ido's 88 car blog

Posts Tagged Nissan Leaf

Phoenix Car Show Saw the Most Phenomenal Number of Foot Falls

Posted 28 November 2010 by
Tagged As: , , , | Categories: Auto Industry | No Comments

If you wanted to witness how popular car shows with are the customers and buyers then you should have seen the packed crowds at the Phoenix car show. There were people all out on the streets a day after Thanksgiving giving the run through in the malls and the shopping and others who were strolling leisurely though the car shows.Nissan Leaf electric They loved the new cars and trucks on display and glittering and gleaming, beckoning the buyers to take them home.

At the car show what was on display was the latest of hybrid and luxury cars not to leave out the latest entrant into the market of cars, the electric cars. There were several wonderfully high end cars that one could just eye at and wish to have in their garage.

This car show on Black Friday had the most wonderful mix of customer’s right from the serious ones who were out there checking out what was on sale to the ones who were window shopping and enjoying the experience. Most people were of the opinion that this was certainly the right time to visit a car show rather than brave the crowds at the overly crowded malls.

(more…)

UK government injects $30.7 million for Nissan factory, Ford gets loan guarantee of $551 million

Posted 16 March 2010 by
Tagged As: , , , | Categories: Ford, Nissan | No Comments

The government of Britain recently announced that it will be releasing a big chunk of funds to help Nissan Motor and Ford Motor to develop eco-friendly technologies and low emission vehicles.

Money EuroThe aid will be a whopping $551 million in loan guarantee for American car manufacturer Ford to develop greener technologies in their factories in across the UK.

It was earlier announced by Nissan that it will be utilizing its Sunderland factory to make the much anticipated electric car, the Leaf. This moved will be backed by about $30.7 million of funding from the British government.

The production of the Nissan Leaf in the UK and the batteries it will be using will generate some 550 highly technical and highly skilled jobs.

The support for the projects of Nissan and Ford follow an earlier move of the government of Britain committing about $412 million loan guarantee for the European arm of General Motors. The loan will be used to secure the operations of the carmaker in the Europe particularly in the UK.

The automotive industry is very important to Britain. The sector supports research and development, innovation of technologies,  and provides a critical supply chain for the manufacturing sector.

Ford will be investing a lot of money to develop low emission vehicles that will secure about 2,800 jobs across their plants in the UK.