Via Detnews
Battery grants give Mich. a charge
Advanced electric car technology is key to economic future
Gov. Jennifer Granholm
There was a seismic shift Wednesday in Michigan. Did you feel it?
The epicenter was Detroit where Vice President Joe Biden announced that a dozen projects across Michigan would receive more than $1.35 billion in federal grants for advanced battery and electric vehicle manufacturing.
At that moment, the world center of a global industry with huge growth prospects shifted from the shores of the Asian Pacific to the shores of the Great Lakes. Michigan will now become the advanced battery capital of the world.
The Centrist says hold the presses..on June 23, 2009, President Obama announced $1.6B to Nissan which will build a $1B lithium ion battery factory in Smyrna, TN.
On August 3, 2009, Nissan unveiled the EV Leaf:
Via Good Clean Tech
Nissan Motor Co unveiled the zero-emission Leaf, its highly anticipated electric car, on Sunday. Reuters reports that Nissan will begin selling the first Leaf vehicles in the U.S., Japan, and Europe toward the end of 2010, and follow up with two models after that.
The Leaf is a five-door hatchback with some family resemblance to the Nissan Versa. The report said that the car will have a top speed approaching 80 miles per hour and a range of at least 100 miles.
Nissan is targeting 200,000 units per year once the car hits the rest of the world in 2012, according to the report. There is no word yet on pricing, but if Nissan plays its cards right, this one should end up right in the thick of the mass market–as opposed to the $40,000 Chevy Volt or the $57,400 Tesla Model S sedan. (Pricing remains a question mark for all of these cars, in fact, since we’re still pretty far from release dates.)Read More..
Via MotorTrend
July 8, 2009
In the U.S., Nissan has received around $1.6 billion in federal aid to develop fuel-efficient vehicles. With the funds, Nissan plans to build a $1 billion lithium ion battery factory in Smyrna, Tennessee.
Centrist Note: Smyrna is the location of a large manufacturing facility owned by Nissan, and has been since 1982. Many of the businesses in the town are related to manufacturing. Nissan has attracted other companies which support their plant, such as Square D and PREMIER System Integrators. Nissan plans to expand the Smyrna facility for the Nissan Leaf, an electric car to be released in 2010; this will involve expanded manufacturing and a new battery facility
"We’ve got batteries, and we need government support," said Andy Palmer, senior vice president and head of product planning at Nissan, "It’s kind of a perfect storm. Everything came together at the right time."
Last month, the automaker set up its first battery production facility in Tokyo at a cost of around $110 million and is now looking to establish four new plants in Europe to service the region.
Insiders say the most likely locations will be in the area of Nissan’s longstanding factories in the U.K. and Spain. Unlike car factories, those making batteries will only need to produce around 65,000 to 130,000 units annually to be competitive and viable.
Via Rutherford County Democratic Party.org
June 23, 2009
Nissan Smyrna to get $1.6 billion in federal loans
President Barack Obama announced today the first set of auto loans for improvements in car technology. Nissan’s Smyrna plant will receive $1.6 billion in loans from the Department of Energy program.
$1.6 billion to Nissan North America to retool their Smyrna, Tennessee factory to build advanced electric automobiles and to build an advanced battery manufacturing facility.
The federal funds could produce 1,000 new jobs in Rutherford County and protect the jobs and the area families who depend on them.
A $1.6 billion federal loan for Nissan North America Inc. to build a zero-emissions electric car and battery packs to power them could eventually create more than 1,000 new jobs at the automaker’s assembly complex in Tennessee.
Gov. Phil Bredesen issued the following statement:
“The loans announced today will have a tremendous, positive impact on Nissan and our state’s automotive industry. Best of all, this means 1,300 more jobs for Tennessee workers and expands our growing clean energy economy. I’m especially pleased these advanced vehicle technology loans will expand the existing Nissan plant in Smyrna and add a new state-of-the-art battery plant. It also complements the state’s efforts to develop electric vehicle infrastructure for the type of zero emission vehicles that will be built in Smyrna.”
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