Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2009

Designed specifically for a lithium-ion battery-powered chassis, Nissan LEAF is a medium-size hatchback that seats five adults and has a range of more than 160km (100 miles) on one full charge, based on an urban driving cycle (US LA4 [ 1 ] ). Nissan LEAF is slated for launch in late 2010 in Japan, the United States, and Europe.

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Nissan Production Lithium Ion Japan 210

Revenge of the Electric Car

JULY 14, 2009

Those who make the decisions to forgo battery EVs in favor of plug- in hybrids only ignore a sizable market. The vehicles will be made in the United States, Japan and Europe. That bet takes shape at a new lithium ion battery plant and at an electric-vehicle assembly line that Nissan will build at its Smyrna, Tenn.,

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Nissan Japan United States Gasoline-Electric 124

Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

SAN FRANCISCO — If electric cars have any future in the United States, this may be the city where they arrive first. Several thousand Leafs made in Japan will be delivered to metropolitan areas in California, Arizona, Washington state, Oregon and Tennessee. Battery-powered motors are more efficient than gasoline engines.

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San Francisco Neighborhood Electric Electrical 100

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

GM has announced plans for public sales in 2010, and almost every carmaker now says it will sell PHEVs or highway-speed battery electric vehicles (BEVs) sometime after 2010. Batteries not ready. Hyundai Partnering with Korean battery companies for hybrids. 2010 Prius designed to be manufactured with NiMH or Lithium batteries.

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Plug-in Plug Hybrid PHEV 45