Further on today’s results conference at Nissan, I could regale (or most likely bore) you with what you will hear from just about any Japanese carmaker, and possibly from non-Japanese carmakers as well: Last year was a good year, the March 11 tsunami makes this year a challenging year, but what will not kill us makes us stronger, and in ancient China, crisis and opportunity were one and the same.
Now this is Nissan and Carlos Ghosn who has bet a farm in France and one in Japan on the future of the electric car. Ghosn made a few points today that are well worth noting. He talked about nukes, CO2, blackouts – and batteries.
Posted in Electric Vehicles, France, Japan, Leaf, News Blog, Nissan
Tagged as Battery, Bertel Schmitt, Electric Vehicle, EV, financial results FY 2011, Japan, Nissa, nuclear
Tagged as Battery, Bertel Schmitt, Electric Vehicle, EV, financial results FY 2011, Japan, Nissa, nuclear
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