Daniel Englander
Nissan Gains First Mover Advantage in EVs May 13, 2008 at 7:19 AM
Automaker Nissan will announce plans today to launch an electric vehicle in the U.S. and Japan by 2010. In doing so, Nissan will be the first major automaker to bring an EV to the U.S. market. It will expand the line globally by 2012.
Nissan is also working with corporate partner Renault on developing an EV for Shai Agassi’s Project Better Place, an electric vehicle startup with operations in Silicon Vally and Tel Aviv, and possibly soon Copenhagen. The partnership combines Nissan’s research on lithium-ion batteries with Renault vehicles. Carlos Ghosn, CEO of Renault and Nissan, said recently his companies would spend between $500 million and $1 billion in the next three years developing a market-ready EV. It is uncertain, though highly likely, the EV designed for Project Better Place will be the same one offered for sale in the U.S. and Japan.
The announcement, planned for later today, comes just one day after Ghosn and Agassi unveiled PBP’s EV prototype in Tel Aviv. The prototype is already capable of accelerating from 0 to 60 MPH in eight seconds and traveling up to 125 miles on a single charge.
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Accually Nissian won’t be the first major US auto manufacturer to do so. GM did it with the famous EV1 and back in the day. I understand the point your trying to make but lets not pretend we havn’t been around this track before. Hopefully it ends much differently this time around.
Please read-Americans need to know!!!!!!!!
NHTSA Hearings 8/4/08
I just returned from the NHTSA hearings held on August 4, 2008 in Washington D.C., regarding the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for NEW Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards (CAFÉ) for years 2011-2015.
IMPORTANT FACTS: You will not believe what you are reading.
1) The 414 pages DEIS analysis was based on an average gasoline price of USD $2.16/gallon for 2011-2020. A calculation approved by the NHTSA administrators/managers. Would you believe it???????????
2) The new CAFÉ rules were also established, negotiated and pre-approved by the NHTSA’s management and clearly with the influence of domestic automotive companies and their lobbyists. We have now established fuel standards for 2011-2020 that are presently and already met throughout the rest of the Western world today (see below).
As one guest speaker said today “are they on another planet?”
NHTSA “NEW Fuel Standards” (2011-2015) decision:
Automobiles are to achieve 31.2 mpg by 2011 and 35.7 mpg by 2015. Light trucks are to achieve 25 mpg by 2011, and 28.6 mpg by 2015.
The NTHSA is also setting a goal of 35 mpg on average for 2020.
America needs to know:
The European Union is currently establishing standards, with a goal of reaching 48.9 miles per gallon for new passenger vehicles as early as 2012. The current EU standard already requires more than 40 miles per gallon about 15% higher than the U.S. goal set for 12 years from now.
Japan currently has a standard of about 40 miles per gallon. Japan aims to further improve fuel efficiency by 17% by 2015, reaching 46.9 miles per gallon.
China has a current average of slightly under 35 miles per gallon. Chinese fuel standards are on target to reach the government’s goal of 35.8 miles per gallon by 2009. China will not only meet, but exceed, the goal just established by the United States for 2020 — more than a full decade earlier.
Australia is targeting 34.4 miles per gallon by 2010.
Canada is targeting 34.1 miles per gallon by 2010.
Under the current administration, purchasing an electric vehicle is becoming more of a necessity rather than an alternative.
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