Nissan announces Green Program 2016

autoembedded — Fri, 08 Oct 2021 04:29:55 GMT

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Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. announced its new six-year environmental plan, Nissan Green Program 2016 (NGP 2016). This new plan will focus on three areas: reduction of carbon footprint; shift to renewable energy; and an increase in the diversity of resources used by Nissan. The company said it will spend 70% of its annual research and advanced engineering budget on environmental technologies.

Nissan Green Program 2016, the company’s third environmental mid-term plan, aims to deliver the following by the end of fiscal year 2016:

No. 1 in Zero-Emission Vehicles: cumulative sales of 1.5 million zero-emission vehicles across the Renault-Nissan Alliance. On behalf of the Alliance, Nissan will lead the development of an all-new fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) together with strategic partner, Daimler.
Nissan is also planning to have 4 EVs on the market, including the Nissan LEAF, and says it will take global leadership in supplying batteries for electric drive. It also plans to develop and EV charge & discharge system and information network as well as to demonstrate smart house/ community/ grid technology, starting from Yokohama City.
Nissan said it will also provide a second-life energy storage system with used EV batteries through the 4R business.

Leading fuel efficiency: 35% fuel economy improvement compared with 2005 on a corporate average by launching products delivering class-leading fuel efficiency across a wide range of segments in Japan, China, Europe and the United States such as: an all-new front-wheel drive hybrid model and an all-new plug-in hybrid model based on Nissan’s unique technology. Nissan will also introduce a next-generation continuously variable transmission (CVT) and reach 20 million units of cumulative CVT production since Nissan’s first launch in 1992.
Nissan will also focus on developing light-weight technologies with structure optimization, new materials and new manufacturing processes.
The company also plans to contribute to CO₂ reduction through the development of ITS technologies, and will collaborate to improve traffic congestion and eco-driving with the Beijing (China) City Government.

Leading low corporate carbon footprint: Reduce CO₂ emissions corresponding to corporate activities by 20% per vehicle compared with 2005 through: widening the scope of measurable objectives, including logistics, offices, and dealerships in addition to production sites; and the introduction of renewable energy sources for manufacturing and related facilities.

Leading closed-loop recycling: being the first in the auto industry to set a recycling objective and adopt a comprehensive closed-loop recycling scheme, including steel, aluminum and plastic. Highlights include: achieving a recycled resource usage rate of 25% by 2016; applying recycled materials from production waste or end-of-life vehicles and parts into new vehicles; and reducing consumption of rare earth elements.

SOURCE: Green Car Congress

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