Nissan has announced plans for introducing electric battery cargo van in the US. The Nissan battery plant in Smyrna. opened in the spring of 2013 and is the largest Li-ion automotive battery plant North America and the only plant controlled by a carmaker.
Nissan Motor Co. and Renault SA are finding ways to reduce battery costs and share more components between electric vehicles, but they don't plan to shutter battery factories in the U.S. and U.K.
Nissan's ambitious electric vehicle program has been a signature initiative of Carlos Ghosn,
the chief executive at both Renault and Nissan.
Nissan Motor Co. and Renault SA are finding ways to reduce battery costs and share more components between electric vehicles, but they don't plan to shutter battery factories in the U.S. and U.K.
Nissan's ambitious electric vehicle program has been a signature initiative of Carlos Ghosn,
the chief executive at both Renault and Nissan.
pokesman Travis Parman said in a statement. "The Renault-Nissan Alliance remains 100 percent committed to its industry-leading EV program," s
"This global commitment continues for the foreseeable future, and we have not taken any decision whatsoever to modify battery sourcing allocation."
Parman said Nissan has no plans to "impair" its battery investments in the United States or Britain.
His comments came after media reports suggested that the Renault-Nissan alliance was re-evaluating its battery strategy.
The proposal under consideration includes curtailing production at Nissan-operated battery plants in England and the United States in order to instead purchase electric vehicle batteries from the Korean company LG Chem.
The speculation about Nissan's cutbacks circulated as Tesla, the electric vehicle maker based in Palo Alto, outside San Francisco, joins with Panasonic to build a new $5 billion battery factory in Nevada set to build 500,000 batteries a year by 2020.
company's founder billionaire Elon Musk sales Tesla currently sells about 1,500 vehicles per month but has new smaller, less expensive models on the drawing board,
Parman noted in US Nissan Leaf having set records for 18 consecutive months and it is the best-selling electric vehicle. In august Leaf sales are up 34 percent . Parman said in three of the last four months electric-powered Leaf sales have topped 3,000 units.
"This global commitment continues for the foreseeable future, and we have not taken any decision whatsoever to modify battery sourcing allocation."
Parman said Nissan has no plans to "impair" its battery investments in the United States or Britain.
His comments came after media reports suggested that the Renault-Nissan alliance was re-evaluating its battery strategy.
The proposal under consideration includes curtailing production at Nissan-operated battery plants in England and the United States in order to instead purchase electric vehicle batteries from the Korean company LG Chem.
The speculation about Nissan's cutbacks circulated as Tesla, the electric vehicle maker based in Palo Alto, outside San Francisco, joins with Panasonic to build a new $5 billion battery factory in Nevada set to build 500,000 batteries a year by 2020.
company's founder billionaire Elon Musk sales Tesla currently sells about 1,500 vehicles per month but has new smaller, less expensive models on the drawing board,
Parman noted in US Nissan Leaf having set records for 18 consecutive months and it is the best-selling electric vehicle. In august Leaf sales are up 34 percent . Parman said in three of the last four months electric-powered Leaf sales have topped 3,000 units.
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