Nissan and NEC to work on new batteries together
Just-Auto is reporting that Nissan has approached electronics giant NEC to work on new lithium-ion batteries together. This would certainly help Nissan in its goal to add more hybrid and fuel cell cars, as well as an all-electric within three years.
As you may recall, Nissan has been borrowing its hybrid technology from Toyota and announced that it would like to do an in-house hybrid in the near future. Next came the announcement that a plug-in would be on its way in the next three years. This partnership between NEC and Nissan would cover the development, production and marketing of the batteries. It looks like a joint venture factory will also open sometime in 2010. In the rush to take advantage of new breakthroughs in battery technology, cozying up to NEC seems like a particularly shrewd move for this Japanese automaker.
[Source: Just-Auto, sub req]
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Ardito Saetta 7:04PM (12/21/2006)
Oh, really compliments to Nissan:
http://autonovita.blogosfere.it/2006/12/nissan-piu-nec-uguale-auto-ibrida.html
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Andy 11:22PM (12/21/2006)
Is NEC still around? Couldn't tell.
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Dustin 12:27AM (12/22/2006)
why do they make dumb decisions?
what they need is this: http://www.physorg.com/news3539.html It charges almost instantly. http://www.phoenixmotorcars.com/ Phoenix motorcars have been using nanolithium batteries, and they are phenomenal
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