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Nissan has established a long-term goal of reducing CO2 emissions from new vehicles by approximately 70% from 2000 levels by 2050, and is working on a variety of approaches to achieve this target.
Over the short and mid term, the focus of CO2 reduction efforts will be on enhancing the fuel efficiency of engines. Further reductions, however, will require the spread of new types of electric-powered vehicles, such as hybrid, fuel-cell and electric vehicles.
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VVEL installed on INFINITI G37
Internal combustion engine will likely continue to be the main power source of vehicles in the coming years. Nissan therefore believes improving their fuel efficiency is a practical, beneficial way to be eco-friendly.
Our recent developments are the highly efficient 1.5 liter gasoline engine for compact vehicles and improved XTRONIC CVT (Continuously Variable Transmission) which allows seamless shifting without using any gears. Also, a new technology called Variable Valve Event and Lift (VVEL) adopted in V6 and V8 engines of Skyline and other models, continuously changes the amount of event and lift of engine intake valves in response to engine status (accelerator opening, RPMs, etc.).
All these new technologies will help toward achieving both power increase and CO2 emission reduction.
Clean diesel-engines are seen as a promising technology for reducing CO2 emissions. Nissan has already launched clean diesel-engines running on blended biodiesel fuel on the European market, beginning with the release of the Qashqai in 2007.
Clean diesel-engine was also introduced in Japan with the new X-TRAIL launched in September 2008, becoming the first diesel-engine vehicle on the Japanese market that complies with Japan’s Post-New Long-Term Exhaust Emission Regulations.
Nissan will be expanding its lineup of clean diesel-engine vehicles that comply with tougher future exhaust regulations of North America and China.
Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEVs), which combine a gasoline engine and an electric motor, have such eco-friendly features as low CO2 emissions and cleaner exhausts. Nissan has developed a parallel hybrid system in which a motor used for both propulsion and regeneration is connected directly to the engine and the transmission using two clutches. The system also incorporates a high-power lithium-ion battery. The system is mounted in the Fuga hybrid car for the Japanese market.
Nissan is also moving forward with research and development on plug-in hybrid vehicles that do not emit CO2 when operating in its electric-only range.
Electric Vehicles (EVs), which run on motors and batteries, are the ultimate form of a car that produces "zero" CO2 or other exhaust emissions.
Nissan is working hard to promote widespead use of EVs which includes extension of their driving range by enhancing battery power and other powertrain technologies. Also, collaborations with other industries are in process to implement necessary infrastructure such as charging facilities.
Nissan plans to introduce an all-new electric vehicle for Japan and the United States in December 2010 and then mass-market to customers worldwide by fiscal year 2012.
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Fuel cells derive electricity directly from a chemical reaction of hydrogen and oxygen, and their sole emission is water, making them an exceptionally efficient and clean power source.
Nissan’s aim is to develop a practical Fuel Cell Vehicle (FCV) with superior environmental and energy-saving performance while maintaining ease of handling as an automobile, by employing elements of the various technologies that Nissan has cultivated over the years (lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles, high voltage electric system technology, control technology for hybrid vehicles, high pressure gas storage technology for compressed natural gas vehicles, and more).
In 2005, Nissan achieved driving range and acceleration performance in the latest model of X-Trail FCV that was the equivalent of a similar gasoline vehicle. This X-Trail FCV is equipped with a 70 MPa high-pressure hydrogen tank and a fuel cell stack developed in-house by Nissan. Since fiscal 2003, Nissan has been leasing FCVs on a limited basis, and is now making further improvements with the aim of launching next-generation FCVs for Japan and North America.
Biofuels produced mainly from plants such as sugarcane, corn, and construction (wood) waste are attracting interest as renewable energy sources that do not increase CO2 levels in the atmosphere with use.
All of the gasoline engine vehicles that Nissan provides worldwide can run on fuel with a blend of 10% bio-ethanol (E10).
In North America, Titan and Armada Flexible-fuel vehicles can operate on fuel with a blend of up to 85% ethanol (E85), and in March 2009, Nissan began marketing flex-fuel Livina in Brazil, the first Nissan vehicle that can run on any bioethanol blend (E100).
The Titan pick-up truck uses fuel with a blend of 85% ethanol. (North American market)
Above information includes future technologies and availability of vehicles will vary from country to country.