Tag: Nissan

June 12, 2019

PARIS — A year ago, then-Renault Chairman Carlos Ghosn stood before shareholders in Paris and pledged to buttress the automaker’s two-decade partnership with Nissan. He praised the strength, solidity and pragmatic nature of their relationship and vowed to eliminate all […]

June 3, 2019

FCA US, Toyota Motor Corp., Nissan Motor Corp. and Subaru posted higher U.S. sales in May behind another strong month for light-truck demand. Sales slipped 4.9 percent at Honda Motor Co. on weaker car deliveries. At Toyota, deliveries increased 3.2 […]

April 26, 2019

TOKYO — Renault will propose to Nissan a plan to create a joint holding company that would give both automakers equal footing as Renault seeks further integration with its Japanese partner, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Friday. Under the proposal, […]

April 23, 2019

TOKYO – Daniele Schillaci, Nissan’s executive vice president for global marketing and sales as well as the zero emission vehicles, is leaving the company, becoming the latest top lieutenant to exit the Japanese carmaker following the arrest and ouster of […]

February 4, 2019

Nissan Motor Co. abandoned a plan to make the X-Trail sport-utility vehicle at the U.K.’s biggest auto factory, saying uncertainty over Brexit isn’t helping on future investment. “We appreciate this will be disappointing for our U.K. team and partners,” Nissan […]

January 17, 2019

TOKYO — Two months after the arrest of its chairman stunned Nissan Motor Co. and the entire global automotive industry, the carmaker is weighing abolishing the role altogether as it steps up reforms to rebuild its governance. Carlos Ghosn’s downfall, […]

December 10, 2018

Carlos Ghosn and Nissan Motor Co. were indicted in Japan Monday for understating the high-flying car executive’s income by $43 million, as Tokyo prosecutors pushed ahead with the criminal investigation that has shaken the global auto industry. Former Nissan representative […]

November 7, 2018

With the company already holding a 32% market share in the country, Nissan aims to make Ghana its sales hub in West Africa, despite already operating a facility in Nigeria. Speaking after signing a memorandum of understanding with Ghana’s trade […]

October 23, 2018

So called vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology is a connection between the EV and the grid through which power can flow from the grid to the vehicle and vice-versa, potentially enabling car owners to sell energy to the network. This would allow […]

October 12, 2018

In a first of its kind joint venture, the agreement will examine how second-life Nissan electric vehicle batteries will support demand side management. Through the system, electricity stored in the batteries will be released back to the grid through EDF […]

September 19, 2018

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Digital mapping company TomTom will probably lose some business in future as a result of Google’s deal with carmakers Renault, Nissan and Mitsubishi, TomTom’s finance chief said on Wednesday. Carmakers opting for Google Maps would have an […]

September 12, 2018

Nissan is ending sales of two compact cars in Europe and Russia, citing a consumer swing away toward utilities in the segment. Nissan stopped building the Pulsar hatchback for Europe in June and will end production of the Almera sedan […]

August 28, 2018

The car, The Sylphy Zero Emission, based on Nissan’s leaf, is being produced in a joint-venture with Nissan and its Chinese partner, Dongfeng Motor group and is thought to cost 166,000 yuan ($25,850). It has been confirmed that global companies […]

August 7, 2018

Through the agreement, Envision will acquire a controlling stake in Automotive Energy Supply Corporation (AESC) — the electric battery operations and production facilities of Nissan Motor Co. — for an undisclosed sum. The Japanese carmaker said the deal will allow […]

May 29, 2018

Nissan Motor Co. is slashing vehicle production by as much as 20 percent in North America to cope with falling profitability in the United States, its biggest sales market, Japan’s Nikkei business daily reported on Monday. Japan’s No. 2 automaker […]

February 26, 2018

Nissan’s Chris Reed has a title as long as an NBA player’s arm: Vice President, Components Engineering, Nissan Technical Center North America, Nissan North America, Inc. Oh, and let’s not leave out the other part: Overseas Chief Vehicle Engineer (OCVE) […]

February 23, 2018

YOKOHAMA (Reuters) – Nissan Motor Co is taking its first steps to becoming an operator of autonomous vehicle services, hoping to break into a segment set to be dominated by Uber [UBER.UL] and other technology firms. While automakers for more […]

February 6, 2018

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Nissan Motor Co (7201.T) said on Tuesday it will launch the new version of its all-electric vehicle Leaf in seven markets in Asia-Pacific, and explore bringing it to two more, in its latest push to boost sales […]

December 4, 2017

By the end of this decade, it’s going to be nearly impossible to buy a new vehicle that isn’t connected to the outside world in some way. Adding any kind of connectivity to a device inherently raises the risk of […]

November 21, 2017

The global automotive industry suffers significantly at the hands of counterfeiters. According to Frost and Sullivan, the global automotive industry loses close to $45 billion annually through counterfeit goods. With customer safety being the number one objective for the automotive […]