Nissan Adopts National Low Emission Vehicle Program

6 February 1998

    WASHINGTON, DC, Feb. 5 -_ Nissan North America today
announced it would participate in a National Low Emission Vehicle (NLEV)
Program, providing cars and trucks that are up to 70 percent cleaner than
today's vehicles, beginning in the 1999 model year.
    "Nissan believes the NLEV Program is a cleaner, smarter and cheaper
pollution control program for new motor vehicles," said Timothy MacCarthy,
Nissan Vice President for Government Affairs.  "Nissan is pleased to join its
Ozone Transport Commission partners and the Environmental Protection Agency to
implement an unprecedented, cooperative effort to improve air quality in the
northeastern states and nationwide," he added.
    In announcing Nissan's participation, MacCarthy expressed the hope that
other automakers who had not yet announced their plans would choose to
participate in the program.
    In North America, Nissan's operations include, styling, engineering,
manufacturing, sales, consumer and corporate finance, and industrial and
textile equipment.  Nissan in North America employs more than 20,000 people in
the United States, Canada and Mexico, and generates nearly 75,000 jobs through
more than 1,500 Nissan and Infiniti dealerships across the continent.

SOURCE  Nissan North America