Nissan Go Route One to Electric Cars

Not for them the hybrid, or the low-emission variants of its production cars, Nissan is going straight for the electric car market.
And it could be a serious player in 2011.So what backs this confidence in electric?

Nissan has taken an interesting approach to green cars, says the Green Car Guide The casual observer could be forgiven for thinking that the company is not making any effort to turn its cars green. Nissan does not have any hybrids, or even any super-low emission model variants on the market in the UK at the moment. The company has instead chosen to miss out the intermediate stage of low emission internal combustion engine models, and has gone straight for an all-out electric vehicle.

Green Car Guide has test driven the Evo-02 . For a full report click here now.

In-car green technology can help drivers reduce fuel consumption and carbon emissions


Occasionally,through these pages we report on products,though not cars, non-the-less help drivers to drive more efficiently.The eco:Drive is one such product. Last reported here on March 27th 2008

Launched in 2008 by Fiat in conjunction with digital agency AKQA, eco:Drive is a free to use tool that helps motorists to understand the impact of their driving style on fuel consumption and exhaust emissions.

Using a USB memory stick plugged into the car’s Blue&Me port, eco:Drive records information about the vehicle and how it has been driven, which can be regularly uploaded on to a computer. Using this information, the system gives a detailed analysis of the driver’s performance, along with suggestions on how to improve efficiency even further by changing driving habits.

We are delighted to report that eco:Drive, a truly interactive tool and not just an advertising gimmic for Fiat, is doing well, and was recently awarded a top award at the Cannes Lions Awards . For more information on eco:drive click here

GM's progress towards ultra-low emission vehicles

GM’s HydroGen4,reportsthe Green-Car-Guide, represents one of the next steps after the Ampera in GM’s progress towards ultra-low emission vehicles. More than 100 HydroGen4 vehicles are now under test, and Green-Car-Guide has driven one, as the European part of the world’s largest fuel cell vehicle fleet starts operation. For a fascinating and full report on this hydrogen-powered but essentially electric vehicle you can go from here to the Green-Car-Guide website