The state of Washington is one of five states selected to participate in a 36 month study, funded by $100 million grant from the Department of Energy under the Economic Recovery Program. The state hopes to use some of the funds to eventually begin construction of an “electric car corridor” which could run from Eugene Oregon to Vancouver British Columbia.

Nissan Motor will introduce its latest super sports car GT-R to China this year, to be priced at one million yuan($147,000) or more, Beijing News reported today.

Three privately-entered Nissan Navaras, built by Nissan Motorsport in South Africa have finished fourth, fifth and 20th in the Dakar Rally Argentina-Chile, which ended in Buenos Aires on Saturday afternoon after 15 gruelling days' racing across two continents and over the Andes Mountains.

After nine months of hard work, challenges and successes the Nissan/PlayStation® race team have achieved what they always believed to be possible. GT Academy has found a talented virtual racer and turned him into a real racing driver with the skills, determination and talent required of a GT champion.

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. kicked off the New Year in Brazil with a new product on the manufacturing line. The Nissan Livina is the first passenger vehicle to be produced through the Renault-Nissan Alliance Plant in São José dos Pinhais. It will be Nissan's first E100 flex-fuel vehicle capable of running on both petrol and ethanol.

Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. together with AUTECH Japan and Nissan Motorsports International Co. Ltd. will present 15 exciting models equipped with the latest custom and after-market parts in the upcoming "Tokyo Auto Salon 2009 with NAPAC" (Japan Car Parts and Aftermarket Promotion Association), to be held from January 9-11 at Makuhari Messe, and the "Osaka Auto Messe 2009" from February 13-15 at Intex, Osaka.

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. today announced a new limited-production Nissan GT-R SpecV model, which goes on sale at seven specially selected Nissan dealers throughout Japan on February 2, 2009. The GT-R SpecV is targeted specifically at enthusiast drivers who desire race car-level performance in a street-legal vehicle.

November sales of Dongfeng Nissan reached 33,417 units, ranking among the top three passenger carmakers in China, according to data released by China Passenger Car Association (CPCA). It has been the third straight month for Dongfeng Nissan to have sales over 30,000 units.

Nissan China debuted its all-new Infiniti G37, the first luxury Coupe car of Infiniti for Chinese market in Guangdong recently, said xinhuanet.com today.

Nissan China has recently announced Nissan's global plan to mass produce electric vehicles in 2010, and Dongfeng Nissan is likely to make Nissan electric cars for the Chinese market, said xinhuanet.com today.

Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. will showcase its latest environmental technologies at Eco-Products 2008, the largest exhibition of environmentally friendly products and services in Japan, to be held from December 11 to 13, 2008 at the Tokyo Big Sight.

Nissan Motor Co.,Ltd., today announced its sales, production and export results for October 2008.