Nissan to Push Gas Alternatives
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Nissan wants to leapfrog Toyota and Honda in fuel efficient vehicles by developing plug-in hybrids, electric vehicles, and a fuel cell car. But which technology is friend to the environment? In Autopia.
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TOKYO Nissan Motor, Japan&#39;s second- largest carmaker, may be forced to cut production for a second time in four months because it cannot get enough steel, raising concern about the company&#39;s supply strategy.
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Automaker will team with SoCal utility to announce on Monday plans for "plug-in" hybrid vehicle technology.
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Japanese carmaker Nissan sees rising global car sales offset growing material costs and energy bills
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BEIJING, Dec. 14 -- General Motors and DaimlerChrysler will jointly develop a gasoline-electric powered car to match Toyota and Honda in so-called hybrid vehicles that save fuel and cut emissions.
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Nissan Motor Co.  outlined plans on Monday to launch its own hybrid, bio-ethanol and other "green" cars as it seeks to dash its image as an environmental laggard behind Toyota Motor Corp.  and Honda Motor Co.
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PARIS, Sep 25 (IPS) - When French car company Renault SA and its Japanese  partner, Nissan Motor Co., announced their intention to build a  joint assembly plant in Tangier, Morocco at an estimated cost of  1 billion euros, it was a substantial enough investment to make  auto industry analysts take notice.
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Tokyo - Japan&#39;s Nissan Motor said on Thursday that the company may have to suspend some production next March in addition to already announced suspensions, due to parts shortages, resulting in a decline of about Â¥6 billion (R339.8 million) in annual sales
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The cars, SUVS and pickups people will buy in the years ahead are likely to use less fuel, and many will rely on ethanol or household electricity instead of gasoline. The energy legislation pushed through the Senate this week provides a roadmap to the future, demanding higher automobile fuel economy, mandating huge increases in ethanol as a motor fuel and supporting more research into building "plug-in" hybrid-electric vehicles.
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The EPA wants to increase the minimum amount of alternative fuels used in vehicles, but the bar is set below the industry trend.
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Nissan Motor Co and Chrysler LLC are in preliminary discussions to supply cars, trucks and engines to each other, a source close to the talks said on Friday.
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The green sports car race is hyped this week with a hybrid Honda mean machine. Have fun, but hold off on the eco kudos -- these rides burn hydrocarbons. In Epicenter.
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TOKYO/DETROIT  - Two months of talks between   General Motors Corp., Renault SA and Nissan Motor Co. have   resulted in little progress toward a possible alliance,   according to the Wall Street Journal and Detroit News.
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If you want to grasp how Nissan rediscovered itself, "Shift" is the ticket. But if you expect a read as zippy as the styling of Nissan's latest automotive fleet, you'll be disappointed.
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General Motors and DaimlerChrysler are teaming up to develop fuel-saving hybrid technology for a range of vehicles. The engines are expected to help them compete with hybrid-vehicle leaders Toyota and Honda.
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Japanese automaker aims to match U.S. rival by rolling out a plug-in hybrid by 2010.
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While the number of flex fuel vehicles is growing, auto manufacturers should set a deadline for making all future vehicles capable of using some type of alternative fuel. In Autopia.