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JAPAN - Nissan to market electric cars continue to get Leaf debut later this year. One of the most up date, they plan to lower the selling price, including batteries for a cheaper price.

Parties target Nissan was able to suppress the price of one unit smaller than the battery Leaf 370 U.S. dollars per kilowatt-hour. While the Japanese government predicts the price of batteries will reach U.S. $ 1600 per kilowatt / hour.

"Our target is less than 370 dollars," said Masahiko Otsuka, president of Automotive Energy Supply Corp., a joint venture between Nissan, NEC Corp and NEC Tokin Corp., as reported by autoevolution (05/17/2010).

Until now, lithium-ion batteries the largest component owned by Leaf to reach 9000 U.S. dollars or Rp82, 3 million per unit and the intake of 472 U.S. dollars per kilowatt-hour. While one unit Leaf reportedly will be sold to the market 32 780 dollars, or USD 299.9 million per unit.

For the procurement of cheap batteries, Nissan will spend 4.65 billion U.S. dollars (Rp42, 5 billion) for research and development during the fiscal year to end March 2011.

Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn said earlier, will mencpai Leaf production capacity 500,000 units in 2012 and growing to meet the 10 percent of the global market in 2020. Nissan and partner Renault will build a new factory in England, Japan, Portugal, and Tennessee (United States).

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New York - United States Environmental Protection Agency (Environmental Protection Agency / EPA), Monday (17 / 5), announces the results of testing of fuel consumption Anyar few cars that have been or will be marketed in that country.

Results concluded that consumption of 2011 model Ford Fiesta sedan and hatchback variants both on the track highway 40 miles per gallon (mpg) or about 3.8 liter to 64 kilometers (km).

While on a city street - a solid or traffic jams - the fuel consumption of both models is 29 mpg or 46.4 km per 3.8 liters. "That is the result of a test of the automatic transmission type," said the agency was quoted as saying automotivenews.com, Tuesday (18 / 5).

The manual transmission on the track type highway fuel consumption to reach 37 mpg or about 3.8 liters to a distance of 59.2 km. While in the city streets, the test showed that both variants besutan Ford consume 3.8 liters for the distance of 44.8 km.

Generation Anyar Ford Fiesta - either sedan or hatchback equipped with 1600 cc engine, four-cylinder Duractec. The engine power is claimed capable of spraying up to 120 horsepower.

In the U.S., cars produced in Cuautitlan, Mexico, was dibanderol U.S. $ 13,995.

Meanwhile, the EPA says the test this time, only done on the Ford Fiesta Anyar tests was conducted on a model 2010 Honda Fit and Toyota Yaris.

Results on a city street, consumption besutan Honda hatchback - in Indonesia, was named the Honda Jazz - it achieves 29 mpg or about 3.8 liters to a distance of 46.4 km on the highway. While on the streets of this city car consumption Fit also tested automatically transmit.

The recorded results Toyota Yaris, 29 mpg or 46.4 km per 3.8 liters. However, test results from tests for the 2011 model Honda Fit and the Yaris has not been announced.

On October 2009, Ford Motor in Australia have launched the Ford Fiesta ECOnetic models in 2010. This diesel engine vehicles capable of reaching a distance of 100 km with 3.7 liters of fuel, or 26.3 km per liter. Thus, the small car becomes the most economical car in 2010 on the continent of kangaroos.