Nissan News
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By offering a set of tax, financing, and convenience incentives, the government of Portugal announced Saturday that it will partner with Renault and Nissan to ensure that at least 20% of its public fleet vehicle purchases be zero-emissions vehicles by the year 2011. The centerpiece of the plan is a network of 1,300 charging stations, strategically placed throughout the region, the cost of which has not been announced. The stations will be ready for use by 2010, and Renault and Nissan will start delivering its electric cars in early 2011, making Portugal the first European country to take...
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Another Nissan EV Partnership (Didn't I just write this?)The Renault-Nissan Alliance strikes again. This time it's an agreement with Monaco to expand and improve their existing charging networks for electric vehicles. Additional incentives will be provided to consumers and businesses to encourage the purchase of EVs and educational programs will be...
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Nissan's Latest ZEV Partnership
The Nissan Renault Alliance has entered into yet another public-private partnership for the advancement of sustainable mobility. Today the company announced an agreement with the state of Oregon to supply zero-emissions vehicles (ZEVs). Nissan will work with Oregon and Portland General Electric to...
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Nissan: batteries not included?
Mention to most people that you plan to but an electric car, and one of the first concerns they will mention is battery life. Really, they will say, I can't keep the battery in my dinky little cell phone charged for longer than a day or so...so how will a car be any different? What if the battery...
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Will Your Future Electric Car Charge Itself?
Think plug-in hybrids are cutting edge? Get a load of this: the technology gurus at Nissan are studying ways to get that future electric car of yours to charge itself while you're driving. Gasoline and wall outlets never seemed so passé. Senior Vice President of Nissan's technology department...
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Electrifying Partnership: Nissan and Yokohama
Nissan wants to put pure electric cars on the streets of Yokohama by 2010. Japan's second largest city is partnering with the Renault Nissan Alliance to study sustainable mobility. This is just the latest development in Nissan's plans to mass produce pure electric vehicles by 2012. The automaker...
Robert Scardino
