Nissan and the state of Tennessee are collaborating in a venture that will make ultra-clean electric cars and zero-emission vehicles more viable alternatives for buyers. Under the agreement, charging stations for plug-in hybrid and all-electric vehicles, such as Nissan’s own electric car based on the Cube and due out in 2012.
This represents the fourth such agreement Nissan has made thus far, meant to encourage customers to buy electric vehicles. Under the deal, the state would help install charging stations in central Tennessee, centering around Nashville, says a Detroit News report.
Nissan concluded similar talks with Portugal that will have the country’s government study ways to set up a national charging station network by 2011, when Nissan will sell its electric car there. Nearly identical deals were made with Renault-branded electric vehicles in Israel and Denmark.
The automaker has not revealed the exact model of car it will sell in an electric layout, but does expect to launch the car in a limited run of a few hundred models in 2010, growing to thousands in 2011 and tens of thousands by 2012.
07/22, 2:26 PM
posted by:
beatusmongous
Only the state of Tennessee? I know they build some Nissans in Tennessee, but why just that state? Is there that much of a market for EVs in Tennessee?
07/22, 2:30 PM
posted by:
xyunya
AL Gore comes from Tn. Makes sense.
07/22, 2:33 PM
posted by:
TomF
This sentence makes zero sense:
“Under the agreement, charging stations for plug-in hybrid and all-electric vehicles, such as Nissan’s own electric car based on the Cube and due out in 2012.”
The quality of writing on LLN is atrocious. It’s like reading a sixth-grade classroom newsletter sometimes. Can’t ANYBODY do a little copyediting?
07/22, 2:42 PM
posted by:
HemiRoadRunner
^^^ Huuked on fonix wurked four meee!
07/23, 10:01 AM
posted by:
Z06ified
Somebody shoot that Cube and put it out of its misery. That was a mistake born by Nissan – they didn’t really mean to create it. If I see these things out on the road, I’m going to be sick.
07/23, 10:05 AM
posted by:
HemiRoadRunner
I want the new Nissan Ploygon. Or how about the upcoming 2011 Nissan Rhombus. Or the Nissan Trapezoid concept. Those are all super cool.
07/23, 10:06 AM
posted by:
HemiRoadRunner
^^^ Polygon, my bad
07/23, 4:37 PM
posted by:
beatusmongous
What about the Nissan Parabola, or the Nissan Torus?…
Wait…
Anyway, I hate the exterior of the Cube, but I love the interior, which to me is more important because that’s where I spend the most time in regards to my car.