Nissan still going to develop electric and hybrid vehicles

While numerous executives at Nissan have been hybrid skeptical, Nissan is still going to begin a five year green program which will include the production of hybrid vehicles, electric vehicles, fuel cell vehicles, and bio-ethanol vehicles. While Nissan remains a bit cautious regarding hybrid cars and their electric motors, the company has also acknowledged that electric motors very well could replace internal combustion engines.

In 2007, Nissan will offer the Altima hybrid in some states, but that hybrid is mainly being built to meet the tougher emissions requirements in some states, and the hybrid Altima is being built from leased Toyota technology.

(AFP)