Today, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced that the Department of Energy has closed a $1.4 billion loan agreement with Nissan North America, Inc. The loan will support the modification of Nissan’s Smyrna, Tenn., manufacturing plant to produce the Nissan LEAF, a zero-emission, all-electric vehicle, and the lithium-ion battery packs to power them.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY ANNOUNCES CLOSING OF LOAN AGREEMENT TO BRING PRODUCTION OF NISSAN LEAF, BATTERY TO NORTH AMERICA
Nissan Unveils 2010 Leaf Electric Vehicle
Nissan now has a car to go with its electric powertrain. At the opening ceremony for its new headquarters in Yokohoma, Japan, the company unveiled the Nissan Leaf, a battery-electric vehicle that will hit U.S. roads in 2010.
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