Nissan Plans To Build Hybrids In US In 2006 (Hybrid Altima In Works)

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TOKYO : Nissan Motor said it will begin producing hybrid gasoline-electric vehicles in the United States in 2006 with the help of Japan's top automaker Toyota Motor to meet rising demand.

Nissan, Japan's second-largest carmaker and controlled by Renault SA of France, will procure core hybrid vehicle components from Toyota and turn its Altima sedan into a hybrid car, said Nissan spokeswoman Mihoko Takeda.

"Demand for hybrid cars is growing in North America and we hope to meet that demand," Takeda said, adding Nissan planned to make 100,000 hybrid Altima sedans over a five-year period."

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