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TEMPE, AZ - The U.S. Department of Energy has expanded the EV Project to include two new cities -- Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. -- and has broadened the offer of free home chargers to include qualified new owners of the Chevrolet Volt electric vehicle with extended-range capability.
Read More →SMYRNA, TN - Nissan Motor Co. on May 26 broke ground on the project that brings Nissan Leaf production to the United States.
Read More →FRANKLIN, TN - Nissan Motor Co., which will start selling its Leaf electric car this year, aims to cut the cost of the vehicle's lithium-ion battery pack to less than $370 per kilowatt-hour to make a profit from the model, according to Bloomberg.
Read More →FRANKLIN, TN - Nissan North America Inc. opened reservations for the Nissan Leaf zero-emission, all-electric vehicle on May 15 to the general public.
Read More →FRANKLIN, TN - Nissan Motor Co. said on April 23 that buyers have already reserved more than 20 percent of the first year's production of its Leaf electric vehicle, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Read More →FRANKLIN, TN - Nissan North America Inc. announced U.S. pricing for the 2011 Nissan Leaf electric vehicle, which becomes available for purchase or lease at Nissan dealers in select markets in December and nationwide in 2011.
Read More →TOKYO - Nissan is planning for a production capacity of 500,000 Leaf electric cars in North America, Japan and Europe by 2012, the Chicago Tribune reported.
Read More →PARK RIDGE, NJ - The Hertz Corp. said it has entered a joint commitment with Nissan to bring zero-emission mobility to car rental in the U.S. and Europe by early 2011.
Read More →BOSTON - The Renault-Nissan Alliance announced that Nissan is entering into an agreement with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to promote development of an electric-vehicle charging network and policies to support widespread adoptions of electric cars.
Read More →WASHINGTON - Energy Sec. Steven Chu announced that the Department of Energy has closed a $1.4 billion loan agreement with Nissan North America to help retool a Nissan Tennessee manufacturing plant to produce Nissan Leaf electric cars and the lithium-ion battery packs to power them.
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