Comments on: Nissan Plans to Build EVs and Batteries in USA

By: certification

certification — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:54:21 +0000

Thank you for sharing.braindumps

By: Jason Perry

Jason Perry — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:24:33 +0000

Why do posters keep commenting on the clearly stated “mule” Nissan electric car. You can be sure the final car will look great as Nissan can produce a very cool looking car, look at the 2009 370Z

By: 51st State

51st State — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:45:39 +0000

A lot of awful cars are made in Canada, except the Camaro.

By: JackFlash

JackFlash — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:47:48 +0000

“An awful lot of cars are made in Ontario, including the Camaro.”

Like I said I was kidding, but thanks for making my point, what new model of Canadian car can we expect this year?

By: MuddyRoverRob

MuddyRoverRob — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:16:59 +0000

There is a fair amount of sense in bringing a single model to market first and then diversifying the line. If they tried to build a sedan and a pickup and a van all at once the engineers could not concentrate on the main goal which is to put out a real working polished product.

Why a small sedan? I think it’s as simple as saying we are building a ‘green’ car and keeping it small to make it ‘extra green’. Once Voltec is proven to the public then acceptance of other models is more likely.

I absolutely agree that a van and then a small pickup (crossover, SUV, etc) should be in the ‘pipeline’ after the Volt hits the road.

I do think the dual mode will be the way to go for a ‘work’ vehicle for the next few years. I’m thinking about trailer towing and heavier loads where a pure electric would at this point overwhelm existing battery technology and it would end up running the genset all the time anyway.

(Although this should to be tested to see whether an optimised genset would be more economical to run than the dual mode. I’d like to be wrong on that point!)