Nissan Opens Advanced Green R & D Center

Posted by Bill Belew on May 16th, 2007 in Toyota Motors | No Comments

Nissan Motor Co. is playing serious catch up to Toyota and Honda in the green machine field and safety.

This week the automaker opened an R&D center (Nissan Advanced Technology Center) for cutting-edge environmental and safety technologies.

The "NATC is part of the automaker's 90 billion yen investment in strengthening and expanding its R&D facilities."

At the NATC's 118,000 sq meter facility, employing as many as 2,000 engineers, Nissan hopes to develop advanced technologies for electric cars and next-generation vehicles…but NOT the fuel-cell car. R&D for that technology is done elsewhere.

How long do you think it will take for Nissan to catch up with Toyota and Honda in the green field?

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