The electric cars that Nissan Motor plans to start selling by 2010 will have varying capabilities depending on a given country’s driving patterns, but all will be priced competitively and will generate profits.
To help in its development of electric cars, Nissan said Tuesday that it would work with the state of Tennessee and its largest electric utility, the Tennessee Valley Authority, to study and perhaps install infrastructure like charging stations. The automaker has begun similar efforts in Denmark, Israel and Portugal, but the United States presents a far greater opportunity for Nissan to market electric cars.
I want a pure electric car. I don’t want a range extender. I don’t want another hybrid,” Mr. Ghosn told reporters after a ceremony to dedicate Nissan’s new North American headquarters in Franklin, an affluent suburb in the hills south of Nashville. “It’s not going to be zero emissions in certain conditions. It’s going to be zero emissions.
That’s a good news for all entusiasts of electric cars. Like me… -:)
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Don’t you just love carlos Ghosn, that former “I will never build an electric car” CEO who now claims that his cars produce zero emissions (somebody please ask Ghosn where I can find an outlet with some of that zero emission electricity) and now claims his custoemrs won’t have any of those “range extenders.” Someone point out to braindead Carlos that hsi customers have range extenders – but their’s are little more expensive than those in the Volt – they are inside a gas powered vehicle sitting next to one of his “pure” electrics. Has there ever been a bigger blockheaded CEO on the planet?
Ghosn the Fool. Fortunately the consumers will have a choice and aren’t dumb enough to own , insure ,garage and maintain two cars when all you ned is one Chevy Volt. Ghosn simply can’t build a plug-in hybrid – his company doesn’t have the time nor the expertise, so he builds another simple battery-only useless piece of crap. They could do that before WWI.