06 Nov 09 10:58
Nissan electric van sketch
Nissan has released a concept sketch of a light commercial electric vehicle based on the newly launched NV200.
The low-cost multi-purpose vehicle would allow ambulance drivers to drive directly into the hospital or van and taxi drivers to enter urban areas where CO2 emissions are restricted.
The van is one of four electric vehicles Nissan has announced for the future. At the Tokyo Motor Show, Carlos Ghosn, president and CEO of Nissan, said the Leaf - the world's first mass market affordable EV - will be launched in Japan and the US in late 2010, Europe in 2011 with global mass-marketing beginning in 2012.
Ghosn also announced plans to release a four-seater Infiniti electric compact car, as well as the Land Glider, a new concept that uses an aircraft-style joystick and leans on cornering.
