Nissan plans 2010 launch for electric car

James S Murray
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Company aiming to become first major car manufacturer to deliver electric car to US market

The race to develop the first mass production electric car stepped up a notch this week after Nissan announced it would sell an electric car in the US and Japan by 2010, and Volkswagen reportedly signed...

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