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Nissan announces new strategy for customer ownership experience; leveraging connected car, big data, and personalization

Green Car Congress

Connected car technology will also dramatically streamline Nissan’s global supply chain, bringing just-in-time logistics to increase manufacturing efficiency, from plants to the dealer. Connected cars will be available as a dealer option starting in Japan and India and expanding to other countries by 2020. —Kent O’Hara.

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Electric Car Watch #12: The sad state of Electric Car conversions in India

Plug In India

Your electric car will also be more reliable and require much less maintenance than a pollution car. Unless you happen to have a few crores lying around that you don't mind spending, you will have to wait for kit providers who are willing and can afford to spend big bucks on certification. Sounds utopian, right?

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Convincing Consumers To Buy EVs

Cars That Think

However, until mainstream public confidence reaches the point where the perceived combination of risks of a battery electric vehicle purchase (range, affordability, reliability and behavioral changes) match that of an ICE vehicle, then EV purchases are going to be the exception rather than the norm. How much range is enough?

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

’s expertise on the auto industry in general, we are concerned that in its understanding of future pathways, it offers a flawed analysis and predictions based on business-as-usual,&# notes a posting on the California Car Initiative’s Web site. Where is affordable. and Chrysler. Whatever B.C.G.’s

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Establishing dealer network. Before we were saying it will be an awfully long time before we can get the costs down so people can afford it, but actually if you offset the fuel costs, people can afford it." ( Green Car Congress ). 1,000 pre-orders for small production runs in 2009 and 2010starting 4th quarter 2009.

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