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Greenies can shoot for platinum in Nissan's new Intelligent Driver Project UK
Following the lead of a similar project in Japan, Nissan has kicked off the Nissan Intelligent Driver Project (NIDP) in Europe. The NIDP combines all kinds of technological aids, including telematics, to help drivers reduce fuel consumption. In Europe, the NIDP is an eight-month study that uses satellite navigation systems, cell phone technology and other communication devices to analyze driving habits and suggest ways of improving fuel economy. Nissan has reason to believe that it works. In Japan, the test led to an 18 percent reduction in ... Read more →
Nissan helps kick off UK-Hynet Project, Britain's new hydrogen infrastructure network Xavier Navarro
A new project to create a nationwide Hydrogen fueling infrastructure in Great Britain had its kickoff meeting at Nissan Technical Centre Europe (NTCE) in Bedfordshire. The project is called UK-HyNet ...
Nissan to unveil new electric car in Japan August 2 Sam Abuelsamid
Nissan EV-02 prototype - click above for high res image gallery AutoCar is reporting that Nissan will publicly unveil its new electric car on August 2 in Japan. The debut is planned to coincide ...
Nissan issues update on "Green Plan 2010", EVs progressing, AT diesel coming to Japan Sam Abuelsamid
Nissan EV-02 prototype - click above for high res image gallery A couple of years back, Nissan announced its Green Program 2010 which was a comprehensive plan to reduce the energy consumption and ...
Officially, official: Nissan gets $1.6B DOE loan to build EVs, batteries in Tennsessee Sam Abuelsamid
Nissan EV-02 prototype - click above for high res image gallery Nissan has just announced that the Department of Energy has approved its request for a $1.6 billion low interest loan under the ATVM ...
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Ford gets first DoE loan, Nissan and Tesla expected winners 11 days ago on AutoblogGreen
Ford Focus EV Mule - Click above for high-res gallery The U.S. Department of Energy will finally announce the first recipient of low interest loans under the Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing Incentive Program. The first winner is Ford, and analysts expect the DoE to announce Nissan and ...
REPORT: Nissan considering building EVs and batteries in the U.S. 12 days ago on AutoblogGreen
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 something ...
IHS Global Insight report forecasts Dodge Hornet may come by way of Fiat 14 days ago on AutoblogGreen
Dodge Hornet concept - Click above for high-res image gallery So far, the path of the Dodge Hornet from concept to production has been a long and winding road leading to nowhere. We first saw the Hornet way back in 2006, and since then, Chrysler has been searching high and low for a partner to ...
First Drive: hydrogen-powered Kia Borrego FCEV and Nissal X-Trail FCV 24 days ago on AutoblogGreen
Kia Borrego FCEV - Click above for high-res image gallery It's hard to learn much about a car in 10 minutes, but when that's all you've got, you study quick. During the Hydrogen + Fuel Cells 2009 conference in Vancouver, British Columbia last week, we got to spend a few minutes in both the ...
Renault-Nissan planning slow/fast charging and battery swap for Europe EVs 25 days ago on AutoblogGreen
Kangoo be bop Z.E. - Click above for a high-res image gallery If reports coming from AutoCar are accurate, Renault and Nissan are planning three "energizing" options for customers when its first EVs arrive on the continent in 2011. The first two are straightforward slow and fast charge ...
Nissan's $1.1 billion loan likely to be approved by DOE 1 month ago on AutoblogGreen
Nissan EV-02 prototype - click above for a high res gallery The DOE loan that Nissan applied for to help it build electric cars and advanced batteries is likely to be approved for $1.1 billion, according to a report that cited "unidentified sources" in Kyodo News. The loan will probably speed up ...
Nissan and Europcar announce new partnership for electric car rentals 1 month ago on AutoblogGreen
Hey look, another new Renault-Nissan partnership to promote EVs. Today, a new alliance with Europcar was announced that will make electric vehicles available for customer rentals starting in 2010. The car will first be available in Europe (specifically, France, Germany, Belgium, Spain, Italy, ...
Nissan Japan says green car orders jumped 30 percent in May 1 month ago on AutoblogGreen
Following the lead of many other countries, the Japanese government recently decided to try and boost sales of green cars with a tax reduction. While the definition of a green car varies, the idea behind the tax rewrite was to promote cars that consume less fuel. In Nissan's case, it also ...
Unintended Consequences: Nissan GT-R being purchased under Cash For Clunkers provisions? 1 month ago on AutoblogGreen
When legislators in the United Kingdom decided to introduce a so-called Cash for Clunkers program, it was widely suggested that older, fuel-guzzling vehicles would be removed from the road in favor of the latest crop of clean, green, fuel efficient cars and trucks. As is often the case, reality may ...
VIDEO: Better Place battery swapper demonstrated 1 month ago on AutoblogGreen
Project Better Place battery swap - Click above for a hi-res image gallery One minute, 13 seconds. That's how long it took for the whiz-bang battery switcher engineered by Better Place to remove a battery from the undercarriage of its Nissan demonstration SUV and replace it with another. That's ...
Nissan to build EVs at its Oppama assembly plant in Japan 1 month ago on AutoblogGreen
As Nissan gets ever closer to Job 1 for its new dedicated battery electric vehicle, the question arises: Where does it get built? That question has now been answered with the announcement that its Oppama factory near Kanagawa will be the initial source of its EVs. Production will start in the fall ...
Nissan teams up with AeroVironment to charge electric cars in D.C. 1 month ago on AutoblogGreen
"No electric vehicle charging company left behind." That seems to be the mantra over at Nissan with the announcement that it has partnered with AeroVironment and the District of Columbia to install infrastructure to accommodate the hundreds of electric vehicles it envisions will be put to use by ...
20 fuel sipping diesel SUV/CUV/crossovers available in Germany 1 month ago on AutoblogGreen
Modern compact SUVs don't need to drink fuel at quite the rate of their larger, more easily spotted cousins (HUMMER, Range Rover, we're looking at you). Over in Europe, drivers have opened their arms to compact SUVs as an alternative to sedans and mini vans. Current offerings share car platforms ...
Renault-Nissan goes to Singapore with newest electric car partnership 1 month ago on AutoblogGreen
Nissan EV-02 prototype - click above for a high res gallery Who wants to start a Nissan-Renault new electric vehicle partnership location betting pool? I call Singapore. Oh wait, that was just announced. The Renault-Nissan Alliance has signed an MOU with three official organizations in Singapore ...
Rumormill: Nissan 370Z Hybrid for 2011? 1 month ago on AutoblogGreen
We're expecting Infiniti to launch its first hybrid sometime in either 2010 or 2011, likely based on the M35 luxury sedan. Unlike past hybrids from Nissan, parent company of the Infiniti brand, this new technology will not be a licensed version of Toyota's Hybrid Synergy Drive. Interestingly, ...
Quick Drive: Nissan EV-02 prototype 2 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Nissan EV-02 prototype - click above for a high res gallery Among the world's high-volume manufacturers, two stand apart from the crowd in their efforts to bring battery electric vehicles to the masses. Nissan and Mitsubishi have been diligently developing EVs, and traveling the world to sign ...
New York police to start patrolling in Nissan Altima hybrids 2 months ago on AutoblogGreen
The New York Police Department has just put its first alternative drive vehicles into patrol service with the arrival of 40 new Nissan Altima Hybrids. The department has assigned 18 of the Altimas as marked patrol cars while the rest are on unmarked duty. The new cars are being deployed in various ...
Another day, another Nissan EV partner, this time Raliegh, NC 2 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Nissan EV-02 - Click above for a high-res image gallery Perhaps its time for us to just start up a google map and just add push-pins to indicate all the cities that are signing up with Nissan to test electric cars (see a partial list here). At the current rate, a map like this should be filled ...
Nissan and Seattle partner up for electric cars 2 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Nissan EV-02 - Click above for a high-res image gallery You know the drill: Renault-Nissan makes an announcement about a new partnership to build an electric vehicle charging infrastructure and says it will begin testing their EVs in that location. Today's spot on the map? Seattle. The city's ...
Automakers line up for UK scrapping scheme 2 months ago on AutoblogGreen
The powers-that-be in the United Kingdom have announced a vehicle scrapping plan that would pay motorists 2,000 pounds to turn in a vehicle that's at least 10 years old in exchange for a new car or truck. In reality, the government is only chipping in half that amount, and the automakers themselves ...
REPORT: Nissan not planning Prius/Insight competitor 2 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Nissan EV-02 - Click above for a high-res image gallery As you read this, Japanese rivals Toyota and Honda are in the midst of a knock-down, drag-out fight for global hybrid supremacy with their two latest gas-electrics, the standard-bearing 2010 Prius and the revived-for-2010 Insight, ...
Nissan brings electric vehicle prototype to Tennessee for Earth Day 2 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Nissan EV-02 - Click above for a high res gallery Let's try an experiment. Can we name all of the places where Nissan has announced some sort of electric vehicle partnership? I can think of Arizona (Phoenix and Tucson), California, Monaco, China, Ireland, Zürich, and, you know what? Let's ...
Nissan adds flex-fuel version of the Versa ... in Brazil 2 months ago on AutoblogGreen
In Brazil, ethanol tends to be the fuel of choice over gasoline thanks to favorable pricing and the local sugar cane feedstock. As a result most of the cars available there are offered in flex fuel variants that aren't for sale anywhere else in the world. Such is the case with the latest edition of ...
LeasePlan hooks up with Renault-Nissan to bring EVs to Europe 2 months ago on AutoblogGreen
The Renault-Nissan alliance's plans for world domination with electric vehicles takes another step forward today with the announcement of an agreement with LeasePlan. The Dutch leasing and fleet management company will be working with the automakers to bring electric vehicles to fleet customers. ...
Nissan fined $4.4 million for faulty emissions diagnostic equipment 2 months ago on AutoblogGreen
The California Air Resources Board has decided that $4.4 million is the right amount that Nissan needs to pay for selling vehicles that have compliant tailpipe emissions monitoring equipment installed. CARB says that more than 450,000 vehicles, from 2005-2007 model years, don't turn on the ...
Nissan and ECOtality will bring "electric vehicle corridor" to Arizona 2 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Recently, ECOtality and Nissan announced the creation of an EV Micro-Climate Working Group in the Tucson, Arizona area. Nissan and ECOtality just announced they will expand their Arizona electric vehicle project to Phoenix. The Renault-Nissan Alliance will work with the Maricopa Association of ...
Renault-Nissan alliance confirms EV deal with China, starting in Wuhan 2 months ago on AutoblogGreen
The Renault-Nissan alliance has officially confirmed the agreement that has been struck with the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology for developing an electric vehicle market and infrastructure there. The first pilot test program will start in the city of Wuhan with the Chinese ...
Nissan to start electric car pilot program in China 2 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Nissan and its corporate partner Renault seem to have embarked on what could best be described as a march towards electric vehicle world domination. Over the last few weeks alone, we've heard about Nissan's plans to bring EVs to the United Kingdom, United States, Monaco, Ireland and Switzerland. We ...
Next gen Infiniti M likely to get diesel V6, probably not for U.S. though! 2 months ago on AutoblogGreen
The Inifiniti M will be getting a complete redesign that is scheduled to debut later this year, possibly at the Los Angeles Auto show. Along with new styling, the European version of the M is expected to be among the first Infinitis to adopt the 3.0-liter V6 diesel that Nissan has co-developed with ...
Ireland goes electric with Renault-Nissan Alliance 3 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Ireland has decided to go the plug-in route for its future transportation needs courtesy of the Renault Nissan Alliance. The Irish government, the Franco-Japanese automakers and electric utility ESB have signed an agreement that is expected to see battery-powered vehicles running around the Emerald ...
New Japanese tax breaks prompt Nissan to add ECO series 3 months ago on AutoblogGreen
click above for a high res gallery of the Nissan Cube New tax breaks for vehicles that exceed the 2010 Japanese fuel efficiency standards by a significant amount have prompted Nissan to create a range of ECO series models. Exceeding the standards by at least 15 percent gets the buyer a 50 ...
