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Welcome to Davos! Rachel Konrad, Director of Communications of the Renault-Nissan Alliance, talks about the key themes of this year's World Economic Forum – and explains how they relate to the Alliance. Watch the video now.

With the World Economic Forum now under way in Davos, the town's usual crowds of skiers and snowboarders have been joined by international politicians and influential CEOs. The accessory of choice is no longer ski poles and tinted goggles; it's laptop bags and leather briefcases.

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. will conduct test drives of the ATLAS F24 Refrigerator Truck by Li-ion Battery for a one-year period starting this month, in cooperation with Yamato Transport Co., Ltd., headquartered in Chuo-ku, Tokyo.

Price reduction of €3,000 makes it easier for everyone to join the electric vehicle revolution

Nissan is making zero-emission mobility more affordable by reducing the price of the all-electric Nissan LEAF by €3,000 in European markets. The change comes as part of a global effort to make the LEAF more affordable in the pioneering electric vehicle's three main markets of Japan, Europe and the United States.
 

CHAdeMO-standard electric vehicle quick-chargers double in just one year, surpassing the 2,000 milestone to build range confidence to the world's EV drivers

Join us this week for regular updates and insights from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Once again, the forum will be welcoming some of the world’s top leaders from business, economics and politics – and we will be your eyes and ears in Switzerland.

Electric vehicles in the US have just found plenty of potentially new homes in Boulder County, Colorado. This jurisdiction in the northern part of the state recently adopted the 2012 International Energy Conservation Code, requiring all new homes to come pre-wired for electric vehicles.

Nissan already commands a leading position in zero-emission passenger cars with the Nissan LEAF. Now the technology is being extended into commercial vehicles.

China’s love affair with the car began only recently, but the passion is all enveloping. China is now the world’s biggest market for new cars with some 18 million sold in 2012. That’s around 3.5 million more than the USA.

This week, Nissan will ramp up U.S. assembly of the 2013 model year all-electric LEAF at its manufacturing plant in Smyrna, Tenn., where it will be manufactured alongside the company’s gasoline-powered products.