One day you may be driving a plug-in Nissan Versa off the lots at Norris Nissan West in Ellicott City, MD. The auto maker plans to develop another plug-in hybrid by 2016.

This is part of their plan known as "Nissan Green Program 2016," which focuses on reducing the company's carbon footprint, along with shifting to renewable energy.

Future models from the Japanese auto maker are part of this strategy, which includes the improvement of corporate fuel economy by 35%, compared with 2005 levels that are much lower. Nissan will launch vehicles designed, and upgrade class-leading fuel economy across the range of vehicles in the US, Europe, China and Japan.