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Renault-Nissan to build new Brazil car plant-Ghosn

Reuters reported on Sept. 27 that Nissan was expected to announce a $1.5 billion Nissan factory in Brazil and that it might include electric vehicles and involve production of about 220,000 vehicles a year.

Science and Technology Minister Aloisio Mercadante said the government was studying electric vehicles to see if the existing electricity system can handle the needed generation capacity and to avoid simply transferring greenhouse gas emissions from cars in cities to coal-burning electricity plants elsewhere.

Peugeot has recently announced that its electric car, the i0n, is due to go on sale in the UK by the end of the year. Nissan has created the concept car the Leaf, while Renault has been working on the futuristic Twizy concept car, which will soon be entering the virtual world of The Sims.But behind the scenes researchers in Israel have been working on making hydrogen a viable competitor as an alternative to petrol.