Nissan new electric car unveiled today..
This car able to travel 100 miles (160 kilometers) on a full charge, and it plans to start sales in the U.S., Europe and Japan next year. Nissan spent 17 years developing the car’s lithium-ion battery, which it expects to help make the automaker the biggest supplier of electric vehicles.
The car’s lithium-ion battery pack can be fully recharged at a 200-volt outlet in eight hours, or in less than 30 minutes from a so-called fast-charge station, according to Nissan. The automaker is preparing to produce about 350,000 electric vehicles a year globally.
Nissan aims to sell a hybrid car using its own system in fiscal 2010 in Japan and the U.S. Nissan has said that it plans to make 100,000 electric cars a year by 2012.
Source :- Bloomberg
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