TOKYO -- Nissan Motor has started taking preorders in Japan for limited editions of its first new battery electric car in a decade.
Carmaker hopes SUV will fire up electric vehicle sales

A two-wheel-drive Nissan Ariya with a 63-kwh battery will be available in Japan this winter, with three other limited models following later. They will be priced from 6.6 million yen ($60,000).
TOKYO -- Nissan Motor has started taking preorders in Japan for limited editions of its first new battery electric car in a decade.