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Opinion: The Benefits and Drawbacks of Driving an EV

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Electric vehicles have many benefits over traditional gasoline-powered cars, including lower emissions, cheaper running costs and (often) government incentives. While battery production for electric cars does produce some emissions , these emissions are dwarfed by the emissions produced by gasoline-powered vehicles. Lower emissions.

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Renault-Nissan Alliances Forms EV Partnership in Phoenix Metro Area; Beginning of a Phoenix-Tucson EV Charging Corridor

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MAG will provide a forum for Nissan and ECOtality to promote the deployment, operation and maintenance of the charging network. The announcement coincided with the Phoenix stop on a coast-to-coast tour of Nissan’s EV Prototype, a vehicle that’s powered by Nissan’s lithium-ion battery pack and zero-emission electric motor.

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Nissan and SDG&E Form EV Partnership

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The announcement coincides with the first stop on a coast-to-coast tour of Nissan’s EV Prototype, a vehicle that’s powered by Nissan’s lithium-ion battery pack and zero-emission electric motor. Nissan plans to introduce ZEVs in the United States in 2010 and will mass market ZEVs globally two years later.

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Nissan forms partnership in Seattle

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In Seattle, power comes from the utility Seattle City Light, which is the first public utility in the world to be “net zero&# for greenhouse gas emissions. Nissan has agreed to supply electric vehicles in and around the Seattle metropolitan area.

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