Minoru Shinohara, senior Vice President of Nissan Motor Corp., ponders during an interview with the Associated Press at Nissan headoffice in Tokyo, Wednesday, July 9, 2008. Nissan is rapidly forging deals with cities and governments on electric vehicles as soaring gas prices and worries about global warming make the green technology surprisingly appealing, Shinohara said. (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara) By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) - Automakers Nissan and Renault will sell electric vehicles in Portugal in 2011 and the allied companies have partnered with the government in an attempt to create a national network of charging stations. Nissan has said it will sell electric cars globally in 2012, but the technology is still being developed. On Wednesday, Carlos Ghosn, chief executive of the French and Japanese...
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