Carlos Ghosn
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Nissan gave a peek at a future SUV—only with gas-hybrid power, this time. Tesla turned on its first 1,000-mph version 3 Supercharger on Wednesday. The Mitsubishi Engelberg plug-in hybrid concept may preview a replacement for the Outlander plug-in hybrid. And a Japanese judge released former Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn on bail. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Tesla's new Supercharger V3 is supposed to be able to replenish 75 miles of range in as little as five minutes and reduce the average stay at Superchargers to 15 minutes. So far the first such station is only in beta mode, but...
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Japanese judge releases former Nissan chairman Ghosn on bail
In an unusual move in Japan, former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn was released on bail Wednesday after 108 days in jail, according to a report in Automotive News. Ghosn, who is known as the father of the Nissan Leaf for his work championing the car's production, was arrested in November on charges...
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Faster Rivian charging, Tesla Autopilot chip, new Honda battery tech: Today's Car News
Samsung might be supplying Tesla's promised new Autopilot chips in the spring. Honda reveals a new battery that could have 10 times the range of today's lithium-ion cells. And the U.S. hit a milestone for electric car sales last month, reaching 1 million plug-ins across the country. All this and...
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Japanese prosecutors charge former Nissan chairman Ghosn, automaker itself
Japanese prosecutors charged former Nissan chairman and CEO Carlos Ghosn on Monday with underreporting his income for eight years. He was arrested Nov. 19 and has been held in a Tokyo jail since, but has not been formally charged until now. Ghosn is known as the father of the Nissan Leaf electric...
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Long-range Nissan Leaf missing from LA Auto Show
One key car was missing from the electric lineup at last month's LA auto show: the updated, long-range Nissan Leaf. Leaf fans have been eagerly anticipating the long-range car, potentially called e-Plus in some markets. Early reports note that it will have an all-new 60-kilowatt-hour battery good...
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Ghosn out at Nissan, VW I.D. names, Faraday Future soap opera: Today's Car News
Nissan announced it planned to remove Chairman Carlos Ghosn after an investigation revealed alleged financial misdealing. VW has no fun trademarking names for its new series of I.D. electric cars. The EPA plans to tighten emissions rules on heavy trucks. And cross-lawsuits reveal the underlying...
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Nissan Group CEO Carlos Ghosn, widely credited as the father of the Nissan Leaf, allegedly lied about his salary to investors and used company assets for personal use, the automaker said Monday. Nissan announced that an internal investigation of Ghosn and a top deputy, American Representative Director Greg Kelly, uncovered the reported fraud. The company said it passed its findings on to Japanese prosecutors. Several media outlets have reported that Ghosn was arrested. Nissan's CEO Hiroto Saikawa said he would propose to the company's board that Ghosn and Kelly be removed from their positions...
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Nissan, Mitsubishi, Renault all to 'target' electric cars in 2020, CEO Ghosn says
Carlos Ghosn has been an advocate of electric cars for years, but after initial disappointment, he's ready to take on the segment with even greater focus. The CEO of the Renault Nissan Alliance that now includes Mitsubishi predicted the rise of electric cars nearly a decade ago, and oversaw the...
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Nissan, Mitsubishi, Renault to launch 12 new electric cars by 2022
Some car companies release their business plans and goals publicly, others don't. This morning, the Renault Nissan Alliance (now including Mitsubishi as well) released a new six-year plan laying out its business goal through 2022. Among the most significant: The group said it will launch 12...
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Nissan has sold electric-car battery unit AESC to Chinese investor GSR (updated)
With the global introduction of the second-generation Nissan Leaf electric car due next week, one open question concerns the source of its battery cells. To date, Automotive Electric Supply Corporation—a joint venture between Nissan and Japanese electronics giant NEC—has supplied...
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Next Nissan Leaf: ProPilot self-driving included, 200-mile range or more confirmed
Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn today confirmed that a second-generation Nissan Leaf electric car is coming "in the near future," though he didn't specify a date or model year. The new Leaf will come with Nissan's ProPilot technology, which permits the car to drive itself autonomously within a highway...
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Very cheap, low-range electric cars key for China, India: Nissan CEO Ghosn
Carlos Ghosn, who runs automakers Nissan and Renault, is one of the few auto executives who'll regularly take questions from a roomful of more than 100 journalists. At last week's New York Auto Show, many of the questions concerned plans by the Renault Nissan Alliance for more and higher-volume...
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Renault-Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn says governments are the main force driving electric-car adoption.
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Carlos Ghosn's Face Shows Nissan's Reaction To 2017 Chevy Bolt EV
Carlos Ghosn has never really been known as a man with frequent warm and ready smiles for all comers. Under most circumstances, the man who runs not only global automaker Nissan but the Franco-Japanese Renault-Nissan Alliance displays a serious, thoughtful countenance. But as he inspected the 2017...
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Renault-Nissan CEO Ghosn Welcomes Bolt EV, More Electric-Car Competitors
Nissan embraces more electric-car competition.
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Nissan Electric Cars Will Be For Mass Market: CEO Ghosn
Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn said the company will concentrate on mass-market electric cars.
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Nissan And Fuel Cells: 'Not In A Hurry' Because 'Too Early,' CEO Ghosn Says
Nissan will launch a fuel-cell car, but it's not in a hurry.
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Battery Breakthrough To Boost Nissan Electric Cars To One In 10 Sales Around 2020, Exec Says
Back in November 2009, Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn said 20 percent of his company's sales would be electric cars by 2020--and that electric cars would make up 10 percent of global sales. But Ghosn was widely pillored for his projections just a few years later, when Nissan Leaf sales proved slower than...
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While Chevrolet beats the drum for the Bolt EV 200-mile electric car it will likely launch before the end of next year, Nissan has been relatively quiet about its plans to upgrade the Leaf's current 84-mile range to compete. But at yesterday's annual meeting, a relatively conventional-looking Leaf with some writing on the side apparently previews an upcoming model with far greater range. DON'T MISS: 2017 Nissan Leaf: What We Know So Far About New Electric Car As noted by Transport Evolved and HybridCars.com, CEO Carlos Ghosn said Nissan is developing a Leaf battery pack with longer range that...
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Electric Cars Win For 4 Reasons, Says Nissan's Carlos Ghosn
It's hardly a secret that Nissan is by far the world's biggest seller of electric cars, and that its foray into the field four years ago was the work of its CEO, Carlos Ghosn. Now Ghosn has laid out the four reasons that he believes electric cars are being adopted--and will continue to do so in the...
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Nissan CEO Ghosn: Climate Change Must Be Corporate Humanitarian Cause
Carlos Ghosn describes climate change as an "unprecedented humanitarian challenge."
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Ghosn: Nissan Not Tied To Its Own Electric-Car Batteries, Will Seek Other Suppliers Pragmatically
Batteries are the key component in building practical electric cars. And for its first all-electric Leaf in 2011, Nissan developed its own proprietary lithium-ion battery pack--even planning and setting up its own assembly facilities to build them. That trajectory started back in 2007, but today...
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Nissan On Track To Beat 2020 Electric Car Sales Target?
Nissan and its French partner Renault could be on track for selling 1.5 million electric vehicles before 2020, according to the company's latest estimates. The two companies have currently sold around a tenth of that number since each firm released its first electric cars a few years back. But as...
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Nissan To Work With Bhutan Toward 'Electric-Car Nation' Goal
The small Asian nation of Bhutan has a very big goal: It hopes to convert the country's vehicles to almost all electric power. Today, Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay and Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn announced an agreement between the nation and the carmaker to work together toward that goal. Nissan Leaf...
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