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The Renault-Nissan Alliance has spent the past decade developing partnerships with cities worldwide on clean vehicle infrastructure. The 2010 release of the Nissan LEAF EV gives this alliance a new asset to sell to cities and public utilities interested in such partnerships. Renault-Nissan added yet another city to its growing list of partners last week. The city of Orlando and the Orlando Utilities Commission will work ...

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Nissan Motors is laying the groundwork for a 2011 rollout of its LEAF EV in the United Kingdom. This groundwork includes a recent agreement with One North East, a regional development agency, to establish EV education programs and infrastructure over the next two years. Nissan promises to place priorities on orders of LEAF EVs from customers in northeast England beginning in spring 2011. One North East, in turn, is investing money in EV demos, infrastructure development and other elements needed ...

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The Nissan LEAF Zero Emission Tour began in Los Angeles on November 13th, 2009. This goodwill tour of Nissan's first all-electric vehicle will span 22 cities in 11 states along with the District of Columbia and Vancouver. This tour is not only educating the public on the LEAF EV but encouraging involvement from communities nationwide. The Nissan LEAF Zero Emissions Student Competition, for example, will grant a $500 scholarship to a student who describes a zero-emissions future featuring the LEAF. Nissan North America is working behind the scenes of this tour to ...

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Nissan announced last week that its presentation at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show will include a compact car with the V-Platform drive system. This drive system is slated for implementation in two Nissan models over the next three years in China, India and Thailand. The V-Platform by Nissan features a three cylinder, 1.0-liter engine paired with a continuously variable transmission (CVT). This compact car along with future V-Platform models will reduce the automaker’s overall emissions level ...

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Nissan began development on fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) 13 years ago with the intent of revolutionizing the passenger vehicle market. The automaker’s X-Trail FCV has been tested in California over the past few years with 300,000 miles of test driving including a unit approaching 100,000 miles. Nissan is taking the next step toward selling the X-Trail FCV in North America thanks to Sacramento Coca-Cola Bottling Co. The company recently signed a one-year lease for an X-Trail FCV with an optional two-year extension, which is Nissan's first lease for this fuel ...

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Nissan has been featured prominently in recent HybridMile posts due to the proposed 2010 rollout of the Leaf EV and other green vehicle concepts. The automaker is looking beyond the competition for long-term navigation and drive technologies that may seem like science fiction at present. Industry experts saw a glimpse of this technology with the BR23C micro-car in 2008, which featured a drive system based on the behavior of bees. Nissan brought its EPORO robot cars to
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The 2010 release of the Nissan Leaf EV is only the tip of the iceberg for this Japanese automaker’s green makeover. Nissan subsidiary Infiniti will release the M35 Hybrid for sale worldwide by spring 2011. The M35 Hybrid is part of the M model line promoted by Infiniti at the Geneva Motor Show. Several models within the M line including a diesel version for Western European consumers will be released in 33 markets by spring 2010 with the M35 Hybrid to slowly reach ...

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Nissan’s burgeoning EV juggernaut picked up steam last week with the announced 2010 release of the LEAF EV. The Nissan LEAF EV is a four-door hatchback with five seats and standard features to compete with the automaker’s gas-powered cars. Nissan announced that the LEAF EV would be distributed through American, European and Japanese dealers by winter 2010.

The LEAF EV features a 24kWh lithium-ion battery pack mounted under the floor and an AC electric motor capable of producing 107 ...

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Nissan Motor Company plans to unveil the final version of its EV sedan on August 2nd in Yokohama. The automaker threw some morsels to auto bloggers and industry experts last week by presenting its EV platform in a Nissan Tiida frame. Nissan also presented the EV-IT system that will be featured in production EVs starting in 2010 as part of this preliminary exhibition.

The Nissan EV platform is centered on an 80kW electric motor with enough power to rival the Japanese automaker’s traditional vehicles. The electric motor is powered by a 24kWh compact lithium-ion ...

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Nissan Motors announced last week that the company would create plants in Portugal and the United Kingdom for lithium-ion battery packs in the next few years.  The Japanese automaker wants to use these new plants to create the next generation of batteries for the Nissan-Renault Alliance. Each plant will be capable of producing 60,000 units per year, creating a steady supply of batteries for a large-scale EV rollout. As these two plants are built, Nissan is planning a future expansion of its productive capacity in additional European markets.

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