How can the international community is increasingly aware of the threat of global warming is the automobile industry to work hard to develop new technologies to be used on cars, so that it more environment friendly. Nissan, the third largest Japanese car manufacturer, has already taken steps to protect the environment. The company has released its Green Program, the steps are planned, extending to the end of this decade. While the above program was announced last year, this year saw the company take the necessary steps to achieve their goal.
One of the developments that followed the production of Nissan’s three-liter car. The number does not mean the displacement of the cara? S internal combustion engine, but the amount of fuel consumed per 100 kilometers. If it can succeed in Nissan, a car with fuel efficiency that to produce them before the two were Honda and Toyota are drawn with respect to fuel consumption.
Converted to gas mileage, the proposed car has a mpg rating of slightly more than 94th This is an ambitious plan, but Nissan has shown that it, causing it to develop advanced technologies for their vehicles. While there is still no word from Nissan, as the development of the three-liter car is driving, the auto industry is anxiously awaiting the outcome.
With gas mileage like that and the fuel miser hybrid vehicles will be left far behind. The class-leading Toyota Prius has a fuel economy rating of 51 mpg for city traffic and 60 mpg on the highway to the Environmental Protection Agency or EPA. Even if the rating is true in the real world driving, it continues to be mpg below the 94 that the three-liter car will have. Apart from the three-liter vehicle, Nissan is also planning to add more flex-fuel vehicles, their current lineup. These vehicles can not only gasoline, but also on E85 – a combination of gasoline and bio-ethanol. Currently, most Nissanâ s? Flex-fuel vehicles are designed, on E10, a fuel to run the ten per cent bio-ethanol and 90 percent gasoline together.
A Nissan vehicle is already in the United States auto market is capable of being sold at 85 per cent bio-ethanol is the Nissan Armada. In Brazil, where bio-ethanol is plentiful, Nissan is a vehicle that will be able to run on 100 percent bio-ethanol produced for marketing, thus the dependence on fossil fuels. In the United States, it would be a long time for a Nissan vehicle capable of taking on 100 percent bio-ethanol will be marketed. The reason is the scarcity of refueling station in the United States, the bio-ethanol offers. In fact, this lack of refilling station as a major problem for flex-fuel vehicles in the U.S. can be seen, in fact, a recent study shows that 99 percent of the flex-fuel vehicles for the Americas? S Street run on gasoline, which beats the purpose of the vehicle.
Nissan is also on the development of technologies that will be required to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. One of the technologies that is used by Nissan to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases from their vehicles, continuously variable transmission (CVT). This transmission offers an almost infinite number of ratios between two preset gear ratios. This means that less energy is wasted, which translates to better fuel economy. Reduced amount of fuel burned means fewer greenhouse gases produced. The company uses various exhaust filter s, which dealt with the issue, make it safe for the environment in its path from the combustion chamber to the Nissan exhaust pipes.
Another technology that is regarded by the Japan Automobile Manufacturers, the gas-electric hybrid technology. While Nissan’s Chief Executive Officer Carlos Ghosn has expressed, that hybrids are not yet workable for both consumers and producers, has the company already released a hybrid version of the Nissan Altima in the U.S. auto market. The powertrain of the Altima Hybrid uses is purchased from an independent supplier. Nissan is already developing a hybrid drive system for himself and announced that it will make it available on the market until 2010.
Further evidence of Nissanâ? S commitment to the production of green cars is the opening of the new technology center in Japan. The said facility in Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture is located, developed in the Nissan advanced lithium-ion batteries. The above battery technology on its future hybrid cars. The above batteries are lighter and stronger than the current nickel-metal hydride batteries used by hybrid vehicles. The former can be used on the fuel, although Nissan vehicles not yet announced their intention to build one. Ghosn said that diesel and flex-fuel vehicles are a practical alternative fuel technology today.
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