The latest battery car from Nissan, announced at the Tokyo Motor Show by Nissan’s president and chief executive, Carlos Ghosn, will be a luxury Infiniti to complement (and probably borrow some technology from) the forthcoming 2011 Nissan Leaf. Under testing activity also, the Nissan Land Glider.
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Mr. Ghosn provided few details about the car. “For now, I can tell you that it will be a compact luxury car, a stylish, high-performance four-seater with zero emissions,” he said in Tokyo on Wednesday. Will the compact Infiniti be based on the compact Leaf? “We didn’t make that announcement,” said Kyle Bazemore, a spokesman for Infiniti. “But since we are working on the Leaf, it would be a natural assumption that it is based on that technology.” It seems likely, however, that the Infiniti version will add extra horsepower. “The brand promises inspired performance, and we think there is a market for that,” Mr. Bazemore said.
Infiniti could not provide a target date for the E.V. or in which markets it might appear. But the luxury division is playing catch-up with green cars. Earlier this month, Infiniti announced that the M37 and M56 cars to appear next April would be joined in the spring of 2011 by the M35, a rear-wheel-drive luxury and high-performance hybrid.
In Tokyo, Nissan also showed off another battery E.V. in concept form: the very narrow and lightweight one-seat Land Glider. Like a Smart car on a diet, this whimsical prototype can lean into turns and is designed, said Nissan, to “reduce traffic congestion and promote effective use of parking space.” Videos show the Land Glider canting over dramatically in corners, so it could be a challenge for people prone to motion sickness.
Not displayed in Tokyo, but mentioned in Mr. Ghosn’s speech, was an electric version of Nissan’s NV200 van/work truck, which was shown in a concept sketch. Mr. Ghosn said the multipurpose vehicle would be useful for “van and taxi drivers to enter urban areas where carbon dioxide emissions are restricted.”
Mr. Ghosn said Nissan would begin taking reservations for the Leaf battery car in the United States, Japan and Europe early next year, with actual deliveries beginning late in 2010. According to Steve Oldham, a spokesman for Nissan, the Leaf being shown in Tokyo is a static display. The company will be showcasing the Leaf technology in a Nissan Versa for a United States tour that begins in Los Angeles on Nov. 13.
Nissan also said in Tokyo on Tuesday that it would join with the Sumitomo Corporation to recycle used lithium-ion batteries from E.V.’s for use in “energy-storage solutions” worldwide.
See photos of Nissan LandGlider Concept Car.
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Mr. Ghosn provided few details about the car. “For now, I can tell you that it will be a compact luxury car, a stylish, high-performance four-seater with zero emissions,” he said in Tokyo on Wednesday. Will the compact Infiniti be based on the compact Leaf? “We didn’t make that announcement,” said Kyle Bazemore, a spokesman for Infiniti. “But since we are working on the Leaf, it would be a natural assumption that it is based on that technology.” It seems likely, however, that the Infiniti version will add extra horsepower. “The brand promises inspired performance, and we think there is a market for that,” Mr. Bazemore said.
Infiniti could not provide a target date for the E.V. or in which markets it might appear. But the luxury division is playing catch-up with green cars. Earlier this month, Infiniti announced that the M37 and M56 cars to appear next April would be joined in the spring of 2011 by the M35, a rear-wheel-drive luxury and high-performance hybrid.
In Tokyo, Nissan also showed off another battery E.V. in concept form: the very narrow and lightweight one-seat Land Glider. Like a Smart car on a diet, this whimsical prototype can lean into turns and is designed, said Nissan, to “reduce traffic congestion and promote effective use of parking space.” Videos show the Land Glider canting over dramatically in corners, so it could be a challenge for people prone to motion sickness.
Not displayed in Tokyo, but mentioned in Mr. Ghosn’s speech, was an electric version of Nissan’s NV200 van/work truck, which was shown in a concept sketch. Mr. Ghosn said the multipurpose vehicle would be useful for “van and taxi drivers to enter urban areas where carbon dioxide emissions are restricted.”
Mr. Ghosn said Nissan would begin taking reservations for the Leaf battery car in the United States, Japan and Europe early next year, with actual deliveries beginning late in 2010. According to Steve Oldham, a spokesman for Nissan, the Leaf being shown in Tokyo is a static display. The company will be showcasing the Leaf technology in a Nissan Versa for a United States tour that begins in Los Angeles on Nov. 13.
Nissan also said in Tokyo on Tuesday that it would join with the Sumitomo Corporation to recycle used lithium-ion batteries from E.V.’s for use in “energy-storage solutions” worldwide.
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