edatoakrun
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Better battery is worth the slight (?) delay, IMO.
I wouldn't want to wait for inductive charging myself, but I think Nissan is probably correct in its assessment that it will become a must have feature to compete in the luxury BEV market, as soon as it is introduced.
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I wouldn't want to wait for inductive charging myself, but I think Nissan is probably correct in its assessment that it will become a must have feature to compete in the luxury BEV market, as soon as it is introduced.
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http://www.mynissanleaf.com/posting.php?mode=reply&f=10&t=8449" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;Automotive News Europe
July 5, 2013 06:01 CET
LONDON – The head of Nissan global planning says Infiniti's electric car has been delayed because the premium automaker wants to incorporate more advanced charging and battery technology into the vehicle.
Andy Palmer denied speculation the delay indicated that Infiniti and parent Nissan were losing interest in electric cars. "Our heart is still in zero emissions," he told Automotive News Europe in a recent interview.
Infiniti previewed its future EV when it showed the LE concept sedan at last year's New York auto show. The car had been scheduled for launch in 2015. Palmer declined to put a new date on that launch, but said it was "not significantly" delayed.
"It's still within our mid-term plan," he said, without elaborating.
"There are some interesting advances in electric technology we hadn't anticipated when we showed the LE, which, by delaying a little bit, we can incorporate into the car," he said.
The rollout of wireless induction planned for charging the Infiniti EV is being hampered by the failure of a dominant system to emerge from the competing technologies on the market and from a lack of regulatory compliance, Palmer said.
Infiniti also plans to incorporate new lithium ion battery technology that Palmer said is so good that it alone justified the car's delay. Without going into detail, he said the better batteries would provide increase range at a lower price...