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Automakers in Japan See Two Paths to 'Green' Cars

Tōkyō : Japan | about 1 month ago  
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  • Carlos Ghosn
    Carlos Ghosn
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  • Carlos Ghosn, Chairman and CEO of Renault-Nissan, participates in a panel discussion at the Clinton Global Initiative, in New York
    Carlos Ghosn, Chairman and CEO of Renault-Nissan, participates in a ...
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  • Chambers, Chairman and CEO of Cisco, Ghosn, Chairman and CEO of Renault-Nissan and Immelt, Chairman and CEO of General Electric, participate in a panel discussion in New York
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Carlos Ghosn
At the Tokyo Motor Show, which starts Wednesday, Toyota is banking on gasoline-electric hybrids — and Nissan and Honda on fully electric cars — as Japan’s top automakers jostle to dominate the next phase in green technology...The show will be marked by a stark absence of non-Japanese car manufacturers,...
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    Ghosn said electric vehicles will likely account for 10 percent of the global auto market by 2020. Key to their proliferation is battery technology, which Nissan has been working on for 20 years, he said. ...
  • Blog Source: www.drive.com.au
    "If you want to go for the electric car, or even for the fuel-cell car, the heart of the system is the battery," Ghosn said. Nissan, Japan's third largest automaker, plans to launch its first electric car, the Leaf, in late 2010. ...
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    Ahead of Tokyo Motor Show, Japanese automakers like Toyota , Honda, Nissan, Mitsubishi etc. are preparing to introduce their concept electric cars. However, there is less possibility that the companies would bring these models into ...
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