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Nissan: Killin’ It With Electric Cars

by David Heyerman on November 20, 2008

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Nissan’s been making serious moves lately in the electric car scene.
They announced their next generation of environmental vehicles back in August, which they plan to supply to the US by 2010, and globally by 2012.
They’ve already partnered to provide electric vehicles to esteemed San Francisco startup, Project Better Place, who just announced today they’ll be building a $1 billion car charging network in the Bay Area.
Nissan’s president and CEO, Carolos Ghosn, recently made a trip to China, where the company plans to supply electric vehicles by 2012.
Just yesterday, Nissan announced they will develop an electric vehicle charging network in partnership with the state of Oregon and utility, Portland General Electric.
It’s been an incredibly exciting day for everyone into the cleantech car scene, even more exciting for those living within the San Francisco and Portland metropolitan areas. It seems to me that Nissan has been either lightly or heavily involved with most of the recent buzz. Will these moves position Nissan to dominate the cleantech car industry, or will other manufacturers, ie Toyota, Honda easily catch up?

by Jason Wilk on November 20, 2008

Project Better Place and it’s innovative electric car infrastructure, has struck a deal with California’s Bay Area.
The company is to set up a $1 billion charging network for electric cars throughout San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose with car availability beginning in 2012.
Our system will be unlike Australia, Denmark and Israel (who have also signed on), who’s Better Place system will revolve around electric-vehicle battery swapping stations for new low-priced EV’s made by Nissan-Renault.
Better Place will support all types of electric cars in California, allowing charging of cars with either fixed or replaceable batteries.
It looks like the electric car might be making its debut into the mainstream by 2012. It’s about damn time something good comes out of the corrupted California Air Resources Board.

by David Heyerman on November 19, 2008

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Governor of Michigan, Jennifer Granholm, took a trip to Israel over the weekend to meet with Project Better Place’s CEO, Shai Agassi.
Jennifer blogged about her experience saying, “We want to reduce our state’s and our nation’s dependence on foreign oil, and the advanced battery has the potential to do just that. We talked about future partnerships that might be viable for Michigan, and in Michigan, we know that new energy means new jobs.”
Interesting trip considering vice chairmen of GM, Bob Lutz, has been trash talking the project for a while now
Agassi’s already signed on Israel, Denmark, and Australia as partners with the electric car network.
Shai recently announced that the United States could implement the system for around $100 Billion, with San Francisco as a test location, for $1.5 Billion.