Tag: Nissan

Exclusive: Intel’s Mobileye gets self-driving tech deal for 8 million cars

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Mobileye, Intel Corp’s Israel-based autonomous driving unit, has signed a contract to supply eight million cars at a European automaker with its self-driving technologies, a company official told Reuters. A general view of a Mobileye autonomous driving test vehicle, at the Mobileye headquarters in Jerusalem, May 15, 2018. Picture taken May 15,… Continue reading Exclusive: Intel’s Mobileye gets self-driving tech deal for 8 million cars

Nissan Energy Solar now on sale in the UK

Nissan Energy Solar is the all-in-one solution that combines solar generation with an energy storage system for UK householders LONDON – Nissan today announces the retail launch of its integrated home energy solution, Nissan Energy Solar. UK customers can now optimize the way their properties create, store and consume energy via the use of world-class… Continue reading Nissan Energy Solar now on sale in the UK

Nissan: Nissan to expand ProPILOT Assist technology to additional models

Rogue Sport among vehicles to receive technology following strong global market performance YOKOHAMA, Japan — Nissan’s innovative ProPILOT Assist semi-autonomous driving system has been a hit with customers, with more than 120,000 vehicles featuring the technology sold globally. The availability of ProPILOT Assist is now set to expand to additional models, including the Nissan Rogue… Continue reading Nissan: Nissan to expand ProPILOT Assist technology to additional models

Tesla rejected more advanced driver monitoring features on its cars

Engineers inside Tesla wanted to add robust driver monitoring systems to the company’s cars to help make sure drivers safely use Autopilot, and Tesla even worked with suppliers on possible solutions, according to The Wall Street Journal. But those executives — Elon Musk included — reportedly rejected the idea out of worry that the options… Continue reading Tesla rejected more advanced driver monitoring features on its cars

Nissan ensures no merger with Renault is scheduled

This is the question that obsesses Japanese journalists. While presenting on Monday in Yokohama, the annual results of the manufacturer, Hiroto Saikawa, the CEO from Nissan, had to answer the interrogations of the reporters on the possible project of a merger of the Japanese group with the French Renault, with which it shares a delicate… Continue reading Nissan ensures no merger with Renault is scheduled

Nissan reports full-year results for fiscal year 2017

YOKOHAMA, Japan (May 14, 2018) – Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. today announced financial results for the 12-month period to March 31, 2018. For the first nine months of the fiscal year, the company faced significant costs associated with special items, inventory adjustments and negative pricing trends; however, a partial recovery was achieved due to solid… Continue reading Nissan reports full-year results for fiscal year 2017

Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus Plotting New 900-HP Hypercar

With a more luxurious interior similar to the 004S combined with a more aggressive exterior aero package, the 004CS will also be far more powerful than the 690-hp S. While all three variants will be motivated by the highly-tuneable VR38DETT V6 motor from the Nissan GT-R, in the 004CS it will be tuned to produce… Continue reading Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus Plotting New 900-HP Hypercar

Carlos Ghosn: Range Is No Longer A Concern. Now The Issue Is Price.

May 11th, 2018 by Steve Hanley  Carlos Ghosn may not be as sexy as Elon Musk, but he knows a thing or two about building and selling automobiles, especially electric cars. Since China is ground zero for the electric car market at the moment, it was only appropriate that Ghosn was in Hong Kong last… Continue reading Carlos Ghosn: Range Is No Longer A Concern. Now The Issue Is Price.

Nissan and Renault turn to China’s battery maker CATL for new electric cars

Nissan and Renault are planning a series of new electric cars for the Chinese market and they are turning to China’s emerging leading automotive battery maker, Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL), to supply them. Home Solar Power A report from Nikkei says that the two automakers have signed contracts with CATL for batteries to go with two… Continue reading Nissan and Renault turn to China’s battery maker CATL for new electric cars