Electric car developed by Nissan. (Nissan Motor Company Ltd.'s future electric vehicle)...

Nissan, the Japanese car maker, has unveiled an electric model which can be recharged at least eight times faster than its closest rival; a car developed by General Motors which should go into production at a plant in Landing, Michigan, in the mid-1990s.

Nissan, Japan's second biggest manufacturer, threw down the gauntlet to the Americans by unveiling their car, the FEV (future electrical vehicle), in Detroit, the birthplace of motoring mass production. The FEV is claimed to be able to cruise at 45 mph for ab