Nissan to unveil new plug-in car

A plug-in car capable of going 100 miles on a single charge is to be unveiled by Nissan later this year.

By David Millward, Transport Editor, in Geneva Last Updated: 9:13AM GMT 04 Mar 2009

Ampera: Unlike the Vauxhall Ampera, which was announced at the Geneva motor show, the Nissan will not have an additional petrol engine

With a top speed of around 70 mph, the Japanese manufacturer claims that the new - and as yet unnamed - car will go faster than any other purely electric vehicle.
However the car will be made in Japan and America, rather than in Sunderland. It will, however be sold in Europe from 2011.
It is the latest in a series of electric cars being announced by manufacturers.
Unlike the Vauxhall Ampera, which was announced at the Geneva motor show, the Nissan will not have an additional petrol engine.
But in a separate development, Nissan announced that a new model, currently known as Qazana, will be made in the North East.
Production will start in the middle of next year.
It will safeguard 1,100 jobs at the Sunderland plant - where 1,200 people were made redundant in January - along with 2,000 at component manufacturers.
The new car will replace production of the Micra, which is being moved to India.
Trevor Mann, Nissan's senior vice president for manufacturing, said that this year was likely to be another tough one for carmakers.
"It will be difficult, but we are about the right size," he said.