YOKOSUKA, JAPAN, played host today to a special preview of Nissan’s upcoming - and as yet unnamed - electric vehicle (EV) platform. Using a Tiida-based prototype during the development stages, Nissan confirmed today that the EV’s exterior styling will be revealed during the opening of the company’s Yokohama headquarters on August [...]

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NISSAN ANNOUNCED today that it plans to mass-produce a range of zero-emission electric vehicles from 2012, to be offered through its dealerships worldwide.

Chief Executive Officer Carlos Ghosn said Nissan would unveil its first electric vehicle in Japan on August 2, this year, and begin sales to the Japanese market next year.

The company will then move [...]

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Not this car and not this style: Nissan’s EV will be all-new.

NEWS FROM NISSAN Motor Co in Japan is that Nissan will be heading into new territory with the design of its upcoming electric vehicle. Instead of a slab-sided hybrid look, Nissan’s all-electric warrior will instead feature bold new “flowing” lines.

This suggests that earlier [...]

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