Nissan

Nissan

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Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Japan's second-largest automotive company, is headquartered in Yokohama, Japan, and is part of the Renault-Nissan Alliance. Operating with more than 244,500 employees globally, Nissan sold 5.32 million vehicles and generated revenue of 11.38 trillion yen (USD 103.6 billion) in fiscal 2014. Nissan delivers a comprehensive range of more than 60 models under the Nissan, Infiniti and Datsun brands. Nissan leads the world in zero-emission mobility, dominated by sales of the LEAF, the first mass-market, pure-electric vehicle. It is the best-selling EV in history with almost 50% share of the zero-emission vehicle segment.
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2016
8 Nov 2016

The bus of the future

Buses are very important. Injuries and deaths from two wheelers have not reduced very much in decades whereas vehicles with four wheels or more have seen huge improvements.
3 Nov 2016

IDTechEx Show! Features Winning Solar Racing Car

Debuts in North America; Event Also Features Presentations from Major Car Companies Including Ford, Nissan, Porsche and Toyota
3 Nov 2016

Silicon valley: doctor heal thyself

Silicon Valley in California spawns the awesome giants that hold the future in their hands but they cannot solve their traffic problem.
6 Oct 2016

Low-emissions vehicles are less expensive overall

You might think cars with low carbon emissions are expensive. Think again.
22 Aug 2016

Nissan and Eaton collaboration in developing energy storage solutions

The energy storage solution provides a second-life for Nissan electric vehicle batteries and in combination with Eaton's leading uninterruptible power supply capabilities, provides an industrialised energy control and storage solution for managing data centres.
19 Aug 2016

Prototype high-performance electric vehicle debuts in Rio de Janeiro

Nissan Motor Co Ltd has unveiled the working prototype of its futuristic BladeGlider vehicle, combining zero-emissions with high-performance in a revolutionary sports car design.
15 Aug 2016

Is vertical integration by car companies into batteries premature?

Management theory says that a manufacturing company should only vertically integrate - like Tesla with its Gigafactory - when the technology is mature so you can pare off the last pennies in cost without the technology being superceded.
26 Jul 2016

Who will win the battery gigafactory race?

Dr Peter Harrop, Chairman of analysts IDTechEx, was interviewed on 27 July by BBC Television World News in a live program transmitted worldwide speaking on the new Tesla gigafactory.
7 Jul 2016

Nissan cuts carbon dioxide emissions by 22.4%

Nissan Motor Co Ltd has published its annual Sustainability Report showing that the global automaker's carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions have fallen by 22.4% over the past decade.
6 Jul 2016

Light truck with fuel cell, battery and supercapacitor

An electric vehicle with three energy storage systems shows the complexity of commanding different control systems in only one vehicle. Both new systems can supply the required energy to propel the electric motor and the fuel cell system can also recharge the high-voltage battery.
4 Jul 2016

Hybrid and electric systems R&D at the U.S.-DOE

This paper first presented at EVS29 Montreal Canada provides an overview of the Fiscal Years 2015-2016 Hybrid and Electric Systems research and development activities - with emphasis on its advanced electric drive research -funded by the Vehicles Technologies Office of the U.S. Department of Energy.
23 Jun 2016

China: booming delivery trucks: naughty battery tricks

At EVS29 here in Montreal Canada the six parallel conferences are world class even though the exhibition is modest.
22 Jun 2016

Battery vehicle now viable for very long distances

At IDTechEx we believe that there is an excellent solution being proved for the long distance battery vehicle, starting with trucks.
20 Jun 2016

Battery Vehicle Work Rounds for Very Long Range

In this article IDTechEx discusses the presentation by Siemens at EVS29 in Montreal on their solution for the long distance battery vehicle.
13 Jun 2016

Automechanika and Subcon Birmingham

DTechEx attended the Automechanika and the unfortunately named Subcon exhibitions in Birmingham UK 5-7 June 2016.
8 Jun 2016

Report on SMMT Open Forum UK

The SMMT Open Forum at Automechanika Birmingham UK on the 7th June 2016 opened with an SMMT view of the saturated UK car market, currently in a temporary up phase.
9 May 2016

Some automakers must change course urgently

As more automakers get embroiled in the discreditation of diesel, IDTechEx looks at their very different strategies and considers how some of these strategies now look in urgent need of review.
27 Apr 2016

AVERE e-Mobility Conference Amsterdam 13-14.4.16

IDTechEx report on their attendance at the AVERE e-Mobility Conference in Amsterdam.
11 Feb 2016

A road trip through Europe with an electric car

Six friends traveled Europe in the electric Kia Soul EV to show that an electric road trip is possible, this is their account of their journey.
18 Jan 2016

Hitachi Vehicle Energy, Ltd.