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Nissan pulls the plug on the Altima hybrid

Tue, 14 Jun 2011

It's last call for the Nissan Altima hybrid sedan.

The 2011 model year will be the last for the gasoline-electric version of the Altima, ending a four-year run.

While the Altima is one of Nissan's core models in the U.S. market, the hybrid version has not been a big seller. One key factor is that Nissan offered the Altima hybrid only in California and the eight other states that follow its emissions regulations--Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island and Vermont.

Using technology licensed from Toyota, the Altima hybrid mated a 2.5-liter, four-cylinder engine with a continuously variable transmission and an electric-drive motor for a combined output of 198 hp. The car also used a nickel-metal-hydride battery pack.

Nissan launched its homegrown hybrid technology on the 2012 Infiniti M35 hybrid, which went on sale in March.




By Dale Jewett