Nissan Will Help China Set Up Electric-Car Project

预计日产汽车(Nissan Motor Co.)将签署协议，帮助在中国一个大城市发展电动汽车项目。这是中国政府与外国企业间就进一步发展环保汽车技术达成的不同寻常的合作关系。知情人士称，这项协议最早可能于周五签署。根据协议，日产汽车将与中国工业和信息化部及武汉市政府进行合作，在这个华中城市进行电动汽车项目的试点。AFP日产Nuvu电动车知情人士说，预计日产将向武汉提供免费的电动汽车，并帮助建立汽车充电站网络。目前还不清楚会提供多少车辆以及这个项目涉及的资金数额。预计日产还将与工业和信息化部签署一份谅解备忘录，共同探讨在中国推广电动汽车的途径。计划中的这项协议是中国促进至少由电池作为部分动力的汽车的努力之一。中国政府鼓励国内汽车产业向此类电动汽车方向转变，认为汽车制造商可以通过采用这些技术缩小与实力更强的外国竞争对手之间的差距。上个月中国政府公布的汽车产业规划称，将在2011年前建立年产50万辆 “新能源”汽车的产能，其中包括纯电动和充电式混合动力车。对日产汽车而言，这个项目可为它的电动汽车在中国找到立足之地，并可能为其在当地建设电池和整车生产厂提供补贴。武汉共有900万人口，是中国政府选择的13个推广新能源汽车的试点城市之一。这些城市──其中也包括北京上海和重庆等中国大都市──将为购买纯电动充电式混合动力和普通型混合动力汽车提供补贴。预计这些城市将在四年内总共推广使用6万辆新能源汽车。工业和信息化部认为，中国可以从日产学到很多东西。日产是一家经验丰富的电动汽车的倡导者，该公司计划从2010年开始在全球大力推广多款小型电动轿车。预计从明年开始，日产将开始在美国和日本向集团客户销售纯电动小型轿车。知情人士说，合作计划可能会扩大到北京等更多城市。据日产一位高级管理人员说，日产计划最早于2011年在中国推出相同的纯电动轿车，并正考虑在中国建厂生产电池和整车，日产希望能在未来几年内完成这一计划，以“具有成本竞争力”。一些汽车制造商认为，到2020年， 中国10%至20%的乘用车销量将来自纯电动充电式混合动力和其他新能源汽车。日产及其最大的股东法国雷诺汽车公司(Renault SA)已经同一些国家的政府和城市签署了推广电动汽车的协议。武汉项目的不同之处在于其潜在的规模和这样一个事实，即中国能够以其它国家的政府不能或不愿选择的方式促进电动汽车的发展。据知情人士说，预计计划中的武汉项目将仿效日产在其家乡神奈川县目前采取的方案。神奈川县位于东京以南。神奈川县计划在2014年前安装1,000个充电站。预计神奈川县知事松泽成文(Shigefumi Matsuzawa)周五将在北京的一个电动汽车论坛上发表演讲。预计武汉计划会在这个论坛上宣布。神奈川县也可以向中国提供一些经验教训，因为同大多数中国城市一样，神奈川县很少有家庭拥有车库或其他设施给充电式混合动力车充电。知情人士说，像神奈川一样，武汉可能也会尝试不同类型的充电站。Norihiko Shirouzu相关阅读奇瑞汽车首部新能源车下线 2009-02-23比亚迪欲借电动轿车实现突破 2009-01-12 本文涉及股票或公司document.write (truthmeter('2009年04月09日11:23', 'NSANY'));Nissan Motor Co. (ADS)总部地点：日本上市地点：NCM股票代码：NSANYdocument.write (truthmeter('2009年04月09日11:23', '7201.TO'));日产汽车英文名称：Nissan Motor Co.总部地点：日本上市地点：东京证交所股票代码：7201


Nissan Motor Co. is expected to sign an agreement to help set up an electric-car program in a major Chinese city, in an unusual partnership between the Chinese government and a foreign company to further Beijing's efforts to develop environmentally friendly automobile technology.Under the deal, which could be signed as early as Friday, Nissan would work with China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the government of Wuhan to cooperate on a pilot electric-vehicle program in the central Chinese city, according to people familiar with the matter.Nissan is expected to provide free electric vehicles to Wuhan and to help develop a network of vehicle-charging stations, the people said. It isn't clear how many cars or how much money the project involves.Nissan and the industry ministry are also expected to sign a memorandum of understanding to jointly explore ways to make electric vehicles popular in China.The planned agreements are part of China's efforts to promote vehicles powered at least partly by batteries. China's government is encouraging its own auto industry to shift to such electric vehicles, believing auto makers can use the technology to narrow the gap with bigger foreign rivals. Beijing last month unveiled an auto-industry plan to create capacity to produce 500,000 'new energy' vehicles, such as all-electric battery cars and plug-in electric hybrid vehicles by 2011.For Nissan, the project could provide a toehold in China for its electric cars and possibly subsidies for building factories to produce batteries and finished cars locally.Wuhan, which has a population of nine million, is among 13 cities recently chosen by the Chinese government for a pilot program to boost use of new-energy vehicles. Those cities -- which also include Beijing, Shanghai and Chongqing, the country's biggest municipalities -- are supposed to provide subsidies for purchases of all-electric battery cars, plug-in hybrids and hydrogen-fuel-cell cars. They are expected to collectively put 60,000 new-energy vehicles in service in four years.The ministry of industry believes China could learn from Nissan, an experienced advocate of electric propulsion with plans for a big global push for its line of small battery cars starting in 2010. By that year, the company is expected to start marketing a compact all-electric battery car to corporate-fleet customers in the U.S. and Japan. People familiar with the planned Nissan agreement said the joint effort could be extended to more cities, such as Beijing.In China, Nissan plans to launch the same compact battery car as early as 2011 and is considering building factories to produce batteries and the entire car in China -- something Nissan wants to accomplish over the next few years to 'be cost competitive,' according to a senior company executive. Some auto makers believe that by 2020, 10% to 20% of China's passenger-auto sales will come from electric cars, plug-in electric hybrids and other new-energy cars.Nissan and its biggest shareholder, France's Renault SA, have been signing agreements with city and national governments in several countries to promote electrified vehicles. What distinguishes the Wuhan project is its potential scale and the fact that China has the power to promote electrified vehicles in ways that other governments can't or choose not to.The planned Wuhan program is expected to be patterned on a program currently being implemented in Nissan's home prefecture of Kanagawa, just south of Tokyo, according to people familiar with the matter. Kanagawa plans to install 1,000 charge stations by 2014. Kanagawa Gov. Shigefumi Matsuzawa is expected to deliver a speech Friday at an electric-vehicle forum in Beijing, where the Wuhan plan is expected to be announced.Kanagawa offers lessons for China because, like in most Chinese cities, few homes in Kanagawa have garages or other facilities in which to charge electrified plug-in cars. Like Kanagawa, people familiar with the matter said, Wuhan would likely experiment with various types of electric charging stations.Norihiko Shirouzu