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Nissan to release all electric car in US by 2010.
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 -
While no specifications have yet to be released about the all
electric Nissan vehicle, Nissan claims it will be released in the US
by 2010.
In an interview Monday, Carlos Ghosn, Nissan’s chief executive, said
Nissan decided to accelerate development of battery-powered vehicles
because of high gasoline prices and environmental concerns, not just
because of the need to meet stricter fuel-economy standards.
“What we are seeing is that the shifts coming from the markets are
more powerful than what regulators are doing,” he said.
Mr. Ghosn said Nissan envisioned a broad range of electric vehicles,
starting with small cars, and adding: “It’s not only about a small
city car or a small minivan. It can also be about a small commercial
vehicle and a small crossover.”
The race to the mass produced electric car is on! Chevy is claiming
a 2010 release of their hyped Chevy Volt by 2010 and Toyota also has
said to be working on their own Plug-In hybrid also to be released
around the same time. With ‘09 models just around the corner, we
will just have to wait it out and see how many roll back their
release dates to 2011. |
