Zero-Emission Vehicles for Hong Kong

In what sounds like some welcome news for the residents of Hong Kong, Nissan has formed a partnership with the Environment Bureau to explore the development of a Zero Emission Vehicles program.

A working team of representatives from the Hong Kong government and Nissan will be set up to identify potential areas of co-operation in promoting the use of zero emission vehicles in Hong Kong.

"Technology for zero emissions mobility is a reality and we are fully prepared and committed to bringing this technology to the world in the very near future," said Andy Palmer, senior vice president of Nissan.

Nissan will start mass-marketing electric vehicles globally in 2012.

Edward Yau, secretary for the environment of Hong Kong said that "[E]lectric vehicles with zero emissions can help improve our roadside air quality. Our partnership with Nissan will serve as a strong support for the promotion of zero-emission mobility in Hong Kong."

Nissan has already started ZEV initiatives in Kanagawa Prefecture and Yokohama in Japan, as well as in Israel, Denmark, Portugal, Monaco, UK, France, Switzerland, Ireland, and China, while in the United States, it is exploring ways to promote zero-emission mobility and the development of an EV infrastructure in the State of Tennessee, the State of Oregon, Sonoma County and San Diego in California, Tucson and Phoenix in Arizona.

In total, the Renault-Nissan Alliance has formed partnerships with 23 governments, cities and other organizations to advance the deployment of EVs worldwide.