It'll be interesting to see what major manufacture is "first". First being second really. There was the GM EV1. And back in the early part of the 1900's, there were lot's of electric cars. So even the GM wasn't really first. I'm mostly giving the CNET site a bit of hard time, since they say the Nissan will be "first". Neat to see that electrics are on the horizon for a big manufacture.

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