Nissan said the Leaf hatchback would be the world's first affordable, mass-produced, zero-emission car.
Only electric vehicles are capable of meeting a "zero-emission" standard set by California, New York and Massachusetts.
Getting the cost of batteries down is therefore an essential part of all carmakers' efforts to achieve zero-emission motoring.
He wants state agencies to plan and simplify the permitting processes to encourage manufacturing and driving of zero-emission cars.
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California wants to build an extensive charging station network to promote zero-emission cars.
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Likewise, many of the latest innovations in zero-emission vehicles, such as advanced lithium batteries, are also coming from these non-traditional players.
His mission: to create the world's first zero-emission, hydrogen-based economy--and to pull it off through no-nonsense business principles, not tree-hugging wishful thinking.
Other suggestions include a capital-wide map of cycle paths, extending London's parks so they join together, zero-emission buses and play-streets linking schools.
Tesla's biggest windfall has been the cash payments it extracts from rival car makers (and their customers), via its sale of zero-emission credits.
Ford, Renault-Nissan and Daimler have agreed to jointly develop a fuel cell system to try to speed up the availability of zero-emission vehicles.
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Seventy fully-electric, zero-emission BMW ActiveE cars will be located at nine DriveNow stations across the entire city for the launch of DriveNow in San Francisco.
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California late last month issued rules requiring that one in seven cars for sale in the state in 2025 be zero-emission or a plug-in hybrid.
Its lead in hybrid technology is under threat as other big carmakers scramble to bring low- and zero-emission vehicles to market before low-carbon legislation bites.
In this case, the much-desired feeling of automotive superiority will have to come from the zero-emission badge, not a horsepower rating or superior creature comforts.
Long-term regulations were needed to phase out carbon emissions in key areas - by reducing vehicle emissions and work towards "a zero-emission vehicle standard across Europe".
"California Valley Solar Ranch will be an important component of our multi-technology portfolio of clean, zero-emission solar power facilities, " said Tom Doyle, president of NRG Solar.
The company also makes a drive-by-wire zero-emission vehicle for Antarctica.
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This marks an important milestone in my goal to create a cleaner cab fleet, firstly through introduction of the first ever age limits moving towards zero-emission vehicles as they come to market.
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And if air travel is more your speed, why not take to the skies aboard this zero-emission Elektra airplane, which spends its downtime soaking up the suns rays in a solar hangar.
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Carmakers in California are granted 40 emissions credits for each zero-emission vehicle produced this year, provided it can go 100 miles without needing to recharge or refuel and can be recharged or refueled in ten minutes.
Chief Executive Daniel Elliott wants to amass emission credits it will get from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) for selling zero-emission vehicles and then sell them to other automakers in danger of falling short of minimum requirements.
It is ideally packaged for the integration of the high-performance, zero-emission technology: by way of example, the four electric motors and the two transmissions can be positioned as close to the four wheels as possible and very low down in the vehicle.
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Renault chose Seville as the city to launch its three new zero-emission models in October 2011, and ultimately these vehicles and others will be able to make use of 75 battery-recharging points that are being built around the city as part of Proyecto Movele, a government-sponsored plan to boost electric car use.
Supporters of nuclear power say reactors provide reliable, zero-carbon-emission energy the country needs to avoid dependency on natural gas.
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On Wednesday he announced his vision to see the world's first "Ultra Low Emission Zone", meaning by 2020 only zero or low-emission cars would be allowed into central London.
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