$3.9 A new business park.

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JUNE 23, 2009

billion to Nissan North America, Inc.; Nissan will receive $1.6 ” Nissan will offer electric vehicles to fleet and retail customers, and plans to ramp up production capacity in Smyrna up to 150,000 vehicles annually. Tags: Batteries Electric (Battery) Fuel Efficiency Policy. billion for Ford Motor Company; $1.6

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MAY 27, 2010

Nissan has taken an important step towards its electric vehicle future by breaking ground on its lithium-ion battery manufacturing facility in Smyrna, Tennessee. The plant will produce the batteries for the Nissan LEAF from 2012 and onwards and is one of the largest vehicle battery manufacturing plants in North America at 1.3million sq ft.

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AUGUST 22, 2009

Nissan is concentrating on electric cars, and it plans to introduce them in 2010. Toyota, meanwhile, intends to launch electric cars around 2012. Tags: Brief. As for Honda, it started selling vehicles powered by fuel cells last summer, a technology that would meet California’s requirement because it does not emit any exhaust.

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JUNE 18, 2010

Mitsubishi is aiming to cut the price of its electric i-MiEV model to just 2 million yen (equivalent to just £14,820) by 2012, Japanese publication Nikkei reports today. The electric car model has been criticised for its very high price tag of £38,699 including VAT-this compares to just £28,350 for its main rival- the Nissan [.].

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FEBRUARY 15, 2010

Car rental giant, Hertz has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Nissan to help bring the carmaker’s electric Leaf model onto the road. Hertz is now set to become the first firm to publicly rent out the all-electric four seater when the car goes on sale in late 2012. Under the terms of the [.].

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Another letter of intent has been signed by the Renault-Nissan Alliance – this time with E.Leclerc Centres. It is expected that 50 centres will be equipped by 2011, 150 by the end of 2012 and [.]. The aim is to develop a programme that will equip the centres’ car parks with charging infrastructure for electric vehicles.

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JANUARY 28, 2010

The Nissan Leaf has been named as the Green Car Journal’s 2010 Green Car Vision award winner at the Washington Auto Show this week. Nissan’s innovative electric hatchback offering is scheduled to go on sale in Europe by 2012. Tags: Nissan Green Car Journal GreenCar leaf Washington Auto Show.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

According to the expectation from the NDRC, the amount of pure electric vehicles in China will reach 100,000 units in 2012 and climb to 4,000,000 units in 2020. Separately, the Nikkei reported that Nissan is considering building the Leaf EV in the Chinese city of Guangzhou. Tags: Brief. He didn't provide details. Earlier post.)

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FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Avis Europe has partnered with the Renault-Nissan Alliance to offer electric cars to its customers from 2011. Concept and is scheduled to be released at the beginning of 2012. Tags: Brief. It will be a particularly versatile vehicle intended for everyday motoring in and around cities. g CO 2 /km.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Flins will begin production in 2012. Tags: Brief. The Flins site will thus become a central hub in Renault’s EV activity, producing the company’s core-range electric model as well as manufacturing and recycling batteries. The urban, versatile model is expected to account for two-thirds of the Group’s EV sales in Europe. Earlier post.).

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AUGUST 4, 2009

After establishing partnerships with nearly 30 governments, cities and other organisations around the world, the Renault-Nissan Alliance is now looking to make a breakthrough in Australia. The news follows hot on the heels of Nissan announcing its new LEAF electric vehicle, which is scheduled to reach Australia by 2012.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 8, 2009

One of the highlights of yesterday’s Green Car Day at City Hall in Central London was the appearance of the Nissan X-Trail Fuel Cell Vehicle. The car is part of Nissan’s fleet participating in the California Fuel Cell Partnership trials in the USA and has featured in a wide variety of low carbon events throughout Europe.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

As car manufacturers bid to gain an advantage in the green car race, Nissan Motor Company is reportedly ready to build a joint venture lithium-ion battery plant in France. According to reports in The Nikkei , the plant would be built in 2012 to supply Renault.

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MAY 27, 2009

The company had initially planned to introduce the hybrid Fit in 2012, when the vehicle will be fully remodeled. In addition, Nissan will enter the Japan hybrid vehicle market with the hybrid version of its Fuga luxury sedan to be introduced next year. Tags: Brief.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2010

Combining Fisker projected sales volume with the expected sales volume of the Nissan Leaf and the Tesla Model S, sales of electric and PHEVs funded with DOE ATVM loans could exceed 300,000 annually, according to Fisker. Tags: Brief. When full production is reached in 2015, Fisker estimates annual sales at up to 115,000 vehicles.

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MAY 12, 2009

Japanese car maker Nissan, has today announced the company will produce electric vehicles (EV) at its Oppama Plant in Yokosuka City, Japan from autumn 2010. The Oppama Plant is a core base of Nissan’s manufacturing and Nissan say it will be positioned as the model plant for best practices in EV production.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Fisker estimates production of up to 75,000-100,000 of these plug-ins in the US per year beginning in late 2012. billion to Nissan North America, Inc.; Tags: Hybrids Plug-ins Policy. Fisker automobiles use an extended range electric vehicle architecture, and will offer a cruising range of about 300 miles. Earlier post.).

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JULY 11, 2009

Reports in The Irish Times suggest that Nissan is just weeks away from unveiling an electric vehicle to the masses. The newspaper got a glimpse of the EV-02 (the Nissan Cube) at Nissan’s headquarters outside Geneva and found it drives better than most electric cars its journalists have already driven.

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