Dongfeng Nissan to become electric champions of Guangzhou

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The news for BYD must be quite shocking, (no pun intended) as Guangzhou city is literally BYD’s own back yard:

From the Detroit News:

Guangzhou, China — The Renault-Nissan Alliance, the government of Guangzhou Municipality in China and Dongfeng Motor Co., Nissan Motor Co.’s Chinese venture partner, have formed a partnership to promote electric car transport in the city of Guangzhou.

Nissan and its partners will conduct a feasibility study of the infrastructure development and incentives required to make electric cars accessible to customers in Guangzhou, a large city formerly known as Canton.

The Renault-Nissan Alliance, which will start marketing electric cars in the U.S. and Japan next year, has signed more than 30 agreements with cities, counties, states and governments to promote zero-emission electric cars and establish the charging infrastructure for the batteries.

Renault-Nissan plans to offer an electric car for sale in China in 2011, Nissan said in a statement.

Nissan unveiled the Leaf electric car in August, and Renault SA displayed four battery-powered concept cars at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September for vehicles that will go into production within three years.

So is China expected to get an electric Nissan in 2011? Perhaps it will there will be an electric Dongfeng MPV before an actual Nissan get around to introducing their own version.