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The Kia POP won’t be the only concept car heading to the upcoming Paris Motor Show next month.

Nissan has broken ground on the construction site for its advanced vehicle battery plant in Smyrna Tennessee--which also includes a retooling of an existing plant to retrofit it for electric vehicle manufacturing.

Who says the world is not ready for the electric car?  Initial orders from the United States and Japan for the Nissan Leaf have outpaced production capacity.

So far 13,000 orders have been placed for the Leaf, Nissan's first all-electric automobile.

Seoul-based  CT&T United, which bills itself as the world’s largest manufacturer of electric vehicles, has secured a deal to build an assembly plant in Hawaii that will eventually produce as many as 10,000 vehicles a year and employ up to 400 people.

Nissan (TYO:7201) recently announced that its new electric vehicle (EV), the Leaf, will have a manufacturer's suggested retail price of US$32,780 for the standard model.