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Nissan CEO: An Electric Car Revolution is Happening

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    Renault SA & Nissan Motor CEO Carlos Ghosn weighs in on the auto market.

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So one -- hurricane sandy taught us was that most gas stations can run -- -- gas in -- disaster you'd think that would have forced an immediate shift to electric vehicles.

With claiming continues her coverage dobbs -- -- -- at the World Economic Forum.

To wrap up the engine on that discussion of when if ever people will flock to all electric vehicle.

If you had to pick the biggest believer in the electric car revolution that you would have to be the -- is sitting next to me.

Carlos go on the chairman and CEO of Nissan Renault -- call -- revolution yet.

-- it would -- yeah but it's happening.

You -- -- -- should you do not always hold for the time.

But is it from we're getting that.

When you say getting has you just cut the price of the Nissan leaf by 6000 US dollars of it just does that mean that we're not quite there -- so much that you don't have to -- a little and so don't look it.

This was something which was -- from the beginning what we have reduced the price because we have relocated to production in the United States -- you to -- the -- -- about -- from Japan and unfortunately.

We -- of the -- production coming up -- about are very expensive so now that it's -- to the United States who -- -- -- took -- the price of the have a normal evolution of the new technology getting more and more affordable -- getting -- you think you're gonna see more -- -- I cannot believe that hurricane sandy where practically the entire northern eastern seaboard didn't have gasoline.

Didn't automatically say I'm one of them I was watching the needle of my cargo down and I was panicked and I thought I'd at some point -- -- electric car this is ridiculous that it didn't force all of us to fast track our purchase of these cars what's it going to take Carlos well.

More infrastructure -- need to be you you need not to worry about what you gonna be able to chuck took out a clue about the -- about -- the cart at home board at the office.

But that he's not off infrastructures that it -- -- this is what you can rule fast chart Grewcock or chuck took off.

Cities are getting there without that -- investments -- we which are being done in the United States but even Japan or in France and is on capitol.

Fifteen new hybrid models by 26 -- You're not getting enough sales of relief yet so he's got a little bit more your biting off then perhaps you can actually to.

No I don't think so I think you know YouTube you have to the stuck with the kind of find out if she's on strategic and -- about whether this market is going move.

In our opinion the market is gonna require much more zero emission cars much more food efficient -- by the way the united -- passage -- -- it is -- That's -- -- governing fuel efficiency in the United States up about 25.

China has decided we'll have more than two million cars globally -- -- -- because of plug in hybrids before 2020 was more than 500000 capacity of production every year.

Another Japanese car company Toyota just jumped over General Motors to take the top spot for sales of where do you stand in this how do you.

How do you scratch your way up to the top -- -- those kind.

You know we're -- that we are don't of the -- of 2012.

They're on Nissan -- -- for the sensible about it didn't -- so we are in the help group.

Of not -- evolve it again.

You know that go to -- the group is way behind behind us and I think.

Is gonna be erased between these different group general -- was -- -- but you looked up obviously Renault Nissan.

Of -- race is gonna be particularly in emerging markets is whether growth is taking place obviously gold which is going to be felt in the united citizenship.

But particularly you who's gonna get the best strategy to develop China not Russia India Brazil.

In the east of the other countries with general.

You know are tired of journalists like Jeff flock of me and everybody else -- it -- -- -- -- selling and and do you sit and that it might think one day they'll see that on right.

It's if things were weighted.

No way to an up or today yes you aware that this -- -- but you know what what you'll want one stop something which is -- you know that you.

And yet to be very patient you know yet figured what to look us up to the hybrid -- -- -- more than ten years.

-- stuck to make you can be it be factor and what you call bad decisions of the -- -- to the status of the hybrid.

From the beginning.

-- because of what.

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