Green Autoblog: At first glance, Nissan's New Mobility Concept fooled us. We looked at the images and saw nothing more than a slightly modified Renault Twizy with a Nissan badge and "zero-emissions" lettering. But when we turned to the automaker's press release, we discovered that the New Mobility Concept is not really about the vehicle – whether it be Twizy-based or a ground-up design – it's about discovering new ways to in which electric vehicles (EVs) can be designed to meet our driving needs in the future.
Elon Musk’s dedicated EV maker is miles ahead, but Nissan has several advantages over its legacy rivals.
Nissan COO Ashwani Gupta said, "The semiconductor shortage continues to be a challenge for the automotive industry."
It seems that Apple’s quest to find a manufacturing partner for the Apple Car has stalled at the wayside, as Nissan joins Hyundai in saying that it’s not in talks with the Cupertino giant.
