Officially, official: Nissan Leaf reservations start in the spring; 20,000 predicted by end of 2010
green.autoblog.com 10/1/2009 — 2010 Nissan Leaf EV - Click above for hi-res image gallery Nissan has made it official: pre-orders for the Leaf electric car will start in spring 2010. The company said that, "Nearly 22,000 people in North America have contacted Nissan since the company unveiled the car in August." ...

Nissan to lease LEAF battery for $150/month
green.autoblog.com 9/19/2009 — 2010 Nissan Leaf EV - Click above for high-res image gallery Aside from the issue of limited range, the biggest problem with electric vehicles in the near term is expected to be cost . Mitsubishi has already announced that the starting price for its diminutive iMiEV in Japan will be ...

Nissan considering building EVs and batteries in the U.S.
autobloggreen.com 6/21/2009 — Nissan EV-02 prototype - click above for high res image gallery Earlier this year, Nissan applied for low interest loans under the Department of Energy Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing incentive Program. In order to qualify for those loans, Nissan would have to use it to build ...

Nissan ready to make 500,000 batteries a year when demand is there
green.autoblog.com 11/1/2009 — Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn with Leaf EV - Click above for high-res image gallery You certainly can't argue with Carlos Ghosn's commitment to battery-powered vehicles. No one else in the auto industry has placed such a huge bet on plug-in vehicles. Renault has committed to four different ...

Nissan new electric vehicle signup page hints at home charging set-up
autobloggreen.com 7/24/2009 — Nissan's EV sign-up page - Click above to enlarge Nissan has been building up anticipation for it's new all-electric sedan over the past few months as it goes around the world setting up partnerships to promote electric vehicles. To make sure the word about the new car gets out in a big ...

Nissan: EVs a viable business model in 2012
autobloggreen.com 7/10/2009 — Nissan EV-02 - Click above for a high-res image gallery Despite the sorry state of the global economy, Nissan is investing rather heavily into electric vehicles these days, which is why the Japanese automaker won a $1.6 billion low interest loan under the U.S. Advanced Technology ...

Nissan could sell electric car to the U.S. masses in 2011 or earlier
autobloggreen.com 3/30/2009 — Click above for a high res gallery of the Nissan EV-02 Nissan's big electric vehicle announcement last week wasn't enough. While the news from last week was that Nissan's EV, when it arrives, would be price competitive with cars like the Honda Civic , Toyota Camry and Nissan Altima , ...

Nissan powers tugs with Oorja’s fuel cells
cleantech.com 8/25/2009 — Auto manufacturer’s Smyrna, Tenn.-based assembly plant is officially deploying methanol fuel cells to save energy and money, after testing the product for the past 18 months.

REPORT: Nissan already working on next-gen battery tech
green.autoblog.com 10/20/2009 — 2010 Nissan Leaf EV - Click above for high-res image gallery Though the Nissan Leaf has yet to even sniff a dealer's lot anywhere in the world, the automaker's Chief, Carlos Ghosn, says his company is already hard at work on the electric car's next-gen battery technology. Not ...

NISSAN UNVEILS "LEAF" - THE WORLD'S FIRST ELECTRIC CAR DESIGNED FOR AFFORDABILITY AND REAL-WORLD REQUIREMENTS
nissan-global.com 8/2/2009 — August 2, 2009 NISSAN UNVEILS "LEAF" - THE WORLD'S FIRST ELECTRIC CAR DESIGNED FOR AFFORDABILITY AND REAL-WORLD REQUIREMENTS Event ushers in a new era for Nissan and a new era for mobility YOKOHAMA, (Aug. 2, 2009) - Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. today ...

Renault-Nissan move to power up electric vehicle vision — The most recent articles from BusinessGreen 28 days ago
Tom Young, BusinessGreen , Friday 6 November 2009 at 13:03:00 French deal aims to produce 100,000 electric car batteries a year from 2012 The Renault-Nissan Alliance took another step towards its goal of delivering mainstream electric ...