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On May 17, 2006 Nissan released the Atlas 20
hybrid truck in Japan. It released a Cabstar
hybrid truck at the 2006 Hannover Fair.
The company's head office moved from Tokyo
back to Yokohama in August 2009.
On February 23, 2008 The Tamil Nadu state
government (India) signed a memorandum of
understanding (MoU) with auto manufacturing
consortium, Mahindra-Renault- Nissan to set
up a production unit at Oragadam in suburban
Madras.
The consortium comprising Indian auto major
Mahindra and Mahindra, Renault (France) and
Nissan (Japan) will begin with an initial
investment of Rs4000 crore to manufacture
nearly 50,000 tractors every year other than
cars, utility vehicles and spare parts. The
project is expected to increase Tamil Nadu’s
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by Rs18,000
crore annually while providing 41,000 jobs.
Nissan began development of fuel-cell
vehicles (FCVs) in 1996 and launched limited
lease sales of the X-Trail FCV in Japan in
fiscal year 2003.
In 2002, Toyota and Nissan agree to tie-up
on hybrid technologies, and in 2004, Nissan
unveiled the Altima hybrid prototype.
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