Nissan is acting aggressively to reduce CO2 emissions, clean exhaust emissions, and respond to future energy problems through research and development in four technological areas: fuel cells, electricity, hybrid technologies and natural gas. For clean energy vehicles to come into more widespread use, matters such as vehicle durability, price, driving range, technical issues and the establishment of fuel supply centers for these vehicles must all be addressed. In cooperation with other industries, we are continuing efforts in R&D and commercialization meet future needs.
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The fuel cell vehicle (FCV) is expected to play an increasingly important role as a clean energy vehicle. The greatest feature of the FCV is that its sole emission is water, produced through the generation of electric energy in a chemical reaction of hydrogen and oxygen. The Nissan FCV employs elements of a variety of technologies, including electric vehicle (EV), hybrid electric vehicle (HEV), and compressed natural gas vehicle (CNGV) technology.
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Powered by combination of a gasoline engine and electric motor, the main advantages of hybrid vehicles are their low CO2 emissions and clean exhaust gas. Nissan's efforts in the area of hybrid technology include development of the Neo Hybrid system and marketing of the Tino Hybrid in 2000.
Powered by combination of a gasoline engine and electric motor, the main advantages of hybrid vehicles are their low CO2 emissions and clean exhaust gas emissions. To increase the number of hybrids in the global market, Nissan formed a technical partnership with Toyota Motor Corporation, which will provide some hybrid powertrain components for the Altima Hybrid to be built and marketed in the US in early 2007. With acceleration capacity equivalent to a V-6 engine, the Altima Hybrid sedan gives fuel economy as good as that of compact cars.
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In Japan, we have improved the technology used in the Sentra CA and introduced the Bluebird Sylphy, which has emissions reduced 50% from the Japanese "Ultra-Low Emission Vehicle (U-LEV)" standard, set by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.
In December 2003, the Bluebird Sylphy was certified as Japan's first super ultra-low emission vehicle (SU-LEV) by reducing exhaust emissions to 75% below the level in the 2005 exhaust emissions standards.
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The amount of NOx emissions from compressed natural gas vehicles (CNGVs) are considerably less than those from vehicles that run on diesel. What is more, CNGVs discharge almost no soot into the air. Nissan has taken an active role in the research and development, and subsequent commercialization, of higher performance CNGVs.
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