"During a press conference in Beijing on Tuesday, Nissan’s CEO Carlos Ghosn announced that the Nissan-Dongfeng alliance will build an EV in China that will be ready by the year 2015. According to Ghosn, instead of the new EV being a Nissan LEAF, it will be a plug-in that will be sold under Nissan-Dongfeng’s “Chinese” brand, Venucia.
“We see a clear need for cars that are affordable, practical, spacious and zero emission. Nissan is clearly the global leader in zero emission mobility, now with more than 10,100 electric Nissan Leaf vehicles already sold worldwide.”
“We are fully prepared to follow the Chinese government direction to promote the adoption of zero emission vehicles. We are ready to produce electric cars locally in China under the Venucia brand.”
Venucia will release its first vehicle sometime next year. The EV that will be released in 2015 will be an indigenous Chinese product. "
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