Nissan and Tennessee’s state government announced they will jointly promote local use of electric cars. The automaker hopes to build an infrastructure that makes it possible to launch electric cars in the United States in 2010.
Nissan Motors’ president Carlos Ghosn made the announcement at his company’s North American headquarters in Franklin, Tennessee. Nissan and its French sister company Renault are planning to cooperate with the state government, local universities and private companies to explore ways to build the infrastructure necessary for widespread usage of electric vehicles, i.e. by deploying charging stations on highways.
Nissan already reached similar agreements in Japan, Israel, Denmark and Portugal. The company plans to release electric cars in both Japan and the USA in 2010.
Is it me or do all hybrid/electric cars look so ridiculous that you would be embarrassed to drive one around? For instance, both the Toyota 2 door Yaris and the Prius, how stupid do those look? The day I get a hybrid is when gas hits 10 dollars a gallon and they can prove that global warming is actually real in which it isn’t.
If you don’t know by now,
Green is ‘in’. It is the new ‘hot’ car. It is environmentally friendly, anti-terrorist friendly, and simply the patriotic thing to do.
I don’t care how ugly it is, if i don’t have to pay for gas that puts money in the hands of terrorists
I’m for it –
If I am not putting my children’s health at risk
I’m for it
If I am SAVING almost $1,500-3,000 a year on my 38 mile one-way commute to work…..
then I’m for it.
I’m going to buy an all-electric car.
This Car is really nice, really good looking and the most important is that it is eco-friendly. The CO2 emissions are increasing much, and the big usage of automobiles last years, means that it will not stop increasing. We should reduce it, with such cars, like this. I hope that car builders will pay more attention to the earth and will care about it much more.