The head of Nissan, CEO Carlos Ghosn announced this week his company is working on developing new lightweight car batteries.
The technology could lead to more efficient hybrid cars - battery weight and size has been a drawback - but almost more importantly, the lighter batteries could lead to more practical electric cars.
While hybrid cars are the growing trend now, one wonders if the future is really in electric cars.
Electric cars are emission-free, which is the ultimate goal in all this green car technology.
Hydrogen, and plug-in cars cars might also be something we see more of in the future as well.
The new lightweight battery technology being developed by Nissan is a good sign for things to come.
It seems that Nissan sees this growing trend and wants to be a leader in electric car development, according to this article from pantagraph.com:
The technology could lead to more efficient hybrid cars - battery weight and size has been a drawback - but almost more importantly, the lighter batteries could lead to more practical electric cars.
While hybrid cars are the growing trend now, one wonders if the future is really in electric cars.
Electric cars are emission-free, which is the ultimate goal in all this green car technology.
Hydrogen, and plug-in cars cars might also be something we see more of in the future as well.
The new lightweight battery technology being developed by Nissan is a good sign for things to come.
It seems that Nissan sees this growing trend and wants to be a leader in electric car development, according to this article from pantagraph.com:
While consumer interest has surged in gas-and-electric hybrid cars due to higher fuel prices and global warming, the Brazilian-born Ghosn said Nissan was serious about going one step further and introducing vehicles powered only by electricity.
"If you have an efficient battery for a hybrid, why not go all the way and go for electric cars?" he asked. "It has zero emissions of anything."
Electric cars have failed to catch on because they are expensive, difficult to recharge and travel limited distances. Still, several auto companies are trying to develop them for the mass market.
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