Originally Posted by clett

Nissan is to develop its own hybrid system, and will stop licensing the HSD technology from Toyota.

Instead, they're going to release a new lithium-ion based plug-in hybrid by 2010.

http://www.greencarcongress.com/2006...an_t.html#more

I guess they've had a couple LiIon EVs on the public roads already, so plenty experience with these. Perhaps they now have the confidence that the market will be there to make them PHEV. But will they be first? Mitsubishi say 2009!