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Technology
Development Concept
Safety Life on
Board
Dynamic
Performance
Environment
Vision 2015
Internal combustion
engine (ICE) vehicle*
Innovations in engines and transmissions
Expansion of electrically powered vehicles
Hybrid electric
vehicle (HEV)
Electric vehicle (EV)
Fuel cell vehicle (FCV)
Plug-in hybrid electric
vehicle (Plug-in HEV)
*Including gasoline, diesel and biofuel vehicles
Electric
vehicle (EV)
Plug-in HEV
Hybrid electric
vehicle (HEV)
Fuel cell
vehicle
(FCV)
CO2
emission
level
2010 2050
Estimated breakdown of vehicles
in 2050 by powertrain type
Nissan Annual Report 2006-2007 35
The diesel engines Nissan will offer will meet the
strict emissions standards being established
internationally at an early stage. In the first half of
fiscal 2007, for example, we launched the Qashqai
with the new Euro 4-compliant two-liter diesel
engine for Europe. Starting in fiscal 2010, we will
introduce clean diesel cars that satisfy the Post New
Long-Term Emissions Regulations in Japan, Tier2
BIN5 in North America, Euro5 in Europe, and their
equivalents. In North America, we will be launching a
Nissan Maxima in 2010 powered by a clean-diesel
engine co-developed by Nissan and Renault.
In the area of bio-ethanol, all our gasoline-driven
vehicles sold globally are E10 compatible, meaning
they can run on gasoline that includes 10 percent
bio-ethanol fuel. In North America, we’ve had the
Titan pickup, which is E85 compatible, in our lineup
since 2005. We added the E85-compatible Armada
flex-fuel vehicle in 2007. In three years we will also
have an E100 flex-fuel vehicle ready for Brazil.
A car’s transmission provides another way to cut
emissions. Our CVTs, or continuously variable
transmissions, can also improve fuel efficiency.
Nissan has been the leader in this technology for
some time, in fact, with CVT offerings for small- to
large-displacement engines. We have already
launched six gasoline engine models in Japan
equipped with CVTs. All six have achieved the top
rank for fuel economy performance. In fact, they
already surpass the 2010 standards by 20 percent,
and meet the highest standard for emissions, which
is known as SU-LEV. Within the next fiscal year, we
expect to sell more than a million vehicles equipped
with CVTs globally.
For the coming era of electrically powered
vehicles and electric motivation, we will introduce
hybrid vehicles first, later accelerating our launches
of fuel-cell vehicles and electric vehicles—FCVs and
EVs, respectively. Furthermore, we have widely
acknowledged strength in lithium-ion battery
technology, one of the core technologies for electric-
powered vehicles. We have been working in this area
since 1992 and will further accelerate development.
We are developing a hybrid car using our own
proprietary hybrid system that will debut during fiscal
2010 in North America and Japan. We are
promoting the development of a plug-in hybrid
system as an effective technology for reducing
CO2emissions.
As for FCVs, we have made several strides
forward so far, such as development of our own
stack and 70Mpa hydrogen tank. We’ve used these
Vision 2015 Nissan’s roadmap for reducing the CO2from
our vehicles
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