Nissan to build hybrids in TN
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Manufacturing News, Source : TheManufacturer.com
Published : 20 Jun 2005 16:13
Nissan Motor Co. has announced plans to build hybrid vehicles at its assembly plant in Tennessee.
With competitors Toyota, Ford, and Honda already producing fuel-efficient hybrids, Nissan enters the market hoping to sell 50,000 gas-electric Altimas in the 2007 model year. The company will invest $10.4 million for additional equipment and modifications to the existing assembly plant in Smyrna, TN. It is reported that Nissan Nissan will license technology from Toyota instead of developing its own hybrid system.
The Smyrna plant was built in 1980 as Nissan’s first production facility outside Japan. It already is manufacturing traditional gas-engine Altima and Maxima cars, Xterra and Pathfinder sports utility vehicles and Frontier pickups. Approximately 6,700 existing employees in Smyrna and 1,300 in an engine assembly plant at Decherd plus 2,800 supplier contractors will be trained to build the new line.
Nissan has said it is not yet certain how much gas mileage improvement the new hybrid will have over the standard Altima's 31 mpg on the highway and 24 mpg in the city. Hybrid cars are able to get better mileage by switching between a gasoline engine and an electric motor.
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