October 21, 2009
Nissan's wild Land Glider concept (left) will be transformed into a real EV that the automaker will bring to market in the next few years, part of a stable of four electric cars - including a luxury Infiniti model - the automaker intends to build as it begins its drive to electrify.
The Infiniti EV and Land Glider-based Nissan model were announced by Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn during the Tokyo auto show press preview this morning.
The company, which was late to market a hybrid, intends to use battery-electric cars, starting with the already developed Nissan Leaf, as a way to catch up to or even surpass Toyota and Honda in the fuel efficiency race. Ghosn has said he believes electric drive will grow to be the dominant automotive propulsion system.
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- John O'Dell October 21, 2009, 11:01 AM
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October 7, 2009
Nissan's first self-developed hybrid system will make its debut in 2011 in the company's luxury line, under the hood of the 2012 Infiniti M35 sedan, the automaker said this morning.
The hybrid version of the car will hit the streets a year after the redesigned, conventionally powered M35 is launched next spring as a 2011 model.
Infiniti describes its first-ever hybrid system, developed entirely within Nissan (the system in the Nissan Altima hybrid was licensed from Toyota), as a single electric motor-dual clutch arrangement with the first clutch installed between the electric motor and gas engine.
The company is withholding information about range, power, battery size and capacity, transmission design and performance - likely so it can get a second splash in the automotive media when the numbers are released.
But Green Car Advisior was in Japan on a Nissan-sponsored trip last year when the company first showed off its new hybrid system, in a G35 (back then it was slated to appear in the Infiniti lineup in a 2010 model, so it is coming two years later than initially expected). Here's what we reported about the system back then:
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- John O'Dell October 7, 2009, 1:11 PM
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