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Renault gets French government help to build battery plant
Renault-Nissan is linking with the French atomic energy authority and the French government funding body to build electric vehicle batteries at Flins and will also make its Zoe ZE EV there
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Nissan Leaf is first midsize electric vehicle, says maker
Japanese carmaker reckons its Leaf electric vehicle is the first truly affordable zero-emissions electric vehicle
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Nissan Cube will have new low-precious-metal catalyst
Car launching in November in Japan will be first application for catalyst idea that halves the amount of precious metal needed
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New compact car heads for UK plant from 2010
Nissan announces that new compact will replace the Micra in the Sunderland line-up while a new A-Class platform will go into five low-cost plants
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Nissan and partners put cash into lithium-ion
NEC and Nissan spend €75 million to bring lithium-ion batteries into full-scale production at a Japanese plant
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Renault and Nissan sign Indian deal for low cost car
The twosome are linking up with Bajaj to make a low-cost vehicle for Indian and other developing markets
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Changes bring Nissan pickup a higher safety rating
The Navara got stung by criticism from EuroNCAP, but Nissan has revised airbag arrangement and the vehicle has regained lost stars
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Nissan and Mitsubishi extend their exchange deal
They provide each other with small cars and light vans under a new product sharing agreement
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Renault and Nissan commit to their Indian car plant
The twosome sign the deal that commits them to a 400,000 a year plant in Tamil Nadu, though their Indian partner has pulled out
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Nissan's third shift at Sunderland creates 800 jobs
Booming sales of the Qashqai are behind an expansion which brings extra jobs to its UK manufacturing plant
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Nissan will build Latin American car for Chrysler
New product sharing agreement extends the existing deal to include a Versa-based vehicle for sale only in South America
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Renault, Nissan press on in India as Mahindra pulls out
The European and Japanese partners confirm their plans for a huge carmaking plant near Chennai, but their Indian partner decides to withdraw
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Nissan's cruise control can see around the bends
It's integrating its cruise control with radar and satnav systems to add intelligence to the system, and trying it out on the Fuga
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Nissan plans all-electric vehicle for next decade

Electric motors and battery developments are the key technologies, it says, as it unveils its Mixim concept vehicle
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Nissan will put Infiniti's Grand Tourer into Europe
GT-R is heading into Europe's showrooms with 3.8-litre V6 engine, pop-up hood and touch-screen dash. We have pictures
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"Back on track" Nissan sees first-half profits rise
The Japanese carmaker made ¥367.1 billion in the first half of 2007 and is back on track, says Carlos Ghosn
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Qashqai production soars in Japan
It's the car Nissan developed in the UK that's proving a big hit back in Japan
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Nissan looks to new diesel technology to meet SULEV
The Japanese carmaker has a new technology that moves away from urea injection in a bid to lead the race to US diesel
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Nissan forms three joint ventures with Indian group
The Hinduja-owned Ashok Leyland group will join it in three ventures aimed at the light commercials market
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Renault and Nissan off on the road to Morocco
The collaborative twosome have signed a deal that could see large-scale manufacturing in North Africa
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Work starts on St Petersburg site
Nissan is spending $200 million and expects to produce 50,000 vehicles a year there.
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Nissan income falls 22% in third quarter
The company reports tough times in the third quarter of its financial year
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Nissan wants a hybrid of its own
Present plans involve using parts from other people, but now the group says it wants its own vehicle by 2010
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Nissan at the London Motor Show
Design Direction, new models and the Infiniti brand
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Nissan and Suzuki link for European small car
The collaboration will include minicars for Europe and Japan and the manaufacturing of automatic gearboxes
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Renault considers using Nissan plants to build Logans
Renault's global entry level car, the Dacia Logan, may possibly be built in Nissan plants.
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Breathing inspiration
London, it seems, is where it's at. With its culturally diverse inhabitants and progressive outlook, this large metropolis oozes creativity -- well Nissan certainly seems to think so.

Nissan Micra
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Nissan at the 2005 IAA Show
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One for all
All eyes, it seems, are on Carlos Ghosn, Renault/Nissan's new boss. The charismatic man famously turned Nissan around to a degree that it is now a leading global player.
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The Navara concept
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Nissan displays new prototype multimedia car
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New 4-cylinder engines and new CVT
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Decherd plant launches new V6 engine
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Delcam software keeps Nissan on top
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The odd couple: the Renault Nissan alliance
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Interview with Satoru Tai, Nissan Design Europe
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