Of course, the model presented these days by Nissan at the foot of the famous Golden Gate of San Francisco was little interest: it was a modified bodywork from the model Cube, although forms little aerodynamic. Nevertheless, this demonstration vehicle was well equipped with an electric motor and especially a rechargeable battery, using a simple taken connected on the classical network.
Battery lithium-ion, very flat it will be housed under the car is a partnership with NEC, the manufacture in series. Mark Perry, Director of the Advanced Technology Research of Nissan USA, ensure that technological research on electric vehicle are made in common with Renault, but each retains its own strategy of marketing two trademarks.
If it is not yet known forms of the first series of Nissan vehicle, it should offer an elegant line, five places and all the elements of comfort of a car gasoline in the same category. Autonomy would be 150 kilometres, sufficient to cover the daily movements of 75 of American drivers, according to statistics from the constructor.
On the financial plan, Nissan ensures that the vehicle will be competitive... taking into account tax credit of 7,500 dollars offered by the American Government to each owner of a motor vehicle. At the level of the operation, the cost of electric recharge should be lower than that of the fuel pump as long as the price will be higher than $ 1.10 per gallon, which corresponds to a barrel of crude oil at about $ 30.
Ambitious strategy
Nissan has big ambitions for its electric cars. If the constructor implementation on tens of thousands of copies in the first marketing year, it is 10 of its total production with electric models from 2015. Either at the current level of this production, approximately 400,000 vehicles per year.
To succeed as a bet, the performance of its model will not suffice. The quality of the infrastructure to ensure the driver that he will never be penalized. This is why Nissan is currently negotiating with several large US operators of electrical distribution a genuine strategy of adaptive infrastructure deployment. California is privileged with a first agreement already concluded with San Diego Gas and Electric, the electricity company committing to deploy bounds on the car parks of commercial and other centres public places. The issue of such a deployment is to ensure that these facilities are both standardized, to suit all the constructors, and sufficient models to avoid the queues. To be able to dispose of it at home.
Nissan introduced prototypes of such terminals to be installed in a garage, whose cost does not exceed a few hundred dollars (an additional federal tax credit could make it free). "With 220 volt adapter, reloading time shall not exceed 4 hours", assures Mark Perry.
In fact, in 2010, the Japanese offensive in the United States should be wider. Mitsubishi, Toyota and Honda will also launch their electric models, at least in California, and plug-in hybrid models (plug-in). As General Motors, close to a balance sheet deposit, ambitions are limited to a few thousand copies in 2011 for its hybrid Volt.
In addition to California, many other American States in particular on the East Coast, prepare this new market by encouraging their electric operators to deploy the necessary infrastructure. It goes hand in hand with an accelerated informatization of the national distribution network, so that it can manage these new drinks and very modular rates. Still necessary that drivers connect on these projects.
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