Nissan to Add Fuel-Efficiency Meters to all Future Models

The move is part of the company's overall efforts to launch a wide range of environmental technologies under its mid-term environmental action plan: Nissan Green Program 2010. This new feature will also be introduced on existing models to coincide with the timing of minor model changes(1).

Showing instant fuel-efficiency and average efficiency, the meters
help make drivers more conscious of fuel-efficiency and the direct
consequences that their driving styles have on a vehicles
fuel-economy. In Nissan conducted in-house tests, the introduction of
these meters lead to a fuel economy improvement of approximately
10%(2).

Until now, Nissan has offered navigation systems which show both
instant and average fuel-efficiency. By placing these meters in the
main instrument cluster, the company hopes to improve the
effectiveness of these simple devices to raise driver awareness on
eco-driving habits.

Under the Nissan Green Program 2010, the company added a new
feature to its CARWINGS information service to support greener
driving habits(3) in January.

(1) Currently on the SKYLINE, LAFESTA, ATLAS in Japan, and ALTIMA,
INFINITI G35 in the U.S

(2) Average of results obtained through in-house observations;
figures vary by driving style.

(3) Services include listing the average fuel-efficiency of
CARWINGS members on the CARWINGS Website in the form of monthly
rankings, and weekly Web advice about green driving techniques

For more information, contact:
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
Communications CSR Department
Global Communications CSR and IR Division
Tel:+81-(0)3-5565-2141
http://press.nissan-global.com/EN