Nissan and Kanagawa Prefecture announce EV project for 2010
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Nissan, Japan
After backing interesting electric vehicle projects such as Better Place in Israel and a joint-venture with NEC to produce new-generation batteries, Nissan is now talking about bringing EVs home. Nissan and the Prefecture of Kanagawa have announced a project to study the feasibility of getting more than 3,000 EVs running in the prefecture by the end of 2014 using a local-designed charging network and appropriate incentives.
According to Shigefumi Matsuzawa, the governor of Kanagawa Prefecture, should this project have a positive result, it could be extended to the rest of Japan. Just remember that Nissan has promised an EV for the U.S. and Japan in 2010 and mass-market EVs globally by 2012. The choice of Kanagawa Prefecture seems appropriate, because that's where Nissan has a "green Engineering" center.
[Source: Nissan]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
5-20-2008 @ 2:18PM
Unlucky_O said...
Here are some company's that can sell you electric cars right now.
http://www.zapworld.com
http://www.gemcar.com/
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5-20-2008 @ 2:24PM
Phil L. said...
Unlucky O -
Hmmm - You call either fancy golf cars limited to NEV speeds or 3 wheelers masquerading as motorcycles (unless you live in Ohio; then no dice) electric cars you can buy right now?
Sorry, the market has spoken: The average car driver doesn't consider them options.
I'd at least consider the Zap - if it could maintain speed up a hill, and I didn't have to first buy a truck in order to tow it home (closest dealer 4+ hours away).
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5-20-2008 @ 6:16PM
Joseph said...
This better not be another stupid feasibility study where they put out some cars and then say that they're not ready for mass-production.
The world is already over the "feasibility study" stage. Production EVs have been experimented with in the USA and in Europe. Now the technology (lithium batteries) is here. Start planning for mass production!
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5-20-2008 @ 10:27PM
Kevin Nugent said...
Well , well just see
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