Nissan Announces Alliance with Oregon: LA 2008
November 19, 2008 by admin
Today at the LA Auto Show, Carolos Ghosn, announced a new alliance with the state of Oregon to bring electric vehicles in 2010. The deal will see “a supply” of zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) available to the city of Portland, Oregon and to support a network of EV charging stations.
Ghosn said, though, that he believes making the cars is more important than getting the infrastructure out. With that in mind, he announced that Nissan/Renault would sell ZEVs in the U.S. and Japan in 2010 but they would not be available globally until 2012.
Oregon is working on creating a $5,000 tax credit for electric cars and there is no state sales tax in Oregon, so EV’s will almost certainly become a seriously competitive choice despite potentially higher production costs.
Toyota also recently announced a deal with the city of Portland to test old RAV4 EVs there.
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