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Industry Focus Areas, Motorized Vehicle

Nissan, Ford, Toyota sales rise behind strong truck volume

November 7, 2017

Via: Automotive News

Ford, Nissan, Honda and Toyota posted higher U.S. sales in October as the industry looked to maintain momentum after a strong September. FCA US and General Motors fell, but GM predicted a seasonally adjusted annual sales rate of 18 million. […]


Industry Focus Areas, Motorized Vehicle

New Nissan Leaf pitched as high-tech showcase with 150-mile range

September 6, 2017

Via: Automotive News

TOKYO – Nissan’s Leaf may be the world’s best-selling electric vehicle. But the automaker is pitching the second generation as all that and much more. The redesigned Leaf starts by boosting the range some 40 percent to 150 miles to […]


Industry Focus Areas, Motorized Vehicle

Nissan Dodges Union Effort in US as Workers Vote Against UAW

August 7, 2017

Via: Industry Week

Nissan Motor Co. workers dealt the United Auto Workers another blow in its decades-long attempt to organize Japanese automakers’ U.S. car plants, as employees at a Mississippi factory voted against joining the union. Workers at the facility in Canton voted […]


Industry Focus Areas, Motorized Vehicle

GM, Nissan Beating US Sales Estimates Tempers Inventory Angst

March 2, 2017

Via: Industry Week

General Motors Co. and Nissan Motor Co. posted U.S. sales gains that beat analysts’ estimates, as surging demand for pickups and sport utility vehicles tempers concerns about swelling inventory on dealer lots. GM said deliveries climbed 4.2% last month, while Nissan […]


Industry Focus Areas, Motorized Vehicle

GM, Nissan post October declines

November 1, 2016

Via: Automotive News

General Motors, Fiat Chrysler and Nissan Motor Co. posted drops in U.S. car and light truck sales in October in what is forecast to be a third consecutive monthly decline for the industry. GM fell 1.7 percent as it continued […]


Industry Focus Areas, Motorized Vehicle

A Glimpse into the Future of Mobility at Nissan

September 26, 2016

Via: Industry Week

If a golf cart and an electric scooter had a baby—and then that baby got a paint job in Willy Wonka’s candy factory—you might have something that approximates the Scoot Quad, Nissan’s experimental mobility vehicle currently tooling around San Francisco […]


Industry Focus Areas, Motorized Vehicle

Nissan to develop ethanol-based fuel cell technology by 2020

June 14, 2016

Via: Reuters

Nissan Motor Co (7201.T) said on Tuesday it was developing fuel cell vehicle (FCV) technology using ethanol as a hydrogen source in what would be an industry first, and planned to commercialize its system in 2020 as part of efforts […]


Design & Planning, Industry Focus Areas, Motorized Vehicle, Process

Cash for Nissan’s preferred dealers

February 8, 2016

Via: Automotive News

In its drive to grab more U.S. market share, Nissan North America is quietly forming alliances with selected dealers who get favorable treatment, and sometimes millions of dollars, from the company. One so-called preferred dealer is Bernie Moreno, who has […]