Nissan goes green: a new hybrid, electric vehicle and fuel-cell stack

By Wayne Cunningham on 07 August 2008

At this year's New York Auto Show, Nissan showed off an electric vehicle concept and committed to developing one for production. This week, Nissan demonstrated it was doing more than blowing smoke by showing off its electric research vehicle, a prototype of its new hybrid system, and a new fuel-cell that costs less while offering greater power density.

Image 1 - Nissan goes green: a new hybrid, electric vehicle and fuel-cell stack

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Nissan expects to offer an electric vehicle by 2010, with mass market production in 2012. The vehicle above is a research vehicle used to develop the electric powertrain and is based upon the Japanese-market Cube city car.

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