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Nissan, NEC to spend $1 billion on battery output: report
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Nissan Motor Co and NEC Corp will invest at least $1.1 billion to make lithium-ion batteries for about 200,000 electric and hybrid cars annually in 2011 or later, the Nikkei business daily said on Monday. Nissan, NEC and NEC Tokin Corp have a joint venture to start ...
NEC breakthrough paves way for powerless standy-by modes • Register Hardware
NEC breakthrough paves way for powerless standy-by modes • Register Hardware
reghardware.co.uk — NEC has announced the development of a memory circuit element that, it claims, will allow chips to... consume no power when they're put in stand-by mode. The circuit component is a non-volatile magnetic flip-flop (MFF) - not a reference to cheap footwear ... (more) NEC breakthrough paves way for powerless standy-by modes ...
NEC Japan to Launch a New LaVie L Notebook
NEC Japan to Launch a New LaVie L Notebook
akihabaranews.com — NEC introduced a new LaVie L Notebook,available sometime this month for about 175,000 Yen (1400€). This new... laptop (high-end model) comes with a 15.4-Inch LCD screen with 1280x800 resolution, an Intel Core 2 Duo P8600 (2.40GHz), 4GB of memory, 320GB ... (more) NEC Japan to Launch a New LaVie L Notebook
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Nissan, NEC Could Give Electric Vehicle Batteries a $1.1B Boost
Earth2Tech — ... are accelerating their plans for hybrid and electric vehicle battery production. The two Japanese companies are expected to invest at least ¥100 billion ($1.1 billion) to manufacture large-capacity lithium-ion batteries, according to a report in the ...

Nissan, NEC Could Give Electric Vehicle Batteries a $1.1B Boost [Earth2Tech]
GigaOM Network — ... are accelerating their plans for hybrid and electric vehicle battery production. The two Japanese companies are expected to invest at least ¥100 billion ($1.1 billion) to manufacture large-capacity lithium-ion batteries, according to a report in the ...

Nissan (NSANY) makes big battery investment
BloggingStocks — ... ) shares have moved higher today on reports that the company will invest $1.1 billion to make lithium-ion batteries to be used in electric and hybrid cars. This outlay should account for batteries for 200,000 vehicles each year. If you think that the stock won't fall by too much in the coming months, then now could be a good time to look at a bullish hedged trade on NSANY. ...

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