According to CEO Carlos Ghosn, unlike its other Japanese rivals, Nissan has made a strategic decision to cede the standalone hybrid wars to them and will not make hybrid-only models such as Toyota’s Prius or Honda’s Insight.
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Nissan Skipping Hybrid-Only Cars Like the Prius, Wants to Dominate EVs
Posted in October 23rd, 2009
by Nick Chambers in Carlos Ghosn, Electric Cars (EVs), EV, Honda, hybrid, Hybrid-electric EVs, infiniti, Insight, japan, Japanese, Land Glider, LEAF, Nissan, prius, rumor, Toyota
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Electric Cars: The Logical Choice For Homes With Two or More Cars
Posted in October 20th, 2009
by Nick Chambers in commute, Department of Transportation, Electric Cars (EVs), Ford, Fuel economy, mitsubishi, National Household Travel Survey, NHTS, Nissan, two-car household
One of the biggest gripes I hear in the US about fully electric cars is that they aren’t practical because they don’t have enough range. But, what’s strange about this is, according to the 2001 US Department of Transportation National Household Travel Survey (NHTS), the average person drives their personal vehicle less than 23 miles a day—a number that is more than sufficiently covered by the 100-mile range of most upcoming mass-market electric cars.
So, if the average person drives a quarter of the distance an electric car is capable of going in a given day, why do people still say that they aren’t practical? It certainly isn’t a feeling based in how people actually use their cars. No, it’s more of a feeling based on our obsession with risk aversion—trying to avoid potential problems even if those problems don’t crop up during 95% of the rest of our lives.
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Egg-ish Nissan Electric Land Glider May be Built With Infinti Badge
Posted in October 19th, 2009
by Nick Chambers in economy, Electric Cars (EVs), Engineering, Land Glider, LEAF, luxury, market, Nissan, tokyo motor show
Here’s one for the strange book: according to Automotive News (subs. req’d), the egg-shaped, tilt-wheel, 2-seat, Nissan electric car concept set to debut at the Tokyo Motor Show this week known as the Land Glider is apparently under serious consideration for actually being built. Not only that, reportedly the company also thinks it would work well as a luxury Infiniti.
I don’t really know what to say, except… maybe Nissan knows something about rich people that I don’t?
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Video Highlights Battery Tech of Upcoming Nissan LEAF Electric Car
Posted in October 5th, 2009
by Nick Chambers in Electric Cars (EVs), LEAF, Nissan, Nissan Electric Car, Nissan EV, Nissan LEAF, Video, zero emissions
In preparation for the steadily approaching launch of their first mass-market electric car—the LEAF—Nissan has produced a series of videos highlighting different aspects of their approach to developing electric car technology.
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Report: Nissan Expects 20,000 Pre-Orders for LEAF Electric Car
Posted in September 29th, 2009
At a breakfast meeting for Nashville business executives, Carlos Tavares, Chairman of Nissan America, said he fully expects the company to have 20,000 reservations for the Nissan LEAF by the time the car goes on sale late next year.
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