Nissan launches in the market for commercial vehicles with an electric motor powered compact. The company has announced in recent days will begin testing a car with zero emissions based on the NV200 and intended primarily to carry goods. With effect from "guinea pig" to test the Japanese postal service, in the city of Yokohama (Tokyo metropolitan area) will devote one of these means delivery of mail in order to verify the advantages and disadvantages in everyday use.
The tests will last until September. Then, other companies will be involved - in Japan and Europe - which will be responsible to test it and report their impressions, prior to any large-scale production. "We believe that electric vehicles will have a key role in the future, since it can combine mobility with respect for the environment," said Hideto Murakami, corporate vice president and manager of Nissan's global LCV business unit.
"Certainly the results and opinions provided to us by customers as a result of these tests worldwide, will be useful for the design of our future products, we believe that our commercial vehicle electrical, born on the basis of NV200, will make a major contribution to business our customers and the development of a sustainable society." This van has recently been selected as the official taxi in the city of New York, after being launched initially in Europe and Japan in 2009, and the rest of the world between 2010 and 2011.
The tests will last until September. Then, other companies will be involved - in Japan and Europe - which will be responsible to test it and report their impressions, prior to any large-scale production. "We believe that electric vehicles will have a key role in the future, since it can combine mobility with respect for the environment," said Hideto Murakami, corporate vice president and manager of Nissan's global LCV business unit.
"Certainly the results and opinions provided to us by customers as a result of these tests worldwide, will be useful for the design of our future products, we believe that our commercial vehicle electrical, born on the basis of NV200, will make a major contribution to business our customers and the development of a sustainable society." This van has recently been selected as the official taxi in the city of New York, after being launched initially in Europe and Japan in 2009, and the rest of the world between 2010 and 2011.
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